Category: Victoria

Excludes all pastoral and large farming properties in New South Wales and Victoria. Australia’s biggest landholder is Gina Rinehart, controlling 9.2m hectares. Owner Hectares Rank Rinehart-controlled companies 9,206,121 1 Who owns the most land Melbourne? McMillan family: 1.63 million hectares. Who owns the most acres in Australia? Australia’s biggest private landowners, pastoralists Donny and Colleen […]

We know that in our state, almost 25,000 people are experiencing homelessness, and over 80,000 people are waiting for social housing – many of them children. For many of the clients that our 48 community legal centres support, all roads lead back to a lack of suitable housing. How many homeless people are in Victoria? […]

Indeed, coastal gale-force winds are a feature of Victoria’s climate. They occur most frequently between June and November when large pressure gradients between high pressure over the continent and deep depressions to the south produce gale-force and occasionally storm-force westerly winds. What is the windiest month in Victoria? Quick Climate Info Hottest Month January (71 […]

Lake Victoria is the world’s largest tropical lake and the largest lake in the African Great Lakes region. The lake supports the largest freshwater fishery in the world, producing 1 million tons of fish per year and employing 200,000 people in supporting the livelihoods of 4 million people. What is an interesting fact about Lake […]

Possession of an open container of alcohol is sufficient proof of public drinking. As such a beach is a public placeand it could land you in the slammer for a few hours. you cant drink in any public place. Unless its a licensed venue . Is alcohol allowed on Melbourne Beach? Beer and wine are […]

Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL) identifies 38 languages and 11 language families in Victoria. Many of the 38 languages are further divided according to clan groups and their traditional lands, while the 11 language families are grouped according to shared words, grammar and sounds. How many language groups are there in the Kulin nation? […]

We need to acknowledge that these lands – as is most of BC – are on unceded territories. Unceded means that these lands have been encroached upon, and that there are very few treaties to acknowledge and compensate the original caretakers. What indigenous territory is Victoria BC on? The southern tip of Vancouver Island (including […]

Between 2010 and 2022 the surface area of Lake Victoria increased by 15% flooding lakeside communities. Is Lake Victoria growing? Climate change has not only led to drought, wildfires, and ice melting in some parts of the globe, but it has also caused unprecedented rainfall and flooding in others. Africa’s largest freshwater lake, Lake Victoria […]

The City of Victoria was founded by the Hudson’s Bay Company on March 14, 1843, as a trading post and fort at the location the Lekwungen People called “Camosack” meaning “Rush of Water.” Who founded Victoria in Australia? pioneer Edward HentyVictoria ‘s first permanent European settlement is established at Portland Bay by pioneer Edward Henty […]

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise Names Louisa Caroline Alberta House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917) Windsor (from 1917) Father Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Did one of Queen Victoria’s daughters have an illegitimate child? Queen Victoria’s sixth daughter, Princess Louise, was said to have given […]