What happened in the 1860s?
๐ The First Melbourne Cup (1861): The origins of Australia's most famous horse race.
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Melbourne Cup - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Melbourne Cup | National Museum of Australia (gov.au)
Melbourne Cup 1866 | National Museum of Australia (gov.au)
Melbourne Cup | Australian, Thoroughbreds, Flemington - Britannica (britannica.com)
The History of Cup Week | Melbourne Cup Carnival | VRC (com.au)
On this day: The Melbourne Cup begins - Australian Geographic (com.au)
The first Melbourne Cup on November 7th, 1861. | The Bribie Islander (com.au)
The Melbourne Cup: Australian identity and secular pilgrimage (researchgate.net)
The History of the Melbourne Cup - Entegra Signature Structures (com.au)