Victoria
Victoria Australia facts and information
The capital of Vic is Melbourne.
The Australian state of Vic began in the 1830s as a farming community. Attempts at settlement had been made in 1803 and 1826 but these were unsuccessful.
Melbourne was founded in 1835.
Vic was separated from New South Wales in 1851 and made a British Colony.
Gold was discovered near Ballarat and then at Bendigo in 1851. The discovering of gold started a gold rush and the colony of Vic grew rapidly.
Vic is the 2nd most populated of the Australian states with about 5,205,200 people living there. More than 70% of these live in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
There are 2 other cities with a population of over 100,000. These are Geelong with over 160,000 people and Bendigo with over 100,000 people.
Vic has the second largest economy in Australia, and accounts for around 25% of the nation's gross domestic product.
Vic is the dairy farm centre of Australia. 60% of Australia's dairy cattle are in the state.
Melbourne is the Capital of Vic and is Australia's 2nd largest city, situated on Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the Yarra River.
Melbourne was the first capital of the Australian Commonwealth from 1901 to 1927.
Melbourne is known as Australia's garden city because of its large amount of parks and gardens.
Natural attractions of vibrant Victoria include The Twelve Apostles, The Grampians, Wilson's Promontory, the Gippsland Lakes, the former Goldfields region with the historic cities of Ballarat, Bendigo and Castlemaine, The Dandenong Ranges and the Alpine Region. Bells Beach which is the home of the world's longest running surfing competition is also in Vic.
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A person from Vic is called a Victorian.
The colloquial term for a Victorian is a gumsucker.
Vic was the first to get its own State Flag in 1870. It shows the Union Jack and the Vic State badge.
Queen Elizabeth II granted the present Coat of Arms of Vic in 1973.
The Vic motto is "Peace and Prosperity".
Slogan for Vic: Garden State, The Place to Be or On the Move.
Floral Emblem of Vic: Pink Heath
Animal Emblem of Vic: Leadbeater's Possum
Bird Emblem of Vic: Helmeted Honey-eater
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"The Legend of Bimi"
Introduction
There's a tale that begins in the sand hills
That I would like to tell,
Built from myth and many legends,
And my pen it does compel.
The desert's a hot, a hostile place,
Nothing's changed since time began,
There's a hazy unreality there
As if it, in the dreamtime was planned.
The noon of the day is so hot and still,
And over all an expectant hush,
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For the touch of the artists brush.
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Who live in this land so old.
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