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Melbourne Centenary 1934 6th City of Empire

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The Melbourne Centenary was a 1934 centennial celebration of the founding of the city of Melbourne, Australia. As Victoria reeled from the severe economic and social fracturing of the Great Depression, its Centenary celebrated progress and community cohesion. Held between October 1934 and June 1935, the Centenary in fact celebrated two ‘foundation' events, firstly commemorating Edward Henty's Portland settlement on 19 November 1834 as the first white settlement in what would later become the state of Victoria, then John Batman's pronouncement of the area upstream of the Yarra River as ‘the place for a village', taken as the city's foundation, on 8 June 1835. Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Centenary_of_Melbourne

Fritsch Holzer Park

Aerial views of Melbourne from Fritsch Holzer Park 2019. Operations conducted under CASA regulations.

Barney’s sky high desktop

Legendary photographer, Barney Meyer, parks his desk in the sky.

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Aerial tour of Phillip Island 2020

Aerial views of Phillip Island Vic showing the beautiful beaches, nature parks and small villages. Click on the “Visit” flags to jump around the island. Operations conducted under CASA regulations, with permission of Nature Parks and Bass Coast Shire, whom we thank for their cooperation.

Melbourne from Heidelberg Town Hall

View from Heidelberg Town Hall

Heidelberg Town Hall is a civic building located on Upper Heidelberg Road in Ivanhoe, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is now more commonly known as The Centre Ivanhoe. Opened in April 1937, the building was designed by architectural firm Peck & Kemter in association with A.C. Leith & Bartlett for the Heidelberg City Council (now Banyule City Council) and was influenced by the Hilversum Town Hall in the Netherlands. It listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, described as “the greatest and most eloquent expression of the interwar brick Moderne style in Victoria.”

Source: Wikipedia