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  1. 03-26-2017, 02:33 AM #1
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    Default The Melbourne Map

    Hi,
    This is a copy of a map I published in 1990. After backpacking around Europe and America and seeing some lovely pictorial maps of cities, I looked for one of my home town Melbourne Australia. Discovering that Melbourne had not been illustrated in detail since a beautiful etching by AC Cooke & Samuel Calvert in 1880, I decided to make my own. This journey then took another 4 years, researching and working with three artists. I published limited edition B&W prints of the line drawing then colour posters, jigsaw puzzles, cards etc. There is of course lots more to this story and if any of you are interested you can read about the project on my website, www.themelbournemap.com.au About 3 years ago I decided to create an updated version of the map as the city of Melbourne had changed so much and had been crowned The World's Most Liveable City 6 years in a row. The (new) Melbourne Map will be completed later in 2017 and I am just about to launch a crowd funding campaign to gather some pre sales, having already exhausted my life savings on the new edition. If you have any questions, let me know. Regards Melinda

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  2. 03-27-2017, 11:58 AM #2
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    An awesome project and a wonderful map !
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  3. 03-28-2017, 08:44 AM #3
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    Really cool project, and a map with a style we're not use to see often in this forum, great work!
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    This is absolutely gorgeous Melinda
    I'm glad you came round here and posted this wonderful creation.
    I went through your blog yesterday and read about the story and progress to get to this.
    Very inspiring. Excellent work.
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  5. 03-28-2017, 11:18 AM #5
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    Amazing work!
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    Incredible... just incredible... I'm speechlessly repping. *__*
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    This is a gorgeous, wonderfully detailed and stylish piece of work Melinda! Thanks for sharing and rep is most certainly on its way!
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    I definately think you should show/sell this map to Melbourne. Would be fun to hear what they say and I can think of several uses as tourism and advertising.
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  9. 03-28-2017, 02:40 PM #9
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    That's a mesmerizing piece ! So much wonderful elements to look at !

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    This is fantastic, Melinda. A beautiful rendering of Melbourne. It has so much detail on it, I think I can even see my brother's house...

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