East Melbourne Historical Society
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Roy Martin Corrington Lee joined the AIF on 17 June, 1915. He was one of 11 children, six boys and five girls, born to Henry Lee (1867-1937) and his wife Eliza Catherine, nee Walsh (1865-1961). Roy Lee was then 25 years old, married, and working as a Motor or Coach Painter. He ha...
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Estelle Frances Lee-Archer (1879-1960) was born in Detention, Tasmania, the eleventh of fourteen children born to John Lee-Archer and his wife Mary Anne (nee Lyons). John Lee-Archer (1842-1907) was a second generation Tasmanian, a son of the distinguished colonial architect and c...
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Short critical review of the Legend of Fire mural on the façade of the Eastern Hill Fire Station in Albert Street, along with an explanation of the legend. The mural was designed by Harold Freedman. Photo.
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Alan Frederick Leigh was the son of William James Thomas Leigh, a baker by trade, and his wife, Elizabeth, nee Mclean. In 1916, when Alan enlisted at the age of eighteen, the family were living at 476 Albert St., East Melbourne, where Elizabeth ran a boarding house. In the 1919 c...
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John Henry Leihy was born in 1896 in East Melbourne, but the exact address in not known. He was the third son of Andrew Richard Leihy and Marion, née Eivers. Andrew was a French polisher and in 1916 was president of the Furniture Trade Union. He was also a member of the Total Abs...
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William Leihy was born in Fitzroy in 1888. He was the eldest of the five sons of Andrew Richard Leihy and his wife Marion, née Eivers. Andrew was a French polisher and in 1916 was president of the Furniture Trade Union. He was also a member of the Total Abstinence Society and in...
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Obituary of Len Connel who died on 21 Mar. 2004. Len lived at 18 Berry Street.
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Andrew Lennox was 25 years and 11 months old when he enlisted in the AIF at East Melbourne. He had been born in Scotland and gave his next of kin as his sister Jenny Lennot, living at 11 Olm St., Pennycuik, Scotland. He was a sailor by trade and may not have been highly literate:...
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Simeon Lenzer was born in Fitzroy on 4 May 1893. He was the son of Jacob Lenzer and his wife Bertha, formerly Zipporah Brocho Lescht. Jacob was minister of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, emigrating from Russia in 1889 especially to take up the position, and which positio...
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BW photos of terrace houses. Houses are not identified but include several in East Melbourne. C. 1968.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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BW photo in book, 'Let's Buy a Terrace House.'.
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Pen and ink sketch with caption, Let's play spot the barrister, by Patricia Broadbent. Created to illustrate a flyer publicising a social function held by the East Melbourne Group.