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East Melbourne Walking Tours
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
$39.27
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
You will be enchanted by the unique and stunning history, culture, art and architecture of East Melbourne, hosted by a local, qualified and friendly guide. Strolling the heritage listed gardens of the area will provide an urban nature experience and backdrop not to be missed.
This is your must do tour when visiting Melbourne and the inner city as it sets you up to understand who we are, where we came from and what we have been doing in this part of Australia.
This is your must do tour when visiting Melbourne and the inner city as it sets you up to understand who we are, where we came from and what we have been doing in this part of Australia.
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East Melbourne Walking Tours
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
Check available dates by emailing us at [email protected]
- Guide
- printed material
- Alcoholic Beverages
Meeting point
Meet at the bottom of the steps of Parliament House
Our Tour Guide will be holding a red umbrella
please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for check in
Return details
Meet at the bottom of the steps of Parliament House
Our Tour Guide will be holding a red umbrella
please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for check in
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Parliament House of VictoriaKicking off our walking tour on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House sets the scene for providing a brief overview of government in Australia and Victoria. You will hear about the remarkable politicians, famous and infamous, who have left their mark on this place. Construction of the building started in 1856 and has never been completed. Following Federation, it was home to the Federal Commonwealth Parliament from 1901 to 1927, until Canberra was built. Architects Peter Kerr and John Knight were respectively responsible for the original design and construction.
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Great Petition Sculpture'Great Petition' constitutes a contemporary interpretation of the Monster Petition – a petition with more than 30,000 signatures presented to Parliament in 1891 as evidence of the widespread support to give women Victorians voting rights. Female suffrage was finally granted in 1908 with the passage of the Adult Suffrage Act. Hear the story of the designers and the history of women’s suffrage in Australia
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Old Treasury BuildingNow a museum and wedding registry office, we'll see this remarkable building and hear the architectural significance of the building and the history of gold and its impact on Melbourne’s development. The gold rush era from the 1850s necessitated the construction of gold vaults to store the gold bullion coming from the Golden Triangle in Central Victoria, soon to be UNESCO listed for it’s gold history. The Old Treasury Building was therefore built in 1858-62 in the grand Renaissance Revival style, designed by “wonder boy” architect JJ Clark, at the remarkable age of nineteen. Hear the story of JJ Clark and the stunning story of this Treasury Building
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Fitzroy GardensWe’ll explore some of the hidden secrets within the spectacular heritage listed gardens. The gardens are one of the major Victorian era landscaped gardens in Australia and add to Melbourne's claim to being the garden city of Australia. Set within the gardens are an ornamental lake, a scarred tree, a visitor information centre and cafe, a conservatory, Cooks' Cottage (a house where the parents of James Cook lived, brought from England in the 1930s), tree-lined avenues, a model Tudor village, a band pavilion, a rotunda, the "Fairies' Tree", fountains and sculptures. including the Conservatory housing stunning sculptures,
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St. Patrick's CathedralDesigned by Architect William Wardell. The architecture is English Gothic of the style of the fourteenth century. Landscape Painter Sir Arthur Streeton said “it rises up in the sky in the most inspiring position in Melbourne.” Described as the peoples cathedral, we will hear about the famous and infamous people who have walked the cobbled blue stone exterior and interior of this place.
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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East Melbourne Walking Tours
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
$39.27
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!