eight hour day

From Past to Present via Ramsay Street

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October 13th 2008
Altogether now... Neighbours, Everybody likes good neighbours.... Well folks my final full day in Melbourne and after a unplanned lie in I woke to.... rain. Well at least it gets me back into the autumnal British weather I thought. However, after breakfasting, the sun had broken through and I was once again greeted with 21c. Today I was taking in some self guided walking tours around the histori ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » CBD

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more