East Melbourne Historical Society
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William Edwin Moore was born in Islington, London on 8 May 1888. When he enlisted on 23 October 1917 he stated that he was a mess manager. He gave his permanent address as 96 Hotham Street, and nominated his wife, Edith Moore, of the same address, as his next of kin. He had had f...
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An interesting side-light on the changing demographic of Melbourne in the years after the second world war was the decision to relocate the existing City Free Kindergarten in Exhibition Street (on the corner of Little Lonsdale Street) to Powlett Reserve in East Melbourne. The dis...
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A history of the school. Photos. List of students. Plan of school as endpapers. No index.
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A history of the school. Photos. List of students. Plan of school as endpapers. No index.
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A history of the society includes biographies of members. Photos. Index.
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MM, brother
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brother
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Newspaper articles about Gary Morgan's mayoral campaign as part of Melbourne city Council elections in 2004. Includes some biographical information. Photos.
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Subjects WW1 Family name MORGAN Given names Alan John Hollier Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 69 Grey Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3141 Rank Pte Military units 6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
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MSM, MID
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Subjects WW1 Family name MORGAN Given names Henry Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 91 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 1982 Rank Pte Military units 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
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Claude Morlet was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 11 August, 1888 to John Stanislaus Morlet and Mary Alice Morlet (nee Brown). His older sister Muriel was born the previous year and younger brother Jack in 1890 when the family had moved to Dromana, Victoria. Claude attended Melb...
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Arthur Edward Morris was born on 16 November, 1879 to Edward Ellis Morris and Edith Sarah Catherine (nee Higinbotham) at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School (MCEGS) where his father, Professor Morris, was Headmaster from 1875 until 1882. He had 3 sisters. His early years w...
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questionably East Melbourne
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Walter Albert Morris was 39 years and 11 months old when he enlisted on 11 September, 1915. By then he must have known of the loss of life of the Gallipoli campaign, so it was an act of bravery and patriotism to decide at that point that he wanted to go to the war. He was a motor...
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Alexander Eric Morrison (known as Eric) was born at Inveraven, Erin Street, Richmond on 30 January 1891. He was the second son of Henry Howard Morrison (known as Howard) and his wife Esther, nee Mack (or Mark), and a grandson of Dr. Alexander Morrison, headmaster and principal of...
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Herbert Fraser Morrison was born on 5 December 1892 at Inveraven, Erin Street, Richmond, although on his enlistment papers he stated that he was born in East Melbourne. He was the third and youngest son of Henry Howard Morrison (known as Howard) and his wife Esther, nee Mack (or...
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Howard Clive Morrison (known as Clive) was born on 5 July 1889. Clive, in one set of enlistment papers, gave his birth place as Surrey Hills, on another set, dated nine months later, he gave it as Melbourne, however the official record has it as Box Hill. He was the eldest son of...
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James Morrison was born on 10 November 1859 at Scotch College, East Melbourne. His father, Dr. Alexander Morrison, was principal and headmaster of Scotch from 1857 to 1903. James grew up at Scotch and was educated there. A few years after leaving school he became a squatter acqui...
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James Alexander Morrison was the son of James Morrison and his wife, Alexandra. He was born on 15 November 1895 but the whereabouts of this event is not entirely certain. On his enlistment papers he states that he was born in East Melbourne yet at the time his parents were living...
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born East Melbourne, discharged in Aust
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Stanley Morton was born in East Melbourne in February 1894. At the time he enlisted, he was 24 years old, married, with one child and working as an electricia. He gave his own address on enlistment as 'Ottawa' Fishers' Parade, Ascot Vale, but hs wife's as 25 Victoria Parade, East...
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This grand mansion on Clarendon Street has been unoccupied and crumbling for many years. In 2011 it was occupied by homeless people resulting in a fire and some internal and external damage. It is now boarded up and surrounded by security fencing. There has been no action on the...
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This grand mansion on Clarendon Street has been unoccupied and crumbling for many years. In 2011 it was occupied by homeless people resulting in a fire and some internal and external damage. It is now boarded up and surrounded by security fencing. There has been no action on the...