MELBOURNE'S GOLDEN MILE

Tour Overview

Walk Australia's most historical trail. Explore Melbourne’s heritage precincts, its city streets, arcades and laneways.

Stops

1. Tips and Tricks for the Tour

2. Information to Help you Prepare for the Walking Tour

3. Stop 1: Introduction: Melbourne's Golden Mile

4. Stop 2: Immigration Museum: Melbourne's Front Door

5. Stop 3: The Place for a Village?

6. Stop 4: Rum and River Water

7. Stop 5: Marvellous Smellbourne

8. Stop 6: A Widow’s Winning Ways

9. Stop 7: The Rush to be Rich

10. Stop 8: The Venice of the South

11. Stop 9: A Fortune Won and Lost

12. Stop 10: Where Gentlemen Prefer Bonds

13. Stop 11: Savages in Suits

14. Stop 12: A Tavern in Town

15. Stop 13: Temples of Mammon

16. Stop 14: ANZ Gothic Bank

17. Stop 15: A Cathedral for Capitalists

18. Stop 16: The Hidden Dome

19. Stop 17: Doing the Block

20. Stop 18: The Grandest Arcade

21. Stop 19: Tea and Gentility

22. Stop 20: Airy Pleasure Domes

23. Stop 21: Howey Place

24. Stop 22: The Heights of Respectability

25. Stop 23: Educating the Masses

26. Stop 24: Holy Hill

27. Stop 25: St Michael's Uniting Church and the Scots' Church

28. Stop 26: The Top End

29. Stop 27: The Medical End of Town

30. Stop 28: Australian Power Brokers

31. Stop 29: A City Home for Bush Painters

32. Stop 30: Melbourne's Lodge

33. Stop 31: The Capital

34. Stop 32: Built on Gold

35. Stop 33: The People's House

36. Stop 34: Ghosts and Spider Dances

37. Stop 35: Little Bourke & 'Little Lon'

38. Stop 36: A Philanthropic Failure

39. Stop 37: The Madam and the Mace

40. Stop 38: The Tides of Change

41. Stop 39: Victoria's Palace of Nations

42. Stop 40: The Royal Society of Victoria

43. Stop 41: Carlton Gardens

44. Stop 42: Royal Exhibition Building

45. Stop 43: A Promise Set in Stone

46. Stop 44: A Curious 100th Birthday Present

47. Stop 45: Between Two Eras

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