East Melbourne Historical Society
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Alfred William Docter and his brother, Thomas Cancel Doctor, were the sons of Thomas Docter, a dairyman, and his wife Alice, of 187 Edward St., Brunswick. Alfred was a driver by trade, while Thomas was a currier. Both died as a resut of war, but in very different circumstances. A...
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Newspaper report of the purchase of 100 Wellington Parade by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners for about $25 million. Previous owners were the Heine Brothers and more recently Melbourne Water. Also newspaper clipping about Melbourne Water's move out of 100 Wel...
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Dominic Bonadio, who most of us know as Dom from Il Duca restaurant, as a lockdown project, got to work writing his family story. Dom will bring this story to life for us in what is sure to be a talk both historically interesting and entertaining. As he puts it:
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The son of John Donaldson and Elizabeth, nee Lever, Alexander Donaldson was born on 6 September, 1873, at Diamond Creek Victoria. He had one sibling, his sister Annetta, b. 1971. By 1917, when he enlisted, he was a factory manager, married to Gertrude, and living at 112 Grey Stre...
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James Donnan enlisted on 15 July, 1915. It is a significant date, because it follows on from the assault on the Gallipoli Peninsula. James Donnan would have read the news and seen the casualty lists and therefore had full knowledge of his possible fate. Moreover, he was 44 years...
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Report of sale of flats at 458 Victoria Parade for $4.95m.
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Douglas was born in East Melbourne on 5th May, 1889, the youngest son and child of George Hamilton Dougharty and Catherine (Kate) Grey Dougharty (nee Innes). Douglas had 2 older brothers and 5 sisters, some of whom were also involved directly with WWI.(see later notes) His father...
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Alexander Douglas was born in 1883 at Junee NSW, the son of Samuel and Ruth Douglas. In 1912, at the age of 29, he married Margaret Emma Connolly (1884-1949) in Newcastle, NSW. They had two daughters, Yvonne Marguerite, known as Bonnie, on 25 September, 1915, at Essendon, Victori...
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Arthur Douglas was 41 years old when he enlisted. He was a married man and named as his next of kin his wife, Maria Ethel, known as Maud. He was born in Glasgow in 1876, but in 1917 when he enlisted, was at 40 Albert St., East Melbourne and then at 453 George St., Fitzroy. He was...
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Born East Melbourne on the 10 May 1895. Was living in Williamstown with his father in 1915 and was an apprectice Engineer with W Jackson, Nelson Place Williamstown. Enlisted in the AIF on the 12 July 1915 Allocated to the 5th Battalion. Wilson was 20 years old, a small man of 5'6...
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No connection with East Melbourne. Mother lived as boarder in East Melbourne in 1916.
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No connection with East Melbourne. Widower with small daughter in foster care in Jolimont
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Newspaper article about the conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens especially as a tourist destination with Wilma Saunders as guide.
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William Downie was born in Kensington Victoria, but at the time of his enlistment was at 57 Angus St., Jolimont, Victoria. He was a married man, 27 years old, with fair hair and blue eyes, Presbyterian by religion, and working as a salesman. He enlisted early and was placed in D...
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Robert Downing was 27 years old and working as a Commercial Traveller when he enlisted 3 April, 1917. he was at the time living with his widowed mother, Mary Ellen Downing, at 128 Albert Street, East Melbourne. She would later move to 49 Victoria Street, and in 1919, they were li...
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Robert Hooper Downing was one of two children born to Robert James Downing and his wife, Mary Ellen, nee Scown. BY 1914, Mary Ellen was a widow, living with her two sons at 10 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Her elder son, , Robert Clifford Downing, born 1889, enlisted for the war o...
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A paper on the life and work of Dr Adam Cairns (1802-1881), clergyman and theologian, and founding father of the Presbyterian Church in Melbourne. He established Chalmers Church, its first place of worship, on Eastern Hill. After his death Cairns Memorial Church in Powlett Street...
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Max Griffiths will take us through the life of Dr Adam Cairns (1802-1881), clergyman and theologian, and founding father of the Presbyterian Church in Melbourne. He established Chalmers Church, its first place of worship, on Eastern Hill. After his death Cairns Memorial Church in...
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On 24 June 2022, in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling, made as result of the now famous Roe v Wade case, that gave a fundamental right to women to access abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Alito...
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The poetry of Dr Gweneth Wisewould plus some information about her life. Gweneth Wisewould was the grand-daughter of James and Sophia Wisewould. [See link below]
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Newspaper clipping about the old Free Medical Dispensary in Wellington Street, Collingwood established by Dr John Singleton. Dr Singleton, doctor, social worker and reformer, lived in East Melbourne, and his daughters ran a school in his home for many years. The school was Ormist...
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One of East Melbourne’s more notable residents was Dr Julian Smith: a remarkable man, famous in two very different fields, surgery and photography. Born in England in 1873, he arrived in South Australia with his family three years later. He studied medicine at Adelaide University...
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Eastbourne House stands on the corner of Wellington Parade and Simpson Street in East Melbourne. It is a two-storey building of 16 rooms, with a large balcony overhanging Simpson Street, and is classified by the National Trust. It was built for Dr Samuel Peacock in 1902. He used...
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Lawrence Moore told us about the life and times of Rev. Dr. Adam Cairns and the history of the church named in his memory. Lawrence was organist and member of the congregation before the church was destroyed by fire and is an authority on Presbyterian church history.