Category: Victoria

Beaches. Most beaches within the Surf Coast Shire are managed by either the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority or Parks Victoria. These organisations allow weddings on some beaches under their control, but a permit is required. Can you get married on a local beach? While standard venues may handle permit paperwork, if you’re […]

Ceremony fees Wedding package Monday to Thursday Saturday and Sunday Classic ceremony package $450 $550 Legal-only package $350 Not available How much does it cost to get married in a registry office in Australia? To secure a time and date for your ceremony, you will need to pay the applicable fee. A registry ceremony costs: […]

The Victorian Society is a UK amenity society and membership organisation that campaigns to preserve and promote interest in Victorian and Edwardian architecture and heritage built between 1837 and 1914 in England and Wales. How would you describe Victorian society? Victorian society was organized hierarchically. While race, religion, region, and occupation were all meaningful aspects […]

This area experiences a climate classified as temperate with a distinctly dry and warm summer. What climate zones are in Australia? Australia’s experiences a variety of climatic conditions, primarily due to the vast size of the continent. There are six distinct climate groups; Equitorial, Tropical, Sub-tropical, Desert, Grassland and Temperate. What are the 3 main […]

The Victorian era is often thought of as a time when society and its rules were rigid and strict. Was the Victorian era strict? The Victorian era is seen as an era of contradiction. Social movements that promoted public morality coincided with a divisive class system that imposed harsh living conditions on the working and […]

Published December 1, 2018. This article reports a new key fact about hemophilia. It is unlikely that the United Kingdom’s Queen Victoria was a first-time carrier of hemophilia in her family. Who had hemophilia first? Hemophilia was first introduced to the world as “The Royal Disease” during the reign of Queen Victoria of England. She […]

five feet. How tall was Victoria? In 1846, an American visitor to London who had attended one of the queen’s receptions described her as a “pleasing lady-like little woman” whose height “cannot exceed five feet”. Some writers have stated that she was shorter than this: 4′ 10” or 4′ 11”. How tall was Queen Victoria […]

Saint Victoria (died 304 AD) is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. Her legend states that she was of the North African nobility and refused an arranged marriage (a story told also of another Saint Victoria). Victoria of Albitina. Saint Victoria Virgin Martyr Born late 3rd c. Died ~304 AD Albitina, […]

Infectious diseases were the greatest cause of Victorian mortality. Most of these, such as smallpox, tuberculosis and influenza, were old scourges, but in 1831 Britain suffered its first epidemic of cholera. What are 5 diseases that were common during the Victorian era? Are Victorian diseases making a comeback? Typhoid. Typhoid during the Victorian era was […]

Victoria, like Queensland, was named after Queen Victoria, who had been on the British throne for 14 years when the colony was established in 1851. What was Victoria originally called? the Port Phillip District of NSWOn the 11 November 1850, the people of Victoria, (then known as the Port Phillip District of NSW) received the […]