Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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About that time in the 1850s when the population of Melbourne rushed to stop an impending invasion by the great power of the Russian Empire.

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.