East Melbourne Historical Society
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Photographs of artifacts of Cliveden Mansions bought at auction in 1968 and incorporated into a house in Brighton by architect George Sommers (1904-1984). The house was designed in 1969 and built by 1971. Sommers aimed to combine the Georgian tradition of the Melbourne area with...
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Scanned photograph of Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne, taken by John T. Collins on 23 June 1968.
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5 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at Cliveden Mansions, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1934, 1939, 1945 and 1955.
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Scanned copy of wood engraving of proposed residence of Sir W.J. Clarke on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Streets, East Melbourne. The building is described as "Italian Renaissance style, large private residence on corner of Clarendon St. and Wellington Pde; Mr. S....
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Newspaper clipping reporting on peoples' anger over the proposed sell-off of the old Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital in East Melbourne. The state government claims it is surplus to its needs but the public view is that the site is such an important one it should be kept for publi...
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Walter's biography is somewhat limited and difficult to detail due to the lack of precise detail, however, the following can be gleaned from the documents. MILITARY NOTES: Enlisted at Melbourne on 15th January 1915 aged 43 years. Previously served in the 2nd Scottish Horse in Sou...
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Alexander Cobb was the son of Alexander and Catherine Cobb, nee Buchanan. His father is described in the Electoral Rolls as a cook, while the son is a warehouseman, alnd later, a storeman. He had served an apprenticeship Needham, Carter and Pirrie Coy, Melbourne, and may have sti...
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Stanley Warrender Cochrane was born in London in 1880, the second youngest of 6 sisters and 2 brothers. His father Robert was employed with Brooks, Robinson & Co, Melbourne based glass merchants. The family migrated to Melbourne in 1883, residing in the Hawthorn area. Stanley gre...
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A report on local resident, Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, donating a large collection of Dior dresses to the National Gallery of Victoria.
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Colleen Meldrum talks about her life prompted by some favourite possessions. Colleen was Lady Mayoress 1991-1992. She lived at 92 George Street, East Melbourne.
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Street directory of Melbourne and Suburbs. One page per suburb. Includes fold out map of city and suburban streets. East Melbourne page shows Grey Street West and Gipps Street West, now Cathedral Place and St Andrews Place respectively. Map also shows schools: Scotch College, St...
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James Collins as a 24 year old labourer when he enlisted in 1915, living at 192 George St., East Melbourne, probably a boarding house. He named Mrs. Slocombe of that address as his next of kin, so she may well have been his sister or other relative. He began his military training...
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Reginald Michael Collins had a fairly brief war. He enlisted on 1 March, 1915, and was returned to Australia on 12 February, 1916. A commercial traveller by trade, he lived at 73 Hotham St., East Melbourne with his mother, Mrs. Esther Collins. He was placed in the 23rd Battalion,...
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Biographies of the wives of Victoria's colonial governors, including Sophie La Trobe. The chapter devoted to her life gives tells of the establishment of Jolimont and life in early Melbourne.
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Newspaper clippings outline the changes to Melbourne in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Sites in East Melbourne include MCG, Hilton Hotel, MCG Hotel, Jolimont Station, new footbridge. Photos, including aerial shot of Melbourne covering inner suburbs.
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Stories of East Melbourne.
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Clipping from Out and About March 2008, a City of Melbourne publication. Photo shows four East Melbourne residents, Joan Lenaghan, Claire Hicks, Sybil Peters and Betty Box on an outing organised by the City of Melbourne.
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Brochures circulated locally to gain support for a community bank in East Melbourne under the auspices of the Bendigo Bank.
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A page of four pen and ink sketches with collective title of 'Community minded people of East Melbourne'. Each sketch shows a small group of people stopped for a casual chat, their common interests clearly defined: the Garden Club, books, children and (possibly) daily life.
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Flyer which was distributed to all East Melbourne residents to advertise a community event to be held on 24 October 2015 and hosted by the East Melbourne Group at Holy Trinity Church, corner of Clarendon and Hotham Streets.
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Catalogue of exhibition of the same name held at University of Melbourne in 2015. Many images reproduced and accompanied by extensive text. The East Melbourne connection is slight. There is a short paragraph on Dr Rachel Champion who married Dr Charles Shaw, an East Melbourne res...
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Holy Trinity hosts occasional fund raising concerts. The file contains some notes on recent concerts and performers.
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Photo shows timber house of one storey and double fronted, with garden in front. There are four people on the verandah, left to right: John Hurst Green Snr., Emily Blanch Green, Ernest Green and Alice Green. C. 1913.
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Peter David Conlon was the son of Denis Conlon, of 419 Canning St. Carlton and his wife, Bridget (nee Egan). He was born on 25 September, 1896, in Jolimont, but did not otherwise live in East Melbourne, and was the eldest of four children, the others May, Edie and Jack. His desir...