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The painting is oil on canvas measuring a life size 260 x 139 cm. It was purchased for 850 guineas by Dr Thomas Fitzgerald of Lonsdale Street in Melbourne. After being hung in the National Gallery of Victoria for three weeks in 1883, it was withdrawn from exhibition because of the uproar created especially by the Presbyterian Assembly.
Chloé is an 1875 oil painting by French academic painter Jules Lefebvre.Measuring 260 cm by 139 cm, it depicts the naiad in "Mnasyle et Chloé", [1] a poem by the 18th-century French poet André Chénier.
This is a list of notable restaurant chains in Australia. A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchising agreements.
Leon Massoni sold his share of the restaurant to his partner George, and later owned restaurants including 'Ristorante Massoni' with his partner in business Pietro Grossi, the father of Guy who as of 1999 ran 'Grossi Florentino'. [7] George Tsindos ended a 50-year era by selling The Florentino to Italian Restaurant Melbourne CBD. [8]
In 1985, The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant became the first restaurant in Melbourne to ban smoking. The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant was a four-time winner of the coveted National Tourism Award (1984, 1988, 1992, and 1993).
The Waiter's Restaurant is an Italian restaurant in Melbourne, Australia, described as a "Melbourne institution". [1] Founded in 1947 as the Italian Waiter's Club, it was initially a place for waiters (mainly of Italian and Spanish heritage) to have a meal, a drink and play cards after their work - in breach of the very strict liquor licensing laws in place at the time.
College Dropout is a burger chain in Melbourne, Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4]The restaurant is known, in-part, for having made international headlines after being unsuccessfully sued by the American musician Kanye West for intellectual property infringement.
The Flower Drum was established by Gilbert Lau and opened on 26 May 1975. [5] The restaurant originally opened in a converted car park at 103 Little Bourke Street and took its name from the 1961 film, Flower Drum Song, a Rogers and Hammersein musical about expatriate Chinese and their life in America.