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Weather forecast today (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 15ยฐC, max - 23ยฐC. 80% chance of no rain

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[-] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Those lions, there are a pair, are pretty big and grand and like the lions you see at many of the famous libraries and galleries around the world.

The painting really interested me, it's from the mid 1850s, of a meeting between two men going to the gold fields and a small clan of Aborigines. The Aborigines are wearing possum cloaks with painted markings. They are carrying bags with all their tools and weapons.

The soil is so red, which is just like it is around Geelong, not much grass and the trees are sparse. There are black boy grass trees, which used to be common in western Vic. You can see the Youyangs in the background.

The sculpture is of Ruth, a biblical character.

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