East Melbourne Historical Society
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Black and white photo shows five girls wearing kilts, standing. In front one girl sits wrapped in a blanket. Names written on the back include Anne Abell, Jan ?, Susan Howe, Heather Beveridge, Jenny Hume, Rosemary Schenker. The name Flora McDonald appears in brackets with questio...
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Scanned photographs of Presbyterian Ladies' College taken circa 1953 by Myra Sutton, a student there at that time.
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Prospectus providing details of PLC. Photos.
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Copies of three photos taken from early prospectus for Presbyterian Ladies College, and a humorous poem about PLC in the 1950s. Part of a collection of miscellaneous correspondence and documents circulated among committee members of the East Melbourne Group in the years 1997-98.
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Photocopy of Chapter Four from book entitled Presbyterian Leaders in Nineteenth Century Australia by Rowland S. Ward, Melbourne, 1993. The chapter is called 'Adam Cairns (1802-81): Evangelical Leader'. A biography covering his early years in Scotland, mig.
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Two newspaper articles on preservation of Melbourne's heritage. Published on successive days in The Age 22nd and 23rd November 2011. The first by Christopher Menz, acting director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne. The second by Miki Perkins, city repor...
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Newspaper clipping about the Melbourne University Archives which turned 50 in 2010. The clipping includes a photo of a participant in the Land Rights March of 26 January 1976. The photo is taken outside Captain Cook's cottage as a symbol of the British invasion. An additional poi...
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It has been a topsy turvy year for us all but thankfully we seem to be headed in the right direction in managing the spread of the COVID virus.
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John Colin Prictor was on of three children born to James Henry Prictor and his wife, Catherine, nee McLeod. He grew up in Hamilton, in the Western District of Victoria, and was a storekeeper by occupation, living at Noradju. When he enlisted on 14 August, 1916, he was a married...
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Stella Muriel Priday (nee Hurford) was born on 19 April 1886, in Hawthorn, Victoria, the first of the three children of financier Thomas Walter Hurford (c1851-1892) and his wife Mary Grace (nee Paterson) (d1945). Thomas Hurford died in 1892 aged 41 after several months of illness...
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Application This policy applies to the East Melbourne Historical Society website https://emhs.org.au. Historical data The data on this site is historical and does not pertain to living people. Names and images of living people may be included incidentally such as speakers, author...
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Newspaper clippings about anti-abortion protesters outside the fertility clinic in Wellington Parade. From 2005
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Newspaper clippings about Prof. Peter Colman and his research which seeks to find a way to stop cancer cells spreading. He previously discovered the anti-flu drug now sold under the name Relenza.
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Newspaper clippings about proposed new pedestrian bridge which will link MCG and Birrarung Marr. Drawing. Photos. 2003. Later clippings also.
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A letter dated 26 April 1951 from C.H. Beauchamp, valuer, to Mr. Bernard Nolan, solicitor, reporting valuations of three properties on Clarendon Street from the Grey Street to Gipps Street. The properties were "Verona", 132 Clarendon Street; 146 Clarendon Street, the most norther...
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Eight computer generated perspective images for a proposed development at 17 Powlett Street. Original house to be converted to the Morgan Memorial Library, and a six storey block of apartments with a swimming pool on top to be attached behind. The development didn't proceed. Two...
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Fund raising for the new Presbyterian Intermediate Hospital in East Melbourne began in 1930. This small flyer encouraged children to raise funds for their own section of the hospital. Ways to raise money were suggested and it was hoped that every boy and girl would be able to ear...
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Newspaper article about proposal by Connex Capital to roof in the railway line between the city and Jolimont and built a complex of apartments, shops, offices, restaurants, a school and a TAFE and nine hectares of green space. Also letters to the editor in response to the article...
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In aid of the Red Cross and War Comforts Funds Melbourne City Council has transformed the Treasury Gardens into a Garden City with an extensive lighting scheme. It will be open on Monday at 1 p.m. for one month, with daily sessions from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Attractions will include...
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An article in the Melbourne Truth newspaper dated 24 April 1976 describing the events of 1911 when Dr Samuel Peacock was prosecuted for the murder of Mary Margaret Davies. Her remains were never found but it appears that she died following an abortion at Dr Peacock's premises in...
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Is Yarra Park being managed appropriately in accordance with its registration on the Victorian Heritage Register?
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Newspaper clipping about the garden behind 165 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. Then owners, Pat and Graham Martin gave it a makeover with the help of The City Gardener in Richmond.
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Enlisted on he 21st July 1915 at the age of 44 years and 10 months and was a Departmet Superintendant for the St John's Ambulance at Geelong His sister also resided at Geelong, however, there is a reference to an address at 41 Wellington Street East Melbourne Joined the 3rd Light...
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Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens Public Consultation Report, correspondence and map of Parks Gardens and Reserves showing areas allocated as 'off leash' areas for dogs. Part of a collection of miscellaneous correspondence and documents circulated among committee members of the East M...