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Morning Walk in Botanical Gardens — May 22, 1975, Melbourne 750522MW-MELBOURNE [21:53 Minutes] Walk_750522MW-MELBOURNE Śrutakīrti: [introducing recording] The following is Śrīla Prabhupāda's morning walk, which takes place in Melbourne, Australia, Botanical Gardens on May 22, 1975. [break] [in car] Madhudviṣa: ...the area since 1900.
Prabhupāda: Oh. Madhudviṣa: And he was telling me that the house that you are living in, Prabhupāda House, was built in 1885.
Prabhupāda: Oh. Madhudviṣa: 1885, and at that time it was the only house in the whole area for miles around. And it was built by one judge called Morritt, Judge Morritt. And it was the only house in...
They called it "Morritt's folly," "Morritt's folly," because it was built on the sand, and no one thought it could stand for so long. It was built... Because this whole area here was sand, it was all beach, and it was the only house there, and he had stables and very extensive holdings there.
Prabhupāda: Judge. He was judge. Madhudviṣa: He was a judge, yes. And he import...
He went to great extent to build the house. It was during this boom area, when...
Prabhupāda: Englishmen were coming. Madhudviṣa: Yeah, the Englishmen were coming, and because Queen Victoria was there..., the king had died, so the order was passed that no one could buy any, I think, jewelry for their wives.