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From car boots to proposals and Paris Hilton: This is how the Birdcage came to be

For one week of the year, a patch of Flemington Racecourse becomes the heart of Melbourne’s social life. But the Birdcage wasn’t always so glamorous.

Reported by The Sydney Morning Herald. We will add other newspapers as they cover it.

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    From car boots to proposals and Paris Hilton: This is how the Birdcage came to be

    For one week of the year, a patch of Flemington Racecourse becomes the heart of Melbourne’s social life. But the Birdcage wasn’t always so glamorous.

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