REMEMBRANCE DAY SPECIAL PHOTO-ESSAY IN STEP: Victorian State Premier John Brumby (without hat) gives an eyes right salute to the eternal flame as he marches up the steps to the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, 11 November 2008… The Premier has gone out of his way to make himself known as the Veterans’ Premier… THE SHRINE […]
Above: Photo taken October 8, 2008, after the recent attack on the Matthew Flinders monument. Photos by Sasha Uzunov, copyright 2008.Below: The attack on the statue on 30 August 2008 and the subsequent clean-up, 2 September 2008. A statue of famed British Naval explorer Matthew Flinders has been vandalised again. The prominent Melburne monument is […]
PANIC AND PARANOIA FIRE BRIGADE HOSES DOWN MELBOURNE TRADERS CONCERNS By Sasha UzunovCopyright 2008 The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) has today hosed down concerns from some of Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD) traders by saying that an alleged increase in fire call outs were not due to training runs but were the real thing. Three […]
MATTHEW FLINDERS STATUE VANDALISED UNDER POLICE NOSES Photo taken: Saturday 30 August 2008 at 11.30am, Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. A prominent Melbourne city monument, the Matthew Flinders statue, has been vandalised late last week right under the noses of Victoria Police. The statue is situated outside St Paul’s Cathedral on Swanston Street and around […]
