East Melbourne Historical Society
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Pandora's Box is to acquire some new contents. And it relates to you! The East Melbourne Historical Society has agreed to a request from the State Library of Victoria for our website to be periodically archived on PANDORA, the web archive of the National Library of Australia. Thi...
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Series of panoramic photographs taken by Winston Burchett from the Mercy Hospital and the Hilton Hotel in 1973 and 1975.
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Lithograph. Very wide angle panoramic view of Melbourne. St Patrick's Cathedral in the immediate foreground with East Melbourne churches, schools and government buildings also prominent. Looking west with the You Yangs on the horizon. Image scanned directly from "Album of Melbour...
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Newspaper clippings about unveiling of statues of Ron Barassi and Betty Cuthbert in Parade of Champions at Yarra Park. Photo. August-Sept. 2003. Also statue of Dick Reynolds (2004). Also statue of Bill Ponsford (2005).
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Colour photo of Parcels Van 10CM parked in Jolimont Railway Yards, (sidings). The MCG is visible in the background providing a useful landmark. The land was sold to a private developer in the 1980s and became the residential precinct known as Wellington Gardens, East Melbourne. '...
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Parish map of Melbourne South c.1900. Gives the names of first purchasers of all blocks of land. Shows the Yarra River after it was straightened in the late 1890s and it shows the 1894 foot-bridge over the Yarra at Punt Road and the road for vehicle traffic on Punt Road to cross...
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Scan of photograph of Park House, 124 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne taken circa 1878.
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Newspaper articles featuring the Park Hyatt Hotel. Photos. 2005-2006.
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A collection of newspaper clippings about various proposals to reduce parking and traffic in and around the CBD. Parking to be phased out in Yarra Park. A carpark to be built adjacent to existing one near Federation Square. Upgrade of public transport, especially Richmond Station...
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Newspaper clipping reporting that it is likely that football parking in Yarra Park will soon be a thing of the past, except for disabled parking and parking for emergency services. The decision will be based on increasing security concerns.
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MCC strategy plan for parks and recreation, 1996.
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A black and white postcard of Parliament House c.1905. It was printed in Prussia as part of the Victoria Stamp Market (VSM) Series. Australia introduced the divided back on postcards in 1905. This allowed a message and the address to be written side by side. The eastern wing show...
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A descriptive brochure of Parliament House. Includes brief history. Many photos. Plan.
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Subjects WW1 Family name PARSONS Given names George Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 13 Lygon Street , Jolimont, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 15171 Rank Cpl Military units 14th Australian General Hospital
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Newspaper clipping about an ABC documentary on the life of Sir John Monash with emphasis on its social and private aspects. John Monash lived in East Melbourne with his wife and daughter c.1899-c.1912, first at 118 Gipps Street and then at 74 Gipps Street.
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Obituary for Patricia Kennedy OBE, actor. After leaving school Kennedy enrolled at Maie Hoban's school of drama in East Melbourne. In 1938 Maie Hoban moved her school from Elwood to a space in what the Australian Dictionary of Biography describes as “a workroom in the grounds of...
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Subjects WW1 Author Sue Larkin Family name PATTERSON Given names Joseph Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 2 Wellington Parade , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 60984 Rank Pte Military units Australian Army Medical Corps
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First photo shows Pauline Cooney (1916-1989) in the back yard of her childhood home, Doontallie, 1121 Hoddle Street. Pauline was the daughter of John Joseph Cooney but was brought up by her aunt Mary at Doontallie. After her marriage to Richard Meehan she lived at 4 Grey Street f...
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Lily Payne Lily and her twin sister Violet both served in the Australian Army Nursing Service during the Great War. (Twins serving were not unknown; twins Catherine and Amelia Uren of SA also joined the AANS). They enlisted and embarked separately and served in different theatres...
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Violet Payne Violet and her twin sister Lily both served in the Australian Army Nursing Service during the Great War. (Twins serving were not unknown; twins Catherine and Amelia Uren of SA also joined the AANS). They enlisted and embarked separately and served in different theatr...
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John Knox Peacock was born on 14 May 1896 at North Melbourne. He was the elder son of Robert Knox Peacock and Emily Jane Finlay. Robert was an Edinburgh trained doctor, and was a brother of Dr. Samuel Peacock, famously accused of murder in 1911 after a young female patient disapp...
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William Knox Peacock was born on 24 January 1898 in North Melbourne. He was the younger son of Robert Knox Peacock and Emily Jane Finlay. Robert was an Edinburgh trained doctor, and was a brother of Dr Samuel Peacock, famously charged with murder in 1911 after a young female pati...