tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post6330015527761574608..comments2024-01-07T19:37:46.221+11:00Comments on Melbourne Curious: Video Footage of Melbourne in 1931Gillianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09170302525123916575noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post-19625472748698479032010-12-24T01:21:53.570+11:002010-12-24T01:21:53.570+11:00Great to hear. Feel free to join the Facebook fan ...Great to hear. Feel free to join the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Curious/136247029730124" rel="nofollow">Facebook fan page</a> too.Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170302525123916575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post-6980825507654281302010-12-20T12:17:49.705+11:002010-12-20T12:17:49.705+11:00I'm really Glad i came across this site.Added ...I'm really Glad i came across this site.Added melbournecurious.blogspot.com to my bookmark!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post-83751609926532873892010-10-01T09:16:26.956+10:002010-10-01T09:16:26.956+10:00Hi Gillian
If you email your postal address to me...Hi Gillian<br /><br />If you email your postal address to me at robingrow@ozemail.com.au, will be glad to send you a vopy of the journal of the Art Deco & Modernism Society, the Spirit of Progress, that contains my article on war memorials. Or yuopu can call me on 03 98134365.<br /><br />regards Robrob (moderne melbourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13974194126260328535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post-31055493377928818482010-09-13T21:00:53.370+10:002010-09-13T21:00:53.370+10:00Hi Rob,
Thank you for the comment and informatio...Hi Rob, <br /><br />Thank you for the comment and information about the Shrine. I am going to visit the Shrine this week and ask them about this point in light of your comment. Is your comparison available online or published in print - I am planning to write a separate post on the history of the Shrine and would love to read it/provide a link to it. <br /><br />GillianGillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170302525123916575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post-24909447892386851032010-09-13T18:59:11.166+10:002010-09-13T18:59:11.166+10:00Hi Gillian Enjoyed your blog. agree with Tony abo...Hi Gillian Enjoyed your blog. agree with Tony about the Victorian focus of the War memorial. I recently wrote a comparison of Melbourne Sydney & Canberra memorials and found no reference to Melbourne being devoted to anything but Victorians. The competition for the Canberra memorial was first conducted in 1925/6, when Parliament was sitting in Melbourne. The real fight over war memorials was whether they should be pure memorials, with little practical purpose, or should they be utilitarian, halls, clubrooms, pools, parks, hospitals, etc. <br />Robin, President, Art Deco & Modernism Societyrob (moderne melbourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13974194126260328535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post-65678690247263475422010-09-13T13:00:51.587+10:002010-09-13T13:00:51.587+10:00Hi Tony,
I have just called the Shrine of Remembr...Hi Tony,<br /><br />I have just called the Shrine of Remembrance with regard to your query.<br /><br />A national war memorial was indeed proposed to be built in Melbourne as soon as World War I ended in November 1918. However, controversy surrounding the design of the building meant that construction commenced much later in 1927.<br /><br />In the interim, Federal Parliament moved from Melbourne to Canberra. Therefore by the time the Victorian Shrine was completed in 1934, it seemed more appropriate for it to commemorate the service of Victorians only - as Melbourne was no longer the capital of the country. <br /><br />The current national war memorial was built in Canberra in 1941.<br /><br />Thanks for the question!Gillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170302525123916575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323652056292236103.post-41092224802769422972010-08-30T12:10:29.411+10:002010-08-30T12:10:29.411+10:00Hi Gillian.
What remarkable footage!
I was interes...Hi Gillian.<br />What remarkable footage!<br />I was interested in the St Kilda Rd vision and in particular, the narrator's reference to the Shrine of Remembrance being a national war memorial. I was under the impression that the Shrine was built as a memorial to those Victorians who lost their lives in WWI. The cost of construction was met largely through public donations by Victorian citizens. I wonder if the original concept was to have the building serve as a national memorial and if so, why it was decided to keep it just for Victorians?? <br />Keep up the good work!<br />TonyTonynoreply@blogger.com