Portal:Victoria/Did you know/1

...that the Capitol Theatre in Melbourne (pictured) was once described as "the best cinema that was ever built or is ever likely to be built"?
...that the Port of Geelong, located on the shores of Corio Bay in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, is the sixth largest in Australia by tonnage?
...that Victorian winemakers sought to capitalize on the French phylloxera epidemic by making enough wine to satisfy the entire British market, but were thwarted when the insect infected their own vineyards?
...that more than 13.5 tonnes of gold was extracted in 13 months at Poverty Reef, near the town of Tarnagulla from an area only 3 metres wide and 120 metres deep?

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