The Queen’s visit to Paris was to celebrate this remarkable turnaround in Anglo-French relations, but also marked a close personal friendship between Queen Victoria and the French Emperor Napoleon III. Why did Victoria go to France? Episode 3 brought Victoria to France, to play the dangerous game of international relations with cunning French king, Louis […]
Category: Victoria
How Many Children Are In Out Of Home Care In Victoria?
In 2020–21, nationally: about 11,500 children were admitted to out-of-home care – a rate of 2 per 1,000 children (Supplementary table S5. 1)How many children were in out-of-home care? State or territory Number Number per 1,000 Vic Number 9,146 Number per 1,000 6.4 Qld Number 9,433 Number per 1,000 7.9 How many children are in […]
Is Victoria The Largest City In Bc?
Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about 100 km (62 mi) southwest from British Columbia’s largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. Victoria, British Columbia. Victoria • City 19.47 km2 (7.52 sq mi) • Urban 215.88 km2 (83.35 sq mi) • Metro 696.15 km2 (268.79 sq mi) Elevation 23 m […]
How Is Lake Victoria Important To People?
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. How does Lake Victoria help the economy? […]
How Long Did Queen Victoria Wear Black After Albert Died?
40 years. After the death of Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria wore black every single day for over 40 years, until her own death. How long did Victoria wear black after Albert died? forty yearsPerhaps the most significant turning point in Queen Victoria’s life was the death of Prince Albert in December 1861. His […]
Where Does Lake Victoria Drain To?
the Nile River. The only outflow from Lake Victoria is the Nile River, which exits the lake near Jinja, Uganda. Where does Lake Victoria flow to? White Nile RiverThe White Nile River is the only outlet from the lake, and since 1954, the Owens Falls Dam [now Nalubaale] has controlled the flow of water out […]
Can You Swear In Public In Victoria?
Queensland (Summary Offences Act 2005 s 6), New South Wales (Summary Offences Act 1988 s 4) and Victoria (Summary Offences Act 1966 s 17) all have laws that cover offensive language in public. The offensive language provisions in both Queensland and Victoria may result in imprisonment for up to six months. Is swearing in public […]
Who Was The First Person To See Lake Victoria?
The British explorer John Hanning Speke (1827-64) is famed for being the first European to visit Lake Victoria and to identify it as the source of the Nile. Speke undertook three African expeditions, the first two with the great explorer Richard Burton (1821-90), like Speke an officer in the Indian Army. Who was the first […]
What Do Victorian Number Plates Look Like?
Euro plates have a blue section to the left containing “Vic” vertically above a Victorian Southern Cross, and in the main section contain the letter “V”, a full-coloured Victorian coat of arms, and two letters, a space and three numbers (V aa-nnn). What Colour are Victorian number plates? Since 1939, standard Victorian state plates have […]
Who Has Number Plate 1 In Victoria?
The ‘VIC 1’ number plate, owned by Peter Bartels. The plate is worth up to $10 million. Is there a number 1 number plate? Registration Number ‘1’ Abu Dhabi property mogul Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri snapped it up in 2008. Who owns vic 2 number plate? “…the Smorgon dynasty owns VIC 2, 9, 90 and […]