Author: Clint Curtis

The formal political system was a constitutional monarchy. It was in practice dominated by aristocratic men. The British constitution was (and is) unwritten and consists of a combination of written laws and unwritten conventions. What was the Victorian era mainly about? The Victorian Era was a time of vast political reform and social change, the […]

Yes, drink driving is considered a serious offence in Victoria and is treated seriously by the court. Unless you are found not guilty of an offence, if you go to court there will be an entry on both your criminal record and your criminal driving record held by VicRoads. How can I get out of […]

They didn’t marry young. At the end of the 18th century, the average age of first marriage was 28 years old for men and 26 years old for women. What age did men marry in the 19th century? This is in stark contrast to the marriage age in the 19th century. The average age for […]

Princess Victoria died August 5th, 1901, only eight months after the death of Queen Victoria. Princess Victoria became King Edward VII in 1901. How many of Queen Victoria’s children died before her? Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married in 1840 and, over the next eighteen years, had nine children. During a period of high infant […]

They are distantly related, being ninth cousins once removed. Camilla’s great grandmother Alice Keppel was a long-term mistress of Charles’s great-great-grandfather, Queen Victoria’s son, and heir King Edward the Seventh. 2. Are the Queen and Camilla related? Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles; 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and […]

Gowramma gave birth to a daughter named Edith Campbell on 2 July 1861. By the time Edith was three years old, Gowramma had developed signs of tuberculosis. She died from the disease on 30 March 1864 just a few months short of her 23rd birthday. Did Queen Victoria have an Indian daughter? Exiled Indian princess […]

It’s often claimed that Queen Victoria said the infamous quote – “We are not amused” – to an equerry who had told a risqué joke (the ‘we’ in question was not the royal ‘we’ but the ladies who were present). The phrase has since come to epitomise the perceived strait-laced stuffiness of both the era […]

Attorney-General of Victoria Rob Hulls argued that a Bill of Rights would “strengthen our democracy and set out our rights in one accessible place.” After community consultation, including input from the Australian Human Rights Commission, the act was introduced and debated in Parliament on 2 May 2008. Why should Australia adopt a Bill of Rights? […]

south central Victoria. The Kulin nation is an alliance of five Aboriginal nations in south central Victoria, Australia. Their collective territory extends around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys. What area of Victoria are the Wurundjeri people from? Before European settlement, the Aboriginal […]

There are currently between 1000 and 1500 Wurundjeri wilam people living in Victoria. Many of the names in the City of Whittlesea were inspired by the Wurundjeri culture and traditions: Bundoora – Keelbundoora was a young boy present at the signing of the Batman Treaty. What area of Victoria do the Wurundjeri people call home? […]