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At the corner of William and Bourke Street once stood one of the world’s most beautiful hotels and for a brief time a guest at this hotel held the hopes of an entire generation. Storyline is written by Eoin Hahessy and is developed in partnership with The Age. It is produced by Eoin Hahessy and Gavin Nebauer and is recorded at the Horwood Studio at the University of Melbourne.  Follow @storylinemelbourne on Instagram for more on the history of Melbourne. Copyright: Flightofthecubs.com 2018 

One of the most infamous inmates of Melbourne Gaol was not Ned Kelly. It was a man who they thought was Jack the Ripper. Storyline is written by Eoin Hahessy and is developed in partnership with The Age. It is produced by Eoin Hahessy and Gavin Nebauer and is recorded at the Horwood Studio at the University of Melbourne.  Follow @storylinemelbourne on Instagram  Copyright: Flightofthecubs.com: 2018 

Where the present day Target retail store on Bourke Street is situated, was once the site of a beautiful theatre where a young girl transfixed Melbourne before she became a global star.  Storyline is written by Eoin Hahessy and is developed in partnership with The Age. It is produced by Eoin Hahessy and Gavin Nebauer and is recorded at the Horwood Studio at the University of Melbourne.  Follow @storylinemelbourne on Instagram for more on the history of Melbourne.  Copyright: Flightofthecubs.com: 2018 

Queen Victoria Market was once a burial site for early Melbourne, and beneath this market lie the bodies of two Aboriginal men, the victims of the first public executions in Melbourne. Storyline is written by Eoin Hahessy and is developed in partnership with The Age. It is produced by Eoin Hahessy and Gavin Nebauer and is recorded at the Horwood Studio at the University of Melbourne.  For more on the history of Melbourne follow @storylinemelbourne on Instagram.  Copyright: Flightofthecubs.com 2018

In 1950’s Melbourne being gay required hidden venues and secret passwords, but one woman gave courage to a community. Storyline is written by Eoin Hahessy and is developed in partnership with The Age. It is produced by Eoin Hahessy and Gavin Neubauer and is recorded at the Horwood Studio at the University of Melbourne.  Follow @storylinemelbourne on Instagram for more on the history of Melbourne.  Copyright: Flightofthecubs.com: 2018 

At 456 Queensbury Street in North Melbourne sits an easily bypassed hall. Yet it is a building that played a modest role in a remarkable chapter in the history of Melbourne.  Storyline is written by Eoin Hahessy and is developed in partnership with The Age. It is produced by Eoin Hahessy and Gavin Nebauer and is recorded at the Horwood Studio at the University of Melbourne.  Follow @storylinemelbourne on Instagram for more on the history of Melbourne.  Copyright: Flightofthecubs.com 2018

Australian poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe introduces Storyline by reciting his poem 'Melbourne'  Storyline is written by Eoin Hahessy and is developed in partnership with The Age. It is produced by Eoin Hahessy and Gavin Nebauer and is recorded at the Horwood Studio at the University of Melbourne.  Follow @storylinemelbourne on Instagram for more on the history of Melbourne.  Copyright: Flightofthecubs.com: 2018