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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.
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 ...
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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.
Amphlett Lane is a lane off Little Bourke Street.It was renamed in honour of Chrissy Amphlett in 2014. [7] Christina Joy Amphlett (/æmflət/; 25 October 1959 – 21 April 2013) was an Australian singer, songwriter and actress who was the frontwoman of the Australian rock band Divinyls.
Chinatown peaked in the early 20th century in terms of population and size with businesses having expanded into the nearby Little Lon red-light district, transforming it into a predominantly Chinese-owned area. This growth was hampered by the Immigration Restriction Act, implemented after the federation of Australia in 1901. Chinatown's ...
Sarah Fraser, also called Mother Fraser (died 1880) was an Australian brothel keeper.. Prostitution portal; Sex work portal; She was the daughter of a British convict. She established a brothel in the Little Lon red light district in Melbourne in the mid 19th-century.