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    John Robison Royal Exhibition Building

    Sep 02, 2020 4 minutes

    How did you come to work at the Royal Exhibition Building?

    I started my career as a fitter and a turner in Yarraville. I then went to Trans-Australia Airlines, when it was called TAA, on ground support. Then I went into the labour hire roundabout for about 10 years. Then I got completely out of mechanical things and into cooking for 10 years. I had a friend who worked at the Melbourne Museum part-time and he invited me along – and I never looked back.

    How do you preserve the building’s history?

    It’s knowledge-based and is about working with

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