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Little Lon was the popular name for a slum and red-light district in Melbourne, Australia. Archaeologists at work amongst building footings at Little Lon, in 2002. The area was roughly bounded by Lonsdale , Spring , Stephen (later Exhibition ) and La Trobe streets.
Caroline Hodgson (c. 1851 – 11 July 1908), also known as Madame Brussels, was a well-known brothel proprietor and local identity of the Little Lon district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, during the late 19th century.
[3] [page needed] By the 1850s gold rush, Melbourne had over one hundred lanes, some of which became associated with the city's criminal underbelly, notably those in the Little Lon district. Melbourne's shopping arcades, among the best known being the Block Arcade and the Royal Arcade , reached a peak of opulence during the late Victorian era.
Little Lonsdale Street is located in the centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.A part of the Hoddle Grid, it runs roughly east–west.North of Lonsdale Street and south of La Trobe Street, Little Lonsdale Street's eastern end intersects with Spring Street while its western end intersects with Spencer Street.
Port Phillip (Kulin: Narm-Narm [1]) or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia.The bay opens into the Bass Strait via a short, narrow channel known as The Rip, and is completely surrounded by localities of Victoria's two largest cities — metropolitan Greater Melbourne in the bay's main eastern portion north of the Mornington ...
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke tells the story of Bill, a member of a larrikin push (or gang) in Melbourne's Little Lon red-light district, who encounters Doreen, a young woman "of some social aspiration", in a local market. Narrated by Bill, the poems chronicle their courtship and marriage, detailing his transformation from a violence-prone ...
A new seafood restaurant located on the waterway in Little River will open its doors in May. The opening of Mako’s Bar N Grill will coincide with Little River’s annual World Famous Blue Crab ...
Port Phillip Bay in the distance, viewed from the Rialto Towers observation deck in Melbourne's city centre, with the Yarra River intersecting between the bay and the city. Port Phillip , sometimes referred to as Port Phillip Bay , is a large bay in southern Victoria , Australia , 1,930 km 2 (476,900 acres) in area, with a coastline length of ...