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- ...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?
- ...that the locality of Boinka, Victoria, (pictured) which has area population of 28 people, celebrates Melbourne Cup Day each year despite being located 496 kilometres from Melbourne?
- ...that although Paul MacGillivray's main interest was natural history, he was also the president of the Medical Society of Victoria and a member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria?
- ... that the Rural City of Marong, a local government in Victoria, voted itself out of existence in 1994 after the Kennett Liberal government introduced legislation designed to void a Supreme Court injunction preventing its amalgamation?
- ...that the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in Victoria features a collection of busts of all 25 predecessors of the recently elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd?
- ...that Ninety Mile Beach in Victoria is the longest uninterrupted stretch of sandy coastline in the world?
- ...that John Phillips was one of the first judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria and that his nickname was "Equity Jack"?
- ...that in 2004, the Children's Court of Victoria granted a teenager a "divorce" from his mother?
- ...that zoologist Georgina Sweet was the first woman to receive a DSc from the University of Melbourne and the first female recipient of the David Syme Research Prize?
- ...that Frank Beaurepaire (pictured), a Lord Mayor of Melbourne, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and multi-millionaire tyre businessman was a six-time Olympic medallist in swimming who set 15 world records in his swimming career?
- ...that despite declines in production in recent years, Victoria still produces almost 19.5% of Australia's crude oil?
- ...that William Campbell was the first acknowledged discoverer of gold in Victoria in 1850, but kept his discovery secret for fear a gold rush would disrupt his pastoral interests?
- ...that the town of Great Western is home to a series of labyrinthine tunnels ("drives"), originally made by miners searching for gold and now used to store sparkling wine while it is resting and settling?
