Fact for the day:
The first manned flight in Australia was in 1858 in a balloon. This was launched at Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne's first 'pleasure gardens' (precursor to amusement parks). Cremorne is a small suburb in on the edge of Richmond in Melbourne (and is where my brother lives).
An attempt had been made two years earlier in Sydney which resulted in the death of a child, not because the balloon crashed, but because there was a riot among the paying viewers when the balloon didn't ascend.
From: Aviation in Australia by Jill Blee
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