How a footy fan marked eight GF wins at the ’G
After half a century, a Mount Waverley man has revealed how he celebrated eight VFL Grand Final wins at the MCG alongside the greats of the game.
In Black and White
Inside the ‘den of horrors’ at Melbourne’s first asylum
When Dr Robert Bowie took charge of Melbourne’s first lunatic asylum, he was accused of hanging bodies from trees, restraining patients in bags and keeping brains in a cup.
The odd couple who led a daring military rescue
When hundreds of WWII soldiers were stuck behind enemy lines, a wealthy widow and Aussie coastwatcher led a daring escape.
Sole survivor of the ‘unsinkable’ ship smashed to pieces
When a who’s who of wealthy and important Australians died in a shipwreck just 11km from home it was a stab to the heart of the colony.
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How Madame Brussels became Melbourne’s brothel queen
As the wealthy owner of a string of opulent brothels in the notorious Little Lon red light district, Madame Brussels was dubbed the “worst and wickedest woman in Melbourne”.
Eccentric socialite drove pet cheetah in her Bentley
Scandal-plagued socialite Enid Lindeman outlived four husbands, earned the nickname “Lady Killmore”, and swanned around with a pet hyrax perched on her shoulder and a cheetah in her Bentley.
How convict behind Australia’s greatest escape dodged the noose
Convict James Porter and his crewmates were viewed as mutineer scum when they escaped Australia in a leaky stolen boat, but were later hailed as heroes in their new home 10,000km away.
How larrikin convict escaped to Chile in a leaky boat
In 1833 cockney sailor James Porter pulled off an audacious escape – stealing a leaky boat with nine other convicts and sailing all the way to South America and a life of freedom.
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