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Miss Fisher’s mystery learning at U3A
Her friends know Kristina Somerville-Lee as Southbank’s Miss Fisher, after the title character in the ABC television series ‘Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries’, but she prefers drawing and art to solving murder mysteries.
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Southbank’s military link
It’s a five-hectare block of land that sits in Southbank yet, thanks to a high brick wall around the entire property, there is very little known about what goes on (and has gone on) inside Victoria Barracks.
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MSO launch 2013 season
There are plenty of reasons to be smiling if you’re in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO). Not only has its main playing hall been reopened, last month it launched its 2013 season, with an impromptu performance for morning commuters.
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A visit from Dame Edna’s friend
Southbank’s arts precinct is used to playing host to big name guests, but they don’t get any bigger than character-acting superstar Barry Humphries, who was in Melbourne for his Dame Edna farewell tour.
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Facelift for Flinders St Station
It is an iconic Melbourne site, but the facade of Southbank’s major railway is set for a transformation.
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Iconic buildings open their doors
Many iconic buildings across Melbourne opened their doors last month, for Open House Melbourne – a chance for people to really get to know the buildings that define their city.
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Donor Sue’s blood is worth bottling
Sue Wheatley has been giving blood for the best part of 30 years, and last month reached a milestone at the Southbank donation centre, donating for the 300th time.
Read MoreSt Johns Southgate
On the face of it, there is not much to link the small church nestled in the heart of Southbank to the ancient European cities of Leipzig and Freiberg and to Boston and New York but step inside some Sunday soon and you are likely to hear the evidence.
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Pet’s corner
Gideon looks like any other staffie-cross-Jack-Russell in the park.
Read MoreSouthbank Residents’ Group
Families in Southbank are worried and angry that there is no school here for their children.
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Flavours of Southbank
It’s always smart to eat where the locals eat, I say.
Read MoreBusinesses in Southbank
Be it a simple tax return or a complex company re-structuring, Docklands’ Tax Aid can look after your accountancy needs.
Read MoreWe’re healthy, wealthy and wise
The 2011 census results were released last month and showed Southbank is full of educated young professionals, students, people who are more likely to be renting than own their home and people who earn more than the majority of Australia.
Read MorePacked to the rafters
The cries for more open space in Southbank became even more justified last month as it was revealed the suburb is the most congestedin Melbourne.
Read MoreEureka’s sister site up for sale
The sister apartment complex to Eureka tower is in major doubt, after owners of the site put it on the market.
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Salsa keeps us warm
City of Melbourne’s first Friday dance club helped keep locals warm last month as the red stairs at Queensbridge Square were transformed into a Spanish dance floor.
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Tibetan leader visits
Southbank had a special visitor last month when we played host to Tibetan political leader Dr Lobsang Sangay, who has been chosen by the Dalai Lama to become the next spiritual leader of Tibet.
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