East Melbourne Historical Society
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Photocopies and transcriptions of letters to and from Thomas Rand who lived at The Ritz, 36 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, for the year 1925-26. It seems Mrs. Rand was temporarily managing The Ritz boarding house. Two of the letters mention an offer to take over management if...
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sketch portrait and obituary for Thomas William Lloyd who died in 1889. Lloyd was the first owner of 157 Wellington Parade South, built 1862. Rod Lloyd, great, great grand son has further filled in the story: I have a copy of a census , 1851 liverpool eng., states his occupation...
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born East Melbourne, MM & Bar Served also in WW2. Records have been amalgamated and WW1 record not available online. The embarkation roll shows that he embarked on 3 October 1916 on the Aeneas as a gunner with the 119 Howitzer Battery. His service number was given as 21792. He wa...
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Subjects WW1 Family name THOMPSON Given names Florance William Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 1093 Hoddle Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 5606 Rank Pte Military units 1st Division Train
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Subjects WW1 Family name THOMPSON Given names Joseph Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Military service WW1 Regimental number 973 Military units Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4
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Muriel Edith Lucy Thompson (1889–1951) Introduction Muriel Edith Lucy Thompson is named on the Great War honour boards commemorating parishioners who served overseas between 1914 and 1918. Her connection with the parish was as much by family (she was related to the vicar) as by a...
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Subjects WW1 Family name THOMPSON Given names Wilfred Edgar Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 145 Grey Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Rank Lt Military units 6th Battalion
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Subjects WW1 Family name THOMSON Given names Walter Arnold Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 91 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 37° 48' 51.8688" S , 144° 59' 14.4816" E Military service WW1 Regimental number 5118 Rank Pte Military units 29th Batta...
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William Gladstone Thorp was the son of Thomas Thorp and his wife, Mary nee Burton. He was born in London in 1870. At the time of his enlistment on 31 July 1915 he said he was in the boot trade and had been apprenticed to C Gillespie of Goulburn, New South Wales. He was married to...
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Pen and ink sketch with caption, Those East Melbourne people really know how to enjoy themselves, by Patricia Broadbent. Created to illustrate a flyer publicising a social function held by the East Melbourne Group.
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A portrait photo of three men. They are brothers, William, Joseph and James Baxter. Joseph Baxter (1839-1918) was the builder and first owner of the house at 121 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. The photo was taken c.1890 at the studio of Barroni & Co., 109 Elizaebth Street, Melbour...
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A writer of romance novels, Jean Campbell lived in East Melbourne from the 1920s to the 1950s, primarily in an apartment at 17 Powlett Street. Includes portrait photo. Article in The La Trobe Journal No. 83, May 2009.
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A book of recipes by Mary Burchett, wife of Winston Burchett and mother of Stephanie Alexander. Winston Burchett was the author of two books on the history of East Melbourne. Stephanie Alexander is a leading chef and author of several cook books.
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Subjects WW1 Family name THWAITES Given names Thomas Joseph Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 162 Powlett Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 22490 Rank Gnr Military units 23rd Howitzer Brigade
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The second of two volume memoir by Fairlie Taylor. Taylor started work as a teacher in regional Victoria. In 1933 she became Victoria's first full-time teacher-librarian at Presbyterian Ladies' College, East Melbourne and later at Methodist Ladies' College. This volume covers the...
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Obituary for William 'Bill' Heath, physician, who died on 22 October 2005.
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Photocopy of To Let column of The Argus 15 January 1923. 11 addresses in East Melbourne and Jolimont. Very little information, no prices, some properties are named.
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Tom Wills statue in Yarra ParkTom Wills, a star cricketer, is credited with creating the game of Australian Rules Football to keep members of the cricket team fit over the winter months. But there was much more to his life than just sport. Greg de Moore will tell us his extraordi...
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Book by Greg de Moore entitled "Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall" This is the story of Tom Wills - flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules Football.
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Subjects WW1 Family name TOMSETT Given names Francis Henry Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 17 Lansdowne Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 38147 Rank Gnr Military units 11th Field Artillery Brigade
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William Tope was born c.1893 in Camberwell, Victoria. He was the son of William Charles Tope and his wife, Alexandra Mary, nee Taylor. The family moved to East Melbourne in 1909 when William snr bought the house at 110 Vale Street. When he enlisted at Brighton, Tasmania, on 22 Au...
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Henry Alphonsus Torpey was born in 1884 in Limerick, Ireland. He was the youngest son of John and Catherine Torpey. The family emigrated in 1897 and was living at 376 Albert Street, East Melbourne by 1902 when John died. Catherine died in 1907. The children continued to live toge...
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Breweries once dotted many of Melbourne's inner suburbs including East Melbourne. Our brewery has now been converted to apartments but a visit to the one in Abbotsford will give us a glimpse of what used to happen in Victoria Parade. The tour will end with tastings.
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ADA TOVELL – FIRST WOMAN DENTIST Michelle Calder has contacted us seeking information about her grand-mother’s maternal grand-mother, Ada Tovell (nee Fenton), who she said was the first woman in Australia to practise as a dentist. Ada Fenton had been a student at Ormiston College...