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Tony Wright’s granddaughter, Charlie, plays in a fall of leaves in Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne.

An enchanted garden reminds us how civilisations are built on taxes

Only 3000 people lived in Melbourne when Charles La Trobe became superintendent, but he envisioned a great city, and reserved vast areas for today’s gardens.

  • Tony Wright

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The Royal Exhibition Building.

Saved from demolition by one vote, the Exhibition Building is in danger of becoming a white elephant

Victoria must decide: is the Royal Exhibition Building to be cherished as one of Australia’s great monuments, or will it be allowed to become a white elephant … again?

  • Tony Wright
Hopetoun Bake Shop owner Vikram Singh and head pastry chef Georgia Carthew.

Melbourne’s most beloved tea rooms to reopen in Bourke Street (but there’s a sweetener until then)

Ahead of its move into a grand Bourke Street building, the iconic tea room is serving up a slice of history at its new shop.

  • Daniela Frangos
Nomad co-owners Rebecca and Al Yazbek, executive chef Jacqueline Challinor and head chef Brendan Katich (Nomad Melbourne) in the Cathedral Room.

Hidden for 20 years, one of Melbourne’s grandest rooms will become Reine brasserie from the Nomad team

Former stock exchange’s ornate Cathedral Room is being transformed into a 150-seat French restaurant with an eight-seat secret bar.

  • Dani Valent
A 30-metre cyclorama painting showing a 360 degree view of Melbourne in the 1840s, which was unrolled in 2000 at the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings.

Amid a rowdy Collins Street pub 180 years ago, Melbourne became a city

In 1842, Melbourne’s first mayor, a brewery owner, presided over the City of Melbourne’s first meeting. After a period of lawlessness, and edicts from Sydney, the occasion marked the first recognition of Melbourne’s right to self-govern.

  • Nicholas Reece
Rone aka Tyrone Wright is having his first comprehensive survey, at Geelong Gallery.

From Harry Potter to the MSO, what’s on in Melbourne this week

Harry Potter reopens, the Melbourne Symphony performs at Hamer Hall, and much more

  • Portia Conyers-East
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Kayak Melbourne. Night Paddle.

All Aboard: Seeing Melbourne from the water

Get a new perspective on the city by venturing out on a boat, kayak or gondola

  • Patricia Maunder
Chunky Move play the MPavilion Monash

See Hear: there’s plenty to see and do in Melbourne this week

From Missy Higgins at the Bowl to Chunky Move at the Monash MPavilion, Melbourne’s arts scene is turning up the heat.

  • Arianna Lucente
Heide Summer Festival All The Queen's Men

Five great things: what to do in Melbourne this week

From vintage Bond to ARIA-winning jazz and soul, there's heaps to do in and around Melbourne this week

  • Portia Conyers-East
TarraWarra Estate picnic hampers

Five great things to do this week in Melbourne

From movies under the stars to DJ sets at the NGV, there's plenty to do in and around Melbourne this week.

  • Arianna Lucente and Portia Conyers-East

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