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Melbourne City Council miscellaneous
Miscellaneous circulars and correspondence from City of Melbourne about planned work and planning applications.
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Melbourne Cricket Club granted responsibility for Yarra Park
Newspaper cuttings about the government's decision to take responsibility for Yarra Park from the City of Melbourne and give it to the Melbourne Cricket Club, which will clear the way for continued parking in the park. Starts March 2009
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Melbourne Cricket Club Museum
Newspaper clippings about opening of new sporting museum within the new MCG stand. 2006.
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Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Honour roll remembering members of the Melbourne Cricket Club who lost their lives fighting in World War 1. There are 137 names and each is given a basic biographical sketch of a few lines including address, occupation, education and unit. A few have photos.
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Melbourne Eucharistic Congress 1934
Souvenir of the National Eucharistic Congress, Melbourne, 1934 Highly detailed panoramic photo taken by H.M. Walker from the parapet of the Eastern Hill Fire Station. The photograph shows the special papal legate Cardinal MacRory standing on the balcony of Mount St Evin's Private...
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Melbourne Football Club eyes off Yarra Park for training ground
Newspaper clipping reporting on action by the East Melbourne Group and local residents to thwart the Melbourne Football Club's ambition to have part of Yarra Park for its training ground. With a State election imminent candidates will want to keep the electorate onside.
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Melbourne Football Club looks for new home
Newspaper clipping reporting on the proposal by the Melbourne Football Club to use part of Gosch's Paddock for its new headquarters. The Club had previously tried to obtain the use of part of Yarra Park.
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Melbourne from 680km
Newspaper poster of aerial view of central Melbourne and neighbouring suburbs taken from a satellite. Herald Sun 19 June 2003, pp. 34 & 39.
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Melbourne from the Yarra, Victoria
Melbourne from the Yarra. Shows the river in the foreground with a ferry and passengers leaving the landing. In the distance is the city dominated by the spires of the Independent Church and Scots Church. Possibly the area now knows as Birrarung Marr.
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Melbourne Heritage Action
Melbourne Heritage Action is a new group created to provide a forum of people dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the ongoing use of significant heritage places such as buildings, streetscapes, laneways and interiors in Melbourne. The group wants to encourage owners...
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Melbourne Planning Scheme - Amendment C56
Documents prepared for Planning Panels hearing (30 Oct. 2002) in support of the inclusion of Mercy Hospital, Freemasons Hospital and 183 Hotham Street in Melbourne City Council's Heritage Places Inventory. Includes Statement of Evidence by Bryce Raworth for the Melbourne City Cou...
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Melbourne Then and Now
Selected images reproduced from the book, Melbourne Then and Now, published by Cameron House, 2007.
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Melbourne's enclave that rivals Sydney
Newspaper clipping about East Melbourne real estate. Mentions Amberley, 188 George Street, and 118 Gipps Street as highest sales. Photos. The Australian Financial Review, 14-16 November 2003.
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Melbourne's enclave that rivals Sydney
A newspaper report about East Melbourne real estate and lifestyle. The main focus is the sale of Amberley, 188 George Street, East Melbourne, which was sold amid controversy for $7.1m. Also mentioned is the sale of Crathre, 118 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, estimated to have been...
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Melbourne's First Catholic Bishop James Alipius Goold Pioneer Bishop and Pastor: The Man and his Vision 1848-1886
Catalogue prepared for exhibition held in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival in Melbourne of Bishop Goold. Includes biographical essay by Frances O'Kane Hale.
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Melbourne's Mercy: a history of Mercy Private Hospital
A history of Mercy Private Hospital, its buildings, doctors, nurses, staff, patients. Photos. Index.
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Melbourne's Parks and Gardens: History, Features and Statistics
Gives history of the City's gardens and their individual features, including structures, sculptures, fountains etc. Photos. Produced by City of Melbourne, Parks and Gardens Division.
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Melbourne's Public Gardens: A Family Tree
Article in The Victorian Historical Journal, October 1992.
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Melbourne, Aerial View, from a hot air balloon
Newspaper clipping. A reproduction of an engraving of an aerial view of Melbourne in 1866. Shows Powlett Street, Clarendon Street, Fitzroy Gardens, Yarra Park, Jolimont. The Sunday Age, 3 November 2002.
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Melbourne: The City's History and Development
Book by Miles Lewis entitled "Melbourne: The City's History and Development" The story of the growth of the city of Melbourne from settlement to the present day. 2nd edition. 1 of 2 copies.
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Melbourne: The City's History and Development
Book by Miles Lewis entitled "Melbourne: The City's History and Development" The story of the growth of the city of Melbourne from settlement to the present day. 2nd edition. 2 of 2 copies.
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Melway maps 43 and 44 of Melbourne - first edition 1966
Maps 43 and 44 of the pre-eminent Melbourne street directory Melway, first edition 1966.
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Members' Christmas Party
This year our annual Christmas function will be held at Braemar, one of East Melbourne's most notable houses. Architect, Geoffrey Borrack, will tell us a little of the house's history and his own involvement in saving it from the wreckers. We are asking visitors to wear flat shoe...
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Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist - The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett
Despite its great length (860 pages) this is a very interesting and revealing book. Wilfred, brother of our very own Winston Burchett, was a very talented and entertaining writer as well as being quite fearless and determined in following his stories in the face of great personal...