Melbournia
The original CBD street plan laid out by surveyor Robert Hoddle is known as this
What is the Hoddle Grid?
The domed reading room at the State Library of Victoria
What is the La Trobe Reading Room?
In specialty coffee, this acronym measures dissolved compounds—key to extraction strength
What is TDS (Total Dissolved Solids)?
Unveiled each January at Davos and developed with Marsh McLennan, this report maps the world’s biggest near‑term and long‑term risks
What is the Global Risks Report?
The 1854 miners’ rebellion near Ballarat that catalyzed democratic reforms
What is the Eureka Stockade?
In the Hoddle Grid, the “little” streets were originally this many feet wide—half a chain
What is 33 feet?
This modernist art museum in Bulleen is linked to Sidney Nolan and the Heide Circle.
What is the Heide Museum of Modern Art?
A classic Melbourne “flat white” differs from a latte primarily in this textural element
What is microfoam texture/ratio (thinner, velvety microfoam)?
This annual ranking—closely watched by expats and CFOs—put Hong Kong at #1 most expensive city in 2024. Name the ranking
What is the Mercer Cost of Living Survey?
The “eight-hour day” is often symbolized as 8–8–8; name the three parts
What are 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest?
This City Loop station was historically closed on weekends, earning a “weekday‑only” reputation until it eventually opened seven days
What is Flagstaff?
Melbourne’s premier art museum spans two sites: NGV International and this Federation Square location
What is The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia?
The Yarra Valley’s cool climate suits these two flagship grapes
What are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay?
High‑yield “disaster” bonds that pay out when quakes or hurricanes hit—MMC’s reinsurance arm helps place them. What are they nicknamed?
What are catastrophe bonds (cat bonds)?
The 1835 agreement purportedly made by John Batman with Kulin leaders that was later declared invalid by Governor Bourke
What is Batman’s Treaty?
This laneway off Flinders Lane is named after a rock band and is a shrine to live music history
What is AC/DC Lane?
This Victorian arcade features the clockwork figures of Gog and Magog
What is the Royal Arcade?
A technique to improve grind uniformity and clarity of flavor involves doing this to beans pre‑grind
What is freezing them?
In the 2024 global broker league table, this Marsh McLennan business held the #1 spot by brokerage revenue
What is Marsh?
The name for the district within NSW which became Victoria, prior to "Victoria" being established in 1851
What is the Port Phillip District?
Before European naming, the Yarra River was commonly rendered from Woiwurrung as this word
What is Birrarung?
The civic space that stirred debate when it opened in 2002 for its deconstructivist architecture
What is Federation Square?
The wild yeast sometimes responsible for “barnyard” notes in natural wines
What is Brettanomyces?
According to the Oliver Wyman Forum’s 2023 Urban Mobility Readiness Index, this Nordic capital ranked #1 for getting around
What is Helsinki?
Between 1851 and 1860, what proportion of gold existing in the world had been discovered in Victoria?
What is one-third?