During that tour a small terracotta urn was presented to England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women.

:" This urn was presented to Lord Darnley by some ladies of Melbourne after the final defeat of his team, and before he returned with the members to England.

Though the team did not win, the urn containing the ashes was sent ( could mean presented ) to him just before leaving Melbourne .”

Adelaide was not as badly hit as the larger gold-rush cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and silver and lead discoveries at Broken Hill provided some relief.

In 1896, delegates from the stronger and wealthier VFA clubs — Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne — met to form a breakaway competition and in 1897, the Victorian Football League ( VFL ), was born as an eight-team competition.

His 153 not out in Bridgetown, Barbados, during West Indies ' 2 – 2 home series draw against Australia in * 1998 – 1999 was deemed the second greatest Test innings ever played, behind Bradman's 270 against England in the Third Test of the 1936 – 1937 series at Melbourne.

In the years after Grey's retirement the party was led first by Lord Melbourne, a fairly traditional Whig, and then by Lord John Russell, the son of a Duke but a crusading radical, and Lord Palmerston, a renegade Irish Tory and essentially a conservative, although capable of radical gestures.

On 26 March 2005 Paul Hester was found dead, after hanging himself from a tree in a park near his home in Melbourne.

The first One-Day International event was played on the fifth day of a rain-aborted Test match between England and Australia at Melbourne in 1971, to fill the time available and as compensation for the frustrated crowd.

The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979.

In July 2010, Dublin was named as a UNESCO City of Literature, joining Edinburgh, Melbourne and Iowa City with the permanent title.

Alex ’ s cousin, Collier, who had already played with Melbourne, was the team ’ s first captain.

In 1879 Essendon played Melbourne in one of the earliest night matches recorded when the ball was painted white.

Essendon were known as the " Same Olds " ( as in " the same old Essendon ") in order to distinguish the Essendon VFL side ( that played at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground ) to which this article refers, from the separate and unconnected Essendon VFA side ( that played at what was then the Essendon Cricket Ground ), which existed from 1900 to 1921.

Having already moved from its ground at Kent Street, Ascot Vale (" McCracken's Paddock ") to Flemington Hill, the club was again forced to move in 1881 ; and, because the City of Essendon mayor of the day, James Taylor, considered the Essendon Cricket Ground " to be suitable only for the gentleman's game of cricket ", Essendon moved to East Melbourne.

Collingwood succumbed first as the Dons powered their way to an 82 point first semi final victory, and a fortnight later it was the turn of the North Melbourne Football Club as Essendon won the preliminary final a good deal more comfortably than the ultimate margin of 17 points suggested.

Two seasons later Coleman's career was tragically ended after he dislocated a knee during the Round 8 clash with the North Melbourne Football Club at Essendon.

1959 saw another grand final loss to Melbourne, this time by 37 points, but the fact that the average age of the Essendon side was only 22 was seen as providing considerable cause for optimism.

Following Adam Ramanauskas ' personal battle with cancer, a ' Clash for Cancer ' match against Melbourne was launched in 2006.

* Enterprize ( 1829 ), Australian topsail schooner that was involved in the founding of Melbourne, Australia

The first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932 ; the other major and oldest film festivals of the world are: Cannes Film Festival ( 1946 ), Festival del film Locarno ( 1946 ), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( 1946 ), Edinburgh International Film Festival ( 1947 ), Melbourne International Film Festival ( 1951 ), Berlin International Film Festival ( 1951 ) and Toronto International Film Festival ( 1976 ).

It was first shown in Melbourne, Australia on 26 December 1906 and in the UK in January 1908.

Middle Park, the home of South Melbourne FC was demolished in 1994 due to expansion at Albert Park.

Founded in November 1838 the Melbourne Cricket Club ( MCC ) selected the current MCG site in 1853 after previously playing at several grounds around Melbourne.

Albury-Wodonga was selected as the primary focus of the federal Whitlam government's scheme to arrest the uncontrolled growth of Australia's large coastal cities ( Sydney and Melbourne in particular ) by encouraging decentralisation.

The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities.

Atlanta was selected on September 18, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan, over Athens, Belgrade, Manchester, Melbourne, and Toronto at the 96th IOC Session.

A force of 14, 000 troops was assembled for the opening of the first Federal Parliament on 9 May 1901 in Melbourne ; Chauvel was selected as brigade major of the mounted contingent, his first Federal posting.

Along with the Brownlow he was also awarded the AFL Players Association MVP award and was selected in the All-Australian team and won his first best and fairest at Melbourne.

The Age Critics ' Award is presented to the best local act as selected by reviewers at Melbourne newspaper and festival sponsor The Age.

Daw was selected with pick 9 in the rookie draft by the North Melbourne Football Club on December 15, 2009.

Travis Johnstone — who was White's team-mate at Melbourne for 10 years — is the only other Dandenong player to be selected with the first pick in an AFL draft.

Rove, Peter and Corinne hosted a radio program originating from FOX FM in Melbourne for Austereo's Today Network, and selected regional stations until 2004.

A land allotment of scrub to the north-east of Melbourne was selected as Port Phillips first permanent gaol.

* Agony Cox-An agony aunt section featuring Andrew Cox of the popular Melbourne indie band The Fauves, who helps give advice to selected listeners that call in with a personal problem that needs dealing with.

Several of the episode's animation cels were selected for display at the Silver K Gallery in Melbourne, Australia in 2001.

The English selected 22-year-old Victorian George Coulthard, upon a recommendation from the Melbourne Cricket Club.

He made his Test debut in 1902 against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) and was selected to tour England later that year where he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

When the team for the Melbourne Test was announced, Armstrong was selected, making his début with Reggie Duff from New South Wales.

An aggressive 113 for Fitzroy against Melbourne Cricket Club in 1946 – 47 saw Harvey selected for the Victorian team at the age of 18.

Fielder, a first baseman, began his MLB career in the first round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, where he was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers out of Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida.

She was also selected as the ambassador for watch company Tag Heuer, and she continued production on Lonely Planet's Six Degrees, this time travelling to Melbourne, Australia ; Auckland, New Zealand ; London, England ; and Cape Town, South Africa.

The judges ' auditions are held on selected dates and locations in the three major cities of Australia — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane — and are broadcast over the first few weeks of the show.

* to build capacity in the Malaysian higher education sector by providing joint PhD research training at the University of Melbourne and the designated Malaysian Universities to selected candidates from the participating Malaysian Universities ; and

The following seven Malaysian universities have been selected by the Malaysian Government to be involved in the Split-PhD and research collaboration initiative with the University of Melbourne:

In the Consumer Interest-A selected history of consumer affairs in Australia 1945-2000, 2000, Simon Smith, Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals, Melbourne, Australia