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John F. Kennedy Memorial
Newspaper clipping reviewing success of the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Treasury Gardens. 2004.
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John Francis Petty (1923-1997)
Short biography of John Francis Petty, a long time resident of East Melbourne.
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John Glover and Me
Dr Sue Barker is a descendant of early colonial artist, John Glover. She is a local resident and well known to many of us.
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John James Clark
Image of John James Clark, perusing an architectural drawing.
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John James Clark - Life and Architecture
John James Clark (1838-1915) designed many famous public buildings in Australia including, in Melbourne, the Treasury Building and Government House. He lived at 104 Gipps Street from 1869-1871. Our speaker, Dr. Andrew Dodd, completed his PhD thesis on J.J. Clark at Melbourne Univ...
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John Petty
Items pertaining to life of John Petty.
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John Stewart's talk on Holy Trinity
Transcript of talk given by Canon John Stewart on the occasion of a reception to celebrate the church's 100th year since consecration.
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Johnny Ladd
Obituary of Johnny Ladd who died on 27 June, 2004. He lived in Gipps Street, corner of Hayes Lane.
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JOHNSON, Bessie Shircliffe
Bessie Shircliffe Johnson was born on 2 July 1886, in the Fitzroy area of Melbourne to Webb Johnson (1863-1890) and his wife Kate (nee Ryan, no dates). Formally registered as Elizabeth at her birth, she was the sibling of Kate/Catherine Mary (born 1883) and Ryan (born 1889). Bess...
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JOHNSON, Edwin Campbell
Edwin Campbell Johnson was the second son of Alexander Campbell Cusac Johnson and his wife, Ella May, nee Young. He was born on 13 May, 1892 in Adelaide and baptised at St. Mary Magdalene's, Adelaide. At the time he enlisted, on 1 May, 1916, he was 24 years and 4 months old, work...
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JOHNSON, Frederick
This is a story of two soldiers, not one, Frederick Johnson and his brother Ralph. They were the children of Hubert Thomas Coster Johnson and his wife, Alice Maud Mary Ivey. A third child, Alice, born 1893, died at the age of eight. The eldest child, Constance, born 1891, died in...
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JOHNSTON, David Robertson
David Robertson Johnston was the son of John Johnston and his wife, Margaret Bolton Johnston. He was one of eleven children and had served a four year apprenticeship as a draper in his birthplace, with J. Falconer of Aberdeen. By 1915, he was living in East Melbourne, at 49 Georg...
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Johnston, Louise (nee Friedrichs) (1880-?)
Louise and Robert Johnston 1909Mary Louise Friedrichs, known as Louise, was born in 1880. Her father had migrated to Victoria from Hanover, Germany, in 1860 hoping to teach the violin. Alas, such opportunities were in short supply and he became a wood carter, labourer and miner.
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Johnston, Louise (nee Friedrichs) and Robert 1909
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JOHNSTONE, Stanley Watson
Stanley Watson Johnston or Johnstone, was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1887, but little else is known of him. His father was Andrew Johnstone, but this is the only fact in his early life, other than that he served four years as an apprentice at Gourlay Brothers, presumably in Dund...
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Jolimont 1879
An edited extract from an article entitled 'Typhoid fever connected with milk supply' [see VF71]. Gives a colourful description of Jolimont and dairy practices of the time. In East Melbourne Historical Society Newsletter, February 2005.
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Jolimont and Repatriation
By 1917 it was apparent that repatriation services for returning service men and women were inadequate. Soldiers were arriving back in the country in large numbers, most of them damaged by illness or injury. Many of them would not be able to return to their pre-war occupations. T...
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Jolimont Football Club 1915
Photo shows members of the Jolimont Football Club, 1915. John Samuel Goldsbury is seated first on the left in the middle row. He enlisted in the AIF in 1916 and his story is available using link below. John, or Jack, was a keen sportsman and joined the East Melbourne Cricket Club...
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Jolimont Railway Yards proposed development
Newspaper clippings about proposal to develop the railway yards between Federation Square and the MCG. Begins 2006.
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Jolimont roundabout
Photo shows a traffic roundabout at the junction of Wellington Parade, Wellington Parade South and Clarendon Street. It was constructed in 1956 as a result of traffic congestion in Wellington Parade. Traffic out-bound from the city travelled along Wellington Parade, while in-boun...
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Jolimont Square
Newspaper clippings about history, development and sale of new houses in Jolimont Square.
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Jolimont Station
This painting by Janie Wilkinson Whyte (1869-1953) shows Jolimont Station taken from the foot bridge to the east and looking west. A steam train is shown waiting at the station and heading towards the city. The spire of St Enoch's United Presbyerian Church is in the centre distan...
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Jolimont Station needs clean-up
Newspaper clipping about neglected state of Jolimont Station. Melbourne Yarra Leader 14 June 2004.
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Jolimont Station: submission
The East Melbourne Historical Society has recently nominated Jolimont Station for inclusion on the Heritage Victoria register. The station has been a long overlooked part of our history. It does not appear even on the City of Melbourne's Inventory of Heritage Places. We felt it w...