East Melbourne Historical Society
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George John Corcoran was born in Port Melboune in 1886. His father George was a Civil Engineer. At the time of his enlistment on 21 October, 1914, his next of kin is his aunt Lucy Johnson who was living at Victora Parade, East Melbourne. Aged 28, George was single and occupation...
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Joseph Alan Cordner was born at Bridgewater on the Loddon River in May 1890. His father Isiah Joseph Cordner and mother Jessie Walker moved regularly as Isiah was a bank Manager with the National Bank of Australasia. Isiah was living at Colermine and is listed as a bank Manager i...
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Three items of correspondence 1995-1996 1. Malcolm Ritchie, Melbourne City Councillor, to Myra Sutton regarding proposed hotel development corner of Wellington Parade and Powlett Street. 2. Natalie Woodley to Save Prince's Park Group; Natalie Woodley to The Age regarding public p...
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Noel Aubrey Corrigan was one of five children of Joseph and Catherine or Kathleen Corrigan, nee Finlayson. He was probably the youngest brother, with Signa Daphne, b.1887, Joseph, b. 1890, Thomas Norman and one other. He was no doubt eager to enlist to go to war. He joined up on...
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Although born in East Melbourne in 1892, Thomas Norman Corrigan had little contact with the suburb. When he enlisted, aged 22, on 27 January, 1915, he was living at 25 Ford St., Brunswick and working as a tea packer. He joined the 21st Battalion, raised at Broadmeadows in early F...
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Newspaper clipping - report of Peter Costigan's funeral. He was Lord Mayor and lived in Webb Lane. Photos. The Age, 9 August 2002.
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Plan and description of the garden surrounding Cook's Cottage, and its plants.
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Newspaper articles written for the 70th and 75th anniversaries of the re-location of Cook's Cottage to Fitzroy Gardens. Give historical background and photos.
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William Cotterill is a slippery character and his relationship to East Melbourne is tenuous. He first enlisted for the First World War at Liverpool NSW on 25 November, 1915. He was then 42 years' old and was dscribed as 5'6" tall with tattoos on both forearms and chest. He stated...
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Talouchlan [ Thomas] was born in Sydney in1894 He enlisted on the 15 December 1914 at Echuca Victoria. He is 20 years old labourer. A small man 5'3'' and weighing on 8stone 4 lbs. He is the only son of Annie Coughlan who is living at 480 Albert Street East Melbourne. He embarked...
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Private Courtney put his age as 21 years and 1 month when he enlisted at South Melbourne on 6 July 1917. He gave his next of kin as his sister, Rose Courtney, who resided at 55 Studley Road, Forest Gate, Essex; in May 1918 he changed his next of kin to name his father, of the sam...
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Gerald Audrey Cadogan Cowper was born in England, probably Hertfordshire, in 1882, to Frank Cadogan Cowper and his wife Edith. He went to Preparatory School for two years in Hertfordshire, then on to Cranleigh College, Surrey, for five years. Cranleigh was reputed to have one of...
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Son of Thomas William Coxon and Alice Taylor Garnett, born 1893 in East Melbourne. A search of the Sands & McDougall Post Office Directories shows the family to be then living at 108 Powlett Street, East Melbourne. The house was a boarding house and it does not appear that the Co...
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John William Coy was the son of John William Coy and his wife, Agnes Veronica, nee Hannan. He was born in 1898. When he enlisted he gave his birth place as Melbourne but at the time of his birth the family were living at 70 [now demolished but site of 90] Jolimont Street, Jolimon...
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Lewis William Cozens was born in Newcastle NSW on 24 September, 1885, the eldest son of Evan William Richard Cozens and his wife, Mary, nee Jeffrey. He was to have three sisters, Eleanor Jane, b. 1883, Emily May, b. 1884, and Marion Irene, b. 1885. He may also have a brother, eit...
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History of the church in East Melbourne. Photos.
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Winifred Mary Cramer (1877–1965) Winifred Mary Cramer is commemorated on the Honour Board at St Peter’s Eastern Hill, East Melbourne, with other nurses from the parish who served in the Great War of 1914–18. Winifred Cramer was not sent overseas with the Australian Army Nursing S...
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Albert's Attestation Papers indicate he was living in East Melbourne upon enlistment on 19th August 1914, whilst his next of kin lived in East Brunswick. Albert was 22 years and six months of age at enlistment, being 5 feet 5 and 1/4 inches tall. As a younger person, Albert spent...
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Newspaper clippings and auction brochure about Crathre House, 118 Gipps Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 25 October 2003. Interior and exterior photos. Plans.
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Like his father, Richard Henry Crawley was a baker. He had undertaken a four year apprenticeship with Mr. A.C. Reilly of Brunswick, Victoria, had been working as a baker at Swan Hill in 1914, but was living at 390 Lygon St., Carlton in 1915, again working as a baker.He was the so...
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File contains items relating to Creative East Melbourne, an exhibition of artworks created by artists living in East Melbourne. It was held at the East Melbourne Library during August 2016 and curated by Lisette Malatesta of the East Melbourne General Store. 1. A copy of the flye...
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Robert Anderson Crichton was one of seven children of Andrew Brown Crichton and his wife, Sarah, nee Dobson. He was the fifth child with five sisters and one brother, Andrew. At the time he enlisted he was 24 years' old, single and workign as a carpenter. In 1914, he had been liv...
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Newspaper clipping about the forthcoming sale of 86-90 Jolimont Street, Jolimont, currently the headquarters of Cricket Victoria.
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A history of the first eleven years of women's cricket as an organised competition. The Victorian Ladies' Cricket Association was formed in 1905. This ceased to function after the 1915-16 season largely due to the war and the need for women to expend their energies elsewhere. A n...