The Victoria Cross was inaugurated 150 years ago, at the suggestion of the Duke of Newcastle, then Secretary of State for War. Previously only the bravery of commissioned officers was recognised, ...

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A high pressure system in the Tasman Sea extends a broad ridge west over Victoria to direct a warm east to northeasterly airstream over the State. A hot northerly airstream then dominates early next ...