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UBreakiFix. uBreakiFix is an American chain of electronic repair shops, founded in 2009 with over 832 locations in 2016 across the United States and the Caribbean. [1][2][3] They are most commonly known for repairing all kinds of household electronics. [4] In August 2019, uBreakiFix was acquired by Asurion, LLC, an insurance company. [5]
The Honoured Society (Italian: Onorata Società) is a Calabrian 'ndrangheta criminal confederation, started in Melbourne and currently active in all of Australia. In 1963, it was reportedly involved in the Victoria Market Murders. Frank Benvenuto was a leading figure in the Melbourne groups until his slaying in 2000.
2200 (Bankstown) The MOB have been linked to several crimes in Sydney, including the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old in Bankstown in October 2021. [73] NF14. 2770 (Mount Druitt) Better known as Onefour, [73] the gang is one of the largest youth gangs in Sydney.
The six o'clock swill was an Australian and New Zealand slang term for the last-minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar before it closed. During a large part of the 20th century, most Australian and New Zealand hotels shut their public bars at 6 pm. A culture of heavy drinking developed during the time between finishing work at 5 pm and the ...
Towitta, South Australia. Aged 13, murdered at home while her parents were away overnight. 1931. Arthur Brennan. North Fitzroy, Victoria. On 12 September 1931, Brennan was shot dead outside his home, at 26 Rowe Street, North Fitzroy, [1][2] by a burglar, who was trying to get into a neighbour's residence.
A statue of James Cook, is located in the Royal Yacht Squadron Catani Gardens, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. It was erected in 1914. It was removed from its plinth in an act of vandalism in 2024, on the eve of Australia Day. It was erected in 1914 by the St. Kilda Council to honour Cook who in 1770, led a voyage with the first Europeans to the ...
On 10 March 1993, then-69 year old Eric Thomason photographed a craft hovering around Maslin beach. [6] [7] [8]On 8 August 1993, Melbourne woman Kelly Cahill said she saw a large craft hovering over the road as she and her husband drove through the Dandenong Ranges near Belgrave, Victoria, and further claimed to have been subsequently abducted by aliens.
The Sirius building is an apartment complex in The Rocks district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Designed for the Housing Commission of New South Wales in 1978–1979 by commission architect Tao Gofers, the building is a prominent example of Brutalist architecture in Australia. It also has striking repetitive geometries in reaction to ...