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🕰️ Travel through time with State Library Victoria! 📍 Join us each week as we journey through Victoria's history, highlighting some of the milestone moments of each decade. 👋 Welcome to the 1870s. The 1870s saw further changes to Victoria’s transport systems, with railway expansions overtaking the dominance of paddle-steamers. Victoria’s population was still on the rise and many began to recognise the importance of formalised education. Schools were built, teaching colleges were established a