National Design Centre

The National Design Centre in Melbourne is the one and only major, public centre in Australia dedicated exclusively to design across all its disciplines. The centre also houses a retail

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Category: Landmarks, Federation Square, Melbourne City

Federation Square

Federation Square is a Melbourne landmark situated across the street from the busy Flinders Street Station. Featuring ultra modern 21st century architecture, the building contrasts greatly from the Victorian-styled station

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Category: Landmarks, Federation Square, Melbourne City

Buddha's Day and Multicultural Festival 2008

The Buddha's Day and Multicultural Festival is a two-day annual event which celebrates Melbourne’s diverse multicultural society. Commemorating the birth of the Buddha, the festival one of the most significant

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Category: May 2008, Festivals, Federation Square, Melbourne City

Little Big Shots - Australia's major international children's film festival

Little Big Shots is Australia's major annual and travelling film festival for children and youths aged from 2 to 18. The fun-filled festival screens the best in Australian and international

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Category: June 2008, Festivals, Federation Square, Melbourne City

Thai Culture & Food Festival

The 5th Thai Culture and Food Festival will transform Federation Square into a celebration of Thai culture, showcasing arts & crafts, tourism, dance, food and drink and Thai massage. Here

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Category: March 2008, Festivals, Federation Square, Melbourne City

18th Melbourne Queer Film Festival

The annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival is the largest and most successful film festival of its kind in Australia, showcasing the latest and greatest in national and international queer screen

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Category: March 2008, Cinema, Festivals, Federation Square, Melbourne City

Viva Brazil! Carnival

Federation Square plays host to this year's Brazilian carnival - Viva Brazil! - and is expected to attract at least 40,000 Melbournians and visitors throughout the day to this spectacular

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Category: Festivals, Federation Square, Melbourne City, January 2008

Totem Tennis World Record

You can attempt the World Record for the longest time an individual can continuously play totem tennis (swing ball) January 20, 2008 at Federation Square. If totem tennis isn't your

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Category: Sport, Federation Square, Melbourne City, January 2008

Chanukah in the City 2007

Chanukah in the City 2007 is a festival of lights, commemorating the miracle that occurred when a Menorah, or Synagogue candelabra, remained lit for eight days when there was only

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Category: Festivals, Federation Square, Melbourne City, December 2007

New Year's Eve In The City

Seven city venues extending from Royal Exhibition Building and right along the Yarra River through to Docklands will play host to the largest free New Year's Eve Party in Melbourne

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Category: Festivals, Alexandra Gardens, Birrarung Marr, Federation Square, NewQuay, Royal Exhibition Building, Waterfront City Pavilion, Melbourne City, Melbourne Docklands, South Yarra, December 2007

New Year's Eve in the City

There's no better place to celebrate the end of 2007 and to welcome 2008 than at Royal Exhibition Building, Alexandra Gardens, Birrarung Marr, Southgate, Federation Square, Melbourne Museum, NewQuay and

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Category: Misc, City Square, Federation Square, Metro Melbourne, Waterfront City Pavilion, Melbourne City, Melbourne Docklands, December 2007

Melbourne Cup Carnival 2007

The prestigious annual Melbourne Cup Carnival returns for 2007 with a two week celebration of high fashion, fine food and wine, glamour and celebrity and at the centre of it

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Category: Sport, Crown Riverside, Federation Square, Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, Melbourne City, November 2007

Emirates Melbourne Cup Parade

In early November each year, all eyes are on Melbourne for the Annual Melbourne Cup - one of the largest sporting events in the southern hemisphere. Precluding this event is

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Category: Sport, Federation Square, Melbourne City, November 2007

Great Wall of Books

The Great Wall of Books will be on display at Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne this October. A unique public art project, the Great Wall of Books is

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Category: Exhibitions, Federation Square, Melbourne City, October 2007