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Fitzroy Gardens c.1905

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Fitzroy Gardens c.1905

This is a colour postcard of the Fitzroy Gardens c.1905. It was printed in Prussia as part of the Victoria Stamp Market (VSM) Series. Australia introduced the divided back on postcards in 1905. This allowed a message and the address to be written side by side. The image shows the...

Fitzroy Gardens, Hotham Walk

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Fitzroy Gardens, Hotham Walk

This postcard shows the Hotham Walk in the Fitzroy Gardens circa 1908. It is a view entirely recognisable today but with interesting differences. The first is the presence of gaslights. The first five were installed in the gardens in 1865 and were replaced by electricity around t...

Fitzroy Town Hall - 1874

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Fitzroy Town Hall - 1874

first ‹ previous 27 of 27 Fitzroy Town Hall - 1874 Open full image ↗ Acknowledgments State Library of Victoria Catalogue item: mp002074 first ‹ previous 27 of 27

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FLACK, George Edward

Geoge Edward Flack Born East Melbourne Next of Kin: Mrs Flack, Lower Ferntree Gully, Victoria Enlisted on 22nd October 1916 at Broadmeadows at the age of 21 years ad 4 months, being described as being 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 122 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Occupa...

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FLANAGAN, James

James Flanagan was born in Ballarat c.1885. On enlistment on 15 August 1914 he gave his occupation as salesman. He was unmarried, and his address and that of his mother, Mrs. Flanagan, his next of kin, was 61 Grey Street, East Melbourne. He was appointed to the Naval & Military E...

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FLECK, Christian

Christian Fleck was 38 years old when he enlisted. He had been born in Peckham, London, to Christian Fleck and his wife Emily, nee Reed. He grew up in London and in September 1905, married Emily Prudence Bean at St. Georges, Hanover Square. Their daughter, Phyliis Wilhelmina Flec...

Footprints. Vol 34, No. 1. June 2019

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Footprints. Vol 34, No. 1. June 2019

The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and A Gothic Architect. A catalogue for the exhibition held at the Old Treasury Building Museum 31 July 2019-March 2020. Includes images and plans of St Patrick's Cathedral, as well as portraits and religious paintings. Many are fr...

For King and Country - George Wood - Exhibition Panel

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For King and Country - George Wood - Exhibition Panel

Illustrated panel prepared by volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition,For King and Country, commemorating the centenary of the commencement of the First World War. It is one of 16 panels, each of which provides a life story, with relevant im...

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