In September 2001 Ansett Airlines, Australia’s second largest domestic carrier went into administration after suffering financial collapse.

Over the last 129 years the finest place to shop in Melbourne has undoubtedly been Georges on Collins.

In 1797 John Macarthur purchased the first Merino sheep imported to New South Wales.

On 5 July 1851 Irishman James Edmond showed gold he had found at Clunes near Ballarat to a journalist at the Geelong Advertiser.