East Melbourne Historical Society
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Brochure provided by "The Briars", Mt. Martha, giving the history of the Balcombe family who built and lived in the first East Court at 122 George Street, East Melbourne.
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Gerald Archibald Balme was born in St. Kilda, Victoria, and went to school at Brighton Grammar. He was recruited from school to the St Kilda Football Club, playing for St Kilda from 1902-06, before moving to Perth, Western Australia. In 1907, he was playing as Captain of the West...
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Miscellaneous collection of items relating to Balzac restaurant. The restaurant operated between 1956 and 2001. It was started by George and Mirka Mora who sold it about five years later to John and Maria Kornyei. In the late 1970s it was sold to Leon Massoni. In 1958 it was gran...
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A three page magazine article on the life of Patricia, Lady Harewood by Lawrence Money and published in the (melbourne) magazine. Lady Harewood was born Patricia Tuckwell, sister of Barry Tuckwell, musician. She married photographer, Athol Shmith. She became a leading model, know...
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Clippings from Melbourne News, a quarterly newsletter put out by the City of Melbourne, aboplans to prohibit cyclists from riding in city parks, including Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens.
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Albert Clifford Banbury was born in East Melbourne on 17 July, 1890, but enlisted at Portville, Tasmania, giving as his address the West Coast Hotel, Hobart. He gave his occupation as 'labourer'. He was attached to the Field Artillery Brigade 3, Battery 9. They embarked at Hobart...
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Frederick Banbury was 30 years and 8 months old when he enlisted on 30 September 1916. He was a salesman, English by birth, with his next of kin his mother, Mrs. Annie Boscastle, of 'Aden', Lymington Parade, Torquay, England. His permanent address was 90 Powlett St, East Melbourn...
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James Banks was 22 when he enlisted and gave his occupation as a motor body builder, having completed a four year apprenticeship with A.G. Hampstead of Elsternwick. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Mary Banks of 15 Albert St., East Melbourne, but he himself was living at 9 Du...
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William BANNAN born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in August 1887. William served in the 6th Scottish Regiment C Compay for four years before migrating to Australia. William passed his medical to join the Australian Army at Wonthaggi on the 8th September 1915 and enlisted in the AIF in...
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Alfred was born at Swan Hill on 15 June 1892. His father George fathered six sons and two daughters. Little is know of his childhood but he was in Melbourne in 1913 when he was listed on the Electoral Roll living in South Melbourne. He enlisted on 12 July 1915 at Melbourne as a p...
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John James Bannister was born at Swan Hill in Victoria in May 1893. His father, George, fathered 8 children, six sons and two daughters. John was his second son and the brother of Alfred Bannister who is also listed in these profiles. Little is know of his childhood. He enlisted...
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Review of Tippler & Co, a bar and restaurant occupying the site of the former Cafe Balzac started by George and Mirka Mora in 1956.
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Albert Barber was the older brother of Henry Barber and enlisted some three months after his younger sibling. Like Henry, he had done some military training, two years with Senor Cadets, three years in the CMF and was serving with the Australian Medical Corps. He had attempted to...
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Henry Victor Barber was nineteen years and nine months old when he enlisted in Richmond, Victoria, on 29 August 1916. He was the son of Jessie and James Barber, of 5 Albert St., East Melbourne and his elder brother, Albert, followed him into the AIF only three months later. It wa...
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Aubrey Vernon Barns was the son of Joseph Steven Barns, a salesman, and his wife, Isabella Campbell Barns. At the time he enlisted on 17 October, 1915, Aubrey was loving with his parents at 45 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, and working as a civil servant. He had had 2 years traini...
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One of the mysteries of Charles Gordon Barrie's life is where exactly he lived. His address was certainly 122 Victoria Street, where he lived with his father, Thomas Barrie, but was the suburb East Brunswick, which he wrote on his Attestation paper, or North Melbourne, on part of...
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Frank Barrow enlisted on 5 April, 1917. He was 27 years' old, an electrician and married to Eleanor Jessie Sanders, with whom he was to have one child. His parents, Frank Herbert Barrow and Henrietta Penfold Barrow, were East Melbourne residents, living at 19 Lansdowne St., East...
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Archibald Barry was born at Richmond on 30 September 1879. He enlisted at Melbourne on 21 May 1917. He was 37 years old, 5'7'', and listed his occupation as Manager. He had married Ethel May Bell in 1906. He was allocated to the 58th Batt 9th reinforcements. He spent several week...
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The tragedy in this story is not just the death of a fit 29 year old man, only one week after he had reached the front, but also of the family he left behind. George Barry was a false name, one adopted by Morgan Augustine John Fay, who enlisted on 15 November, 1917. He was a cler...
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Frederick John Bascombe was English by birth, but living in Australia and working as a salesman. He was 21 years old, 5' 6" tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. His father, Frederick William Bascombe was his next of kin, living at Osborne House, Bathwick Hall, Bath, England. He tr...
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Frederick Nuel Bascombe enlisted on 13 March, 1916, nominating his father, Herbert Bascombe, then living at 50 Gipps St. East Melbourne, as his next of kin. He was at the time serving a five year jewellery apprenticeship at Joseph Lawrence Proprietory Limited in Melbourne. He had...
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Cecil Bateman was a motor engineer, living at 111 Hotham St., East Melbourne, and was one of the earliest men to volunteer, enlisting on 19 August, 1914, immediately war was declared. He had some training, three years in the College Cadets at school and some at Broadmeadows, Vict...
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Newspaper clippings about the plague of bats in the Fitzroy Gardens. Photos. April, 2003.
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James Batteson is present on the enlistment records, but appears not to have a service record. All that is recorded is that he was aged 41, a labourer, living in Punt Rd. East Melbourne, making his date of birth probably 1874. He was attached to the 23rd Battalion, D Company, and...