East Melbourne Historical Society
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Presenter(s) Rosie Smith Start Wednesday 17 Feb 2016 - 10:30am Finish Wednesday, 17 February 2016 - 12:00pm Location Fitzroy Gardens Entry fee Members free; non-members $5.00 Join us on a walk around the Fitzroy Gardens as our leader, Rosie Smith, tells us some of the many storie...
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Cecil Harry Ramsdale was born on 9 August 1890 at Prahran. He was the son of John Alfred Ramsdale and Margaret Daisy McGowan. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar. On his enlistment papers of 13 April 1913 he stated that he was a motor tyre traveller and, both parents having died...
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In the First World War, Alfred Leonard Rawlins volunteered to serve overseas with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). He enlisted on 19 February,1917, and embarked at Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT Themistocles on 4 August 1917. He was placed in the 3rd Pioneering Battalion as...
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Ask those who live in East Melbourne about the different styles of local architecture and they will identify the rare houses still existing from the 1850s and 1860s, the beautiful long lines of terraces in Powlett St and the iron lace-trimmed free standing mansions which are the...
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Real estate advertisements for various houses in East Melbourne. Some unidentified. Line drawings. Photos.
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Newspaper clipping about the merger of East Melbourne real estate agency, Carmichael & Weber with Bennison Mackinnon.
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Miscellaneous documents.
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A lever arch folder containing a large number of auction brochures, interspersed with hand-written notes listing sale prices of East Melbourne properties sold during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The folder also contains some newspaper cuttings about property in East Melbourne....
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Promotional brochure advertising two recent sales in East Melbourne: house at 171 Powlett Street and apartment at 30 St. Andrews Place
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A short, hand-written piece giving the personal recollections of Richard King, owner and occupier of 125 George Street during the 1960s and 1970s. He mentions Robin Cuming, 'Black Jack' McEwen, Mrs Clark, Ian Gardiner, Ben Marriner and Peter and Di Renou. Most of the people menti...
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Report of sale of commercial building on the corner of Wellington Parade and Powlett Street, after many years in the ownership of the Paton family.
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A booklet outlining the life of Redmond Barry by Peter Ryan. Barry died at his East Melbourne home, Valetta, 206 Clarendon Street. Tucked into the booklet were two newspaper clippings about Barry: 1. 'Kelly's final Victim' by Peter Ryan. The Age, 18 30 September 1980 2. 'No finer...
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Biography of Sir Redmond Barry. Illustrations.
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Biography of Redmond Barry, who lived briefly in East Melbourne.
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George Veitch Redpath was born in 1886 in Bendigo, where his family had been resident for two generations. He was the son of Thomas Veitch Redpath and his wife Louisa, nee Payne. He was educated at the local Ironbark School and by the age of fifteen he was employed by jeweller, W...
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Subjects WW1 Family name REESE Given names John Howard Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 10 Brunswick Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3411 Rank Dvr Military units 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
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Henry William Reeve was born in East Melbourne in 1876, but appears to have had no further contact with the suburb. When he enlisted on 10 August, 1915, he was living with his wife, Lily G Reeve at Castlemaine St. ,Yarraville , and working as a labourer. He was then thirty eight...
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Selected images reproduced from the book, Reflections, 150 Years of The Age, published by Transworld Publishers, 2004. Includes photos of city by James Noone in 1871 from a high point, possibly Parliament House roof. Sporting identities at East Melbourne sporting grounds. Pope Pa...
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Newspaper clipping about Nicole Themistes and her debut book, 'Spectacle City: An Allegory', a satire exploring the real nature of Melbourne. The author is a resident of East Melbourne.
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Newspaper clipping about the refurbishment of Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants' new office at 176 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.
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Killed in action 25 April-2 May 1915 Gallipoli
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Subjects WW1 Family name REILLY Given names Harold Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Merton Powlett Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 6112 Rank Cpl Military units 7th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement