East Melbourne Historical Society
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Introduction: three Gallin sisters AANS Eleanor Gallin was the second of three Gallin sisters to enlist in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the Great War. Her enrolment in 1915 followed Alice’s by just weeks. Their eldest sister Mary Josephine joined in October 1917, soon a...
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Introduction: three Gallin sisters AANS Mary Josephine Gallin was the third of three Gallin sisters to enlist in the Australian Army Nursing Service in the Great War. Her younger sisters, Alice and Eleanor, enlisted in 1915. Their eldest sister Mary Josephine joined in October 19...
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Cyril Gallop was the son of Gilbert D'Arcy Gallop and Edith Margaret, nee Marfleet. He had one brother, Rollo D'Arcy Gallop, who enlisted using the name Robert. Cyril Gallop was born on September 24, 1895, but when he enlisted, he slightly altered his age; instead of being 18 yea...
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Report on sale of Kevan Gosper's house at 54 Powlett Street, East Melbourne
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Newspaper clipping about sale of properties at 6 and 12 Garden Avenue, East Melbourne. From: The Age, 9 November 2019, Commercial Real Estate
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Thomas Gardner was 33 and two months old when he enlisted for World War 1 on 1 September, 1914. An iron turner by trade, he was born in 1881 in Richmond, Victoria, the son of Thomas Gardner and his wife, Sarah Ellen, nee Gorman. There were three other children, Mabel (b. 1877), A...
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Norman James Garton enlisted for overseas service on 28 July, 1916. He claimed to be 21 years old and was, in fact, very nearly that age, but he was born on 28 September, 1895 and his 21st his birthday was not until two months later. Why he chose to enlist at that time, without p...
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Newspaper clippings about Gary Morgan's attempts to become Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He has stood for the position in 2004, 2008 and 2012.
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Thomas Gatehouse was born in Geelong in August 1888. He enlisted for overseas service on 14 July, 1915, when he was 26 years and 11 months old. He was a single man and worked as a groom. He appears to have been without close family, giving as his next of kin his friend, Miss Minn...
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Wounded in action (Hobart Mercury, 20 Dec 1915, p6)
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Edward John Gaynor was the son of Police Constable Edward James Gaynor and his wife Margaret Anne, nee Edwards, known as Annie. The family lived at 'Wendouree', 56 Albert St., East Melbourne. There were two girls in addition to Edward, Eileen and Marie. On 1 May 1915, when he enl...
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William Geggie was born in East Melbourne, probably in May, 1888. He does not seem to have any other connection with the suburb, but lived with his father, also William Geggie, at 4 Caroline Street, South Yarra. He enlisted on 29 December, 1915, having had three yearsa previosu m...
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Albert Francis Gellatly served in both World Wars and in the Citizens Military Service. His name appears on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial, Panel 91, Supplementary Panel 10. He died of an unspecified illness, and his record of service in World War 2 has not yet...
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Jessie Ross Gemmell was one of nine children born to William Gemmell (1834–1903) and his wife Annie née Fenwick (c1839–1878). Both William and Annie were Scottish immigrants to the colony of Victoria in the gold rush decade of the 1850s. Annie likely came with her brother Peter,...
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Bronze statue of Gordon, standing on high pedestal. With inscription which reads: ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF VICTORIA TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF CHARLES GEORGE GORDON MAJOR-GEN ROYAL ENGINEERS WHO FELL AT KHARTOUM JANUARY 26 1885 Sculpture by Hamo Thornycroft. A second casting of an e...
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File of items about Geoffrey Blainey, historian and East Melbourne resident, from 1995.
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Scanned lantern slide of the Geological Museum of Victoria taken by John Henry Harvey. The museum was built 1909 and demolished 1965.
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Scanned photograph of the Geological Museum, Macarthur Street, East Melbourne taken some time between 1910 and 1920. The photographer is not identified. SLV description: "View from Macarthur Street showing a Renaissance revival style building with temple style windows, arched ped...
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Scanned photo of the Geological Museum, Macarthur Street, East Melbourne taken by Colin Caldwell in 1949. The building was built in 1909 and demolished in 1965.
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Scanned photo of the Geological Museum, Macarthur Street, East Melbourne, probably taken by John T.Collins in 1963. (See history of the item below.)
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File of correspondence pertaining to application for liquor licence for Balzac Restaurant. Sample menus. Plans for alterations necessary for licence. 1955-1959. Includes also Victorian Civic Association's draft submission for Improvement of the Liquor Licensing Laws.
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East Melbourne Historical Society is researching the lives of the names that were on the World War 1 Honour Roll of the old Yarra Park State School that was situated on the corner of Wellington Parade and Punt Road between 1874 and 1987. There are many interesting stories that ha...
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Documents relating to planning dispute 2004-05. Nik Iljin, immediate neighbour to the motel, was co-ordinator.
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A biography of George Robertson of Melbourne. (Not to be confused with George Robertson of Sydney (1860-1933.) Robertson arrived in Melbourne aboard the Great Britain in 1852. He quickly opened a shop in Russell Street before moving to Collins Street, between the Athenaeum and th...