Category: Victoria

Can Fines Victoria Suspend Your License?

If you don’t pay your fines, Fines Victoria can direct VicRoads to impose a suspension against your driver licence, learner permit or vehicle registration. If directed we must apply the suspension to your registration and/or driver licence. What is the fine for driving without a license in Victoria? The magistrate may give you a fine. […]

What Did Queen Victoria Eat For Dinner?

Mealtimes with the queen Of course, she did not necessarily eat everything on offer, but felt it was important to have a choice. Dinners might entail soup, fish, cold boiled chicken or roast beef, dessert and fruits, perhaps some of the pineapples grown specially for the royal household. How many meals a day did Victorians […]

What Were Victorian Parties Like?

Parties in Victorian days were rarely informal, haphazard affairs. Instead, they were meticulously planned. One had to know just whom to invite, what to serve, what entertainments to provide, and more. Parties also tended to be of specific types. What were Victorian era parties called? The two main political parties during the era remained the […]

Did The Victorian Era Have Balls?

Some attendees were young, single gentlemen. For them, a ball was the perfect place to practice their dancing, polish their conversation skills, and meet eligible young ladies. It was also a place which required gentlemen to obey strict rules of etiquette. These rules are far too numerous to cover in a single article. How long […]

Did Victorians Wear Their Hair Down?

Upper class women rarely wore their hair down in public in the Victorian era, since a women’s hair was considered her most valuable asset. Because of this, bonnets and hats into outfits became common. Hair was also kept long, although regular trims were common. How did Victorians wear their hair? The Victorian period of fashion […]

What Are The Political Parties In Victoria?

The centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP), the centre-right Australian Labor, the centre-right National Party of Australia, and the left-wing environmentalist Australian Greens are Victoria’s main political parties. What are the 4 main political parties? (Elec. Code, § 5006.) The existing qualified political parties with statutes relating to their activities and the conduct of their presidential […]