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STONE, Victor Harold
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Stop dragon your feet
Newspaper clipping about the dragon which is part of the children's play area in the Fitzroy Gardens.
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STRATTON, Frederick John
Frederick John Stratton was the only child of John Angus Stratton, a carpenter, and Agnes Peet. He was born in 1890 in South Yarra. His mother died in 1911 and two years later his father remarried, to Eliabeth Florence Thompson. They also had one son, Edgar John Stratton (1914-19...
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Street and Lane Names
Newspaper clippings about street and lane names.
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Streets of fear in city's wealthy enclave
Topics coronavirus COVID Publication date 25 August 2020 Article in the Australian 24 August 202 midst covid-19
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Streetwise
Short newspaper article explaining origin of Lansdowne Street's name. Leader, 22 Feb. 2004. Also real estate flyer in form of quiz on origin of street names.
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STROM, Harold Greve
Subjects WW1 Family name STROM Given names Harold Greve Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 112 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 10172 Rank Lt Military units 10th Field Company Engineers
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STRUTT, Charles Nettleton
Lance Corporal Charles Nettleton Strutt was born in Seotember, 1884. His father, Samuel Shippam Strutt, was a pharmacist, who lived and worked in Powlett St. East Melbourne for 35 years, then retired to St. Kilda. He married Mary Nettleton on 25/7/1883. Samual Strutt became the p...
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Stylish house
Newspaper article about the forthcoming sale of 157 Gipps Street. Also cards adversing the property. Photos.
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Submission opposing hotel proposed for 148-160 Wellington Parade (1 Powlett Street)
Submission and its documents made to the independent Panel Hearing of 4th-10th December 1996.
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Such is the life of historic house now in disrepair
Newspaper clipping about Valetta, 206 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, its history and its steady decline due to many years of neglect.
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Sullivan sells seven-floor block
Article reporting on the sale by Brendan Sullivan of Sullivan Properties of the building at 122-130 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. Also mentioned is the forthcoming sale of 96 Wellington Parade, described by Barry Humphries in 1995 as the 'ugliest building in the city'.
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SULLIVAN, James Henry
Subjects WW1 Family name SULLIVAN Given names James Henry Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Jolimont, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2942 Rank Dvr Military units 5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 6
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Surgery on Show
Article on early history of St. Vincent's hospital. Mentions Dr. Julian Smith, photographer and surgeon, who designed a person-to-person direct blood transfusion pump. Julian Smith lived on north-east corner of Powlett and George Streets. Many photos. Herald Sun 12 July 2004.
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SUTTIE, Thomas
Subjects WW1 Family name SUTTIE Given names Thomas Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 24 Evelyn Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Rank 2Lt Military units No 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916)
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Swan St fix might be new footbridge
Newspaper clipping about plans to create another car lane and build a new pedestrian footpath on the Swan Street Bridge. The article also refers to an upgrade of Hoddle Street which will involve the creation of 'continuous flow' intersections.
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SWAN, Albert William
Albert William Swan was the name this soldier used when he enlisted at Perth on 24 November 1916. Over a year later, in March 1918, he made a Statutory Declaration stating that his real name was Albert William Barry. He was born in Sydney in 1891 and was the son of Albert and Let...
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SWIFTE, Frank Roydon
Subjects WW1 Family name SWIFTE Given names Frank Roydon Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Mosspenock Clarendon Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 114 Rank Lt Military units 3rd Pioneer Battalion
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Swimming in Rod Laver Arena
Newspaper clipping about the World Swimming Championships to be held in a temporary pool constructed inside the Rod Laver Arena. Preliminary troubles included leakage. After the Championships most of the water in the pool was to be piped to the lake in the Royal Botanic Gardens,...
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Sydenham House
Brochure advertising auction of 80 Hotham Street scheduled for 25 Oct., 2003. Photos. Plans.
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SYME, Joseph Edward
Joseph Edward Syme was the son of George Alexander Syme and the grand-son of Ebenezer Syme, proprietor, with his brother David, of The Age newspaper. George was a partner in Daunt, Syme & Co., general merchants, based in Brisbane. He had married Julia Tierney and after his death...
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SYMONDS, Llewellyn Claude
Subjects WW1 Family name SYMONDS Given names Llewellyn Claude Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 14 Lansdown Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 176 Rank 2Lt Military units 7th Battalion, A Company
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TABULO, James
James Tabulo was born in Abbotsford c.1892. When he enlisted on 26 January 1915 he gave his occupation as assistant electrical linesman. He named a friend, Mrs Howard of Terang, Victoria, as his next of kin. He was appointed to the 7th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements as a private a...
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Take a dekko at our deco while you can
Newspaper clipping - an argument for conservation relating particularly to the work of architects, Harry and Frank Tompkins, who designed the Victorian Artists Society in Albert Street. The Age, 2 Aug. 2003.