East Melbourne Historical Society
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Son of John and Ada (nee Ratcliff) Kerr. Born c. 1891 at Mornington. He was the fourth son in a family of eight sons and three daughters. The family moved to 12 Simpson Street, East Melbourne about 1900 which was to become their home for many years. Malcolm enlisted on 8 October...
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Robert Augustus Kerrigan was born in East Melbourne, Victoria, in May, 1874. His father, John Kerrigan (1834-1907) was then 40 years old, his mother, Mary, nee Kilgar/Kilgour (1842-1878) was then thirty two years old. Robert was one of nine children: William b.1861, Helena b.1866...
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When Gilbert Kibblewhite arrived in Australia, he was removing himself from a disgrace and a marriage failed through violence. Gilbert Kibblewhite married Ethel Curtis at Westminster, London on 30 April, 1900. She was the elder daughter of Thomas Figgis Curtis, a stained glass ma...
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Newspaper clipping reporting on plan by the Melbourne Football Club to build a training ground in Yarra Park with associated office building over the adjacent railway line. Residents, led by the East Melbourne Group, strongly opposed the plan.
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Little is known about the personal life of James Kiernan, other than that he was born in Wollongong, NSW, to Mrs. Catherine Tiernan and her husband, Patrick, who had been dead for six years before James enlisted for World War 1. James was a metal worker, 20 years and 8 months old...
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Arthur Frederick Kimberley was one of five children born to Frederick Theodore Kimberley and his wife Jessie, nee Bonney. He was born 20 June, 1885, at Devonport, Tasmania, and at the time of his enlistment in 1917 was a married man, working as a saddler and harness maker in Clif...
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Open full image ↗Ann Blainey will talk about her new book and its star, Charles Kingsford Smith, flyer extraordinaire. It was he who made the first continuous flight across Australia, the first trans-Pacific flight, and the first flight across the Atlantic from east to west. He a...
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Agnes Wotherspoon King (1884-1942) was the second daughter and fourth child of Robert King (1843–1919) and his wife Frances (or ‘Fanny’, nee Craig) (1854–1926). Robert her father was the son of a farmer in Bothwell, Lanarkshire in Scotland. He appears to have travelled to the Uni...
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Killed in action 27 June 1915 Charles Trethowan King was born in December 1894 and enlisted on 15 October 1914 at the age of 29 years and 10 months. His mother, Janet King, resided at 88 Hotham Street, East Melbourne. She was a widow, her husband Charles Whitewood King having die...
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Gordon Alexander King's story is a sad one. He was born in Warrnambool in 1896, the second son of Thomas King and his wife, Elizabeth Smith. He had an elder brother, John Peter King, who enlisted and was to die from Malaria in Cairo, Egypt, in 1918. After Gordon as born, more chi...
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Walter King spent only a small time before he enlisted at East Melbourne. He was born at Rushworth, Victoria, in 1895 and was the youngest of four children, the other three being girls. By the time he enlisted on 26 February, 1916, both parents were dead, and his eldest sister, M...
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Postcard. Colour print. Printed in Melbourne by F.W.N. & Co. (Francis Wilson Niven) The image shows the old kiosk in the Fitzroy Gardens as it appeared when first built. A history of the building can be found using the link below. It was demolished in 1963 to make way for the cur...
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Entree knife with silver plated handle and stainless steel blade. The blade is engraved with the words 'Grosvenor Delphic' written in copperplate style and on an angle to the blade. Across the base of the blade in block letters and over two lines are the words, 'Firth-Brearley St...
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John Knight was the son of Ernest Knight and his wife, Madge (Margaret), nee Hughes. He enlisted in his home town, Perth, and his only connection with East Melbourne seems to have been his father, who lived in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. John Knight was 21 years and 11 month...
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Victor Ernest Knight was a printer by trade and was just under twenty years old when he enlisted. He had as his next of kin his mother, Margaret, living at 13 Edmund St., Northcote, but gave as his own address as the Salvation Army Federal Training College in Victoria Parade, Eas...
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Brochure advertising sale of apartment at 101 Gipps Street. Photos. Plan.
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This book discusses the origins of women's education in nineteenth-century Australia. It focuses on private schools as opposed to State or Church run schools. It includes a short chapter on Vieusseux Ladies' College, East Melbourne and a photo of the proprietors, Julie and Lewis...
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Born in East Melbourne, John Valentine Knowles died of wounds 27 March 18, aged 25. He was buried at Outtersteine Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord pas de Calais, France. His Red Cross file tells the story, with Acting Corporal Smith 3458 recalling: At Dranoutse on 25th...
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Newspaper clipping of interview with Krystyna Campbell-Pretty. She talks about her life, her philanthropy and her love of art. Campbell-Pretty is a resident of East Melbourne
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The La Trobe Journal, a scholarly publication produced by the State Library of Victoria Foundation. First published in April 1968, the journal features articles written by researchers who have drawn on the Library's rich and varied collections as source material.
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La Trobe's garden recreated through the use of contemporary illustrations and plans.
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La Trobe's garden recreated through the use of contemporary illustrations and plans.
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Miscellaneous items pertaining to life of Charles Joseph La Trobe.
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Copy of article in Ancestor June 2003. Letters from Eleanore La Trobe to Mrs. Roy-Applin (nee Woods). Mrs. Roy-Applin was related by marriage to the Bedggood family of shoe manufacturers. It was she who persuaded the Bedggods to save La Trobe's cottage. She corresponded with Elea...