East Melbourne Historical Society
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Subjects WW1 Family name REILLY Given names William Leslie Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 102 Powlett Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 13483 Rank Dvr Military units 5th Motor Transport Company
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366 Albert St., East Melbourne, lies on the north side of the street between Lansdowne and Clarendon Streets. The house was built in 1909 for the Rev. Llewelyn David Bevan on the land which had once been the garden of the neighbouring house, No 364, which Bevan also owned. The ho...
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Presenter(s) Richard Broome Start Wednesday 16 Aug 2017 - 8:00pm Finish Wednesday, 16 August 2017 - 10:00pm Location Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne Entry fee Members free; non-members $5.00 Richard Broome, emeritus professor Department of History at La Tr...
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A book of over 700 black and white photographs of early Melbourne scenes, mainly buildings, which have been demolished or significantly changed. The first half of the book concentrates on the CBD but includes public gardens and the Yarra River. The second half of the book looks a...
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On November 11 every year we remember the dead of the Great War and especially our Australian dead, those young men who, in loyalty to England and with a sense of adventure joined up in their thousands, leaving behind families, jobs, friends and thinking they’d be ‘home by Christ...
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Typed transcript of a meeting held by the East Melbourne Historical Society on 16 April 2003. The event entailed Alan Basham chairing a panel of six long term residents of East Melbourne who, in turn, spoke of their memories of living in the area. Memories included stories of dec...
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On 10 November, St Peter’s Plaza and the restored ‘Cross of Sacrifice’ were re-opened to the public. Dating from 1924, the cross is a memorial to the fallen soldiers of World War 1, modelled on wayside crosses in France and is the only one of its kind in Australia. The ceremony w...
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On 10 November, St Peter’s Plaza and the restored ‘Cross of Sacrifice’ were re-opened to the public. Dating from 1924, the cross is a memorial to the fallen soldiers of World War 1, modelled on wayside crosses in France and is the only one of its kind in Australia. The ceremony w...
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Prof. Miles Lewis, is an architectural historian, and Professor in the Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of many books and countless papers on architectural history, heritage protection and urban planning. He is recognis...
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Correspondence from City of Melbourne about proposal to charge a $20 fee for residential parking permits 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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Newspaper article about a proposal to turn the old Yarra Park warden's cottage over to community use. Photo. The Leader 23 Feb. 2004.
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Newspaper clipping about the push by local residents, led by Nerida Samson, to have East Melbourne placed on the Heritage Register. Cartoon. Melbourne Times, 13 October 2004.
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Newspaper article features the work of the East Melbourne Group in its jubilee year, and history of its establishment. Comments from Margaret Wood and Michael Wilson. Photo of Wood and Wilson. Melbourne Yarra Leader 8 December 2003.
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Newspaper articles from a page in a scrap book. In the main article Rev C L Crossley, incumbent at Holy Trinity, East Melbourne, gives his views on Christ's second coming.
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A letter from Rev. Gilder declining the invitation to attend the wedding reception of Joan and Ron Dixon. It is enclosed in a card from Joan Dixon. The story behind the letter is explained by Elizabeth Cam and accompanies it.
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City of Melbourne plans a review of its planning controls in light of increasing pressure from high rise development. Includes photo of Tunbridge Manor, 97 Albert Street.
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Raymond Gifford Reynolds was born in Bendigo in 1895. He was the son of Harry Thomas and Jessie Reynolds. On his enlistment papers dated 19 August 1914 he stated that he was a draper and that he been an apprentice with Myers in Bendigo for three years. He gave his mother as his n...
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Richard Hale Budd was headmaster of first diocesan school adjacent to St. Peter's, Eastern Hill.
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Photo shows Richard Meehan and his sisters on board Stroud the plumber's motorbike outside their family home, 4 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Their mother Pauline nee Cooney grew up in the care of her aunt, Mary Cooney, at 1121 Hoddle Street. Pauline married Richard Meehan at St P...
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On Monday, March 9 2015 The Age ran an article by Clay Lucas under the headline 'Towers make city hostile. says minister'. In the article Mr Wynne said to have significant concerns over the levels of density that been approved for Melbourne's CBD. Asked about his favourite archit...
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On 15 February 2008, local resident, Nora Riches turned 100. Her son, Graham, and his wife, Viv, invited family and friends to celebrate the occasion with her.
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Newspaper clipping. A report of the 31st Annual Report, 1891.
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Drawings of some landmark buildings in Richmond and East Melbourne with accompanying text giving historical information