East Melbourne Historical Society
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The holiday season is with us, and top level cricket at the MCG makes its seasonal appearance in the East Melbourne area, the high point being the Boxing Day Test, this year being an Ashes series against England. The MCG was of course the place where Test cricket was born in 1877...
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Newspaper clipping about the metropolitan planning strategy, Melbourne 2030, and concerns that it does not give enough direction on the matter of infill housing. Relevant to East Melbourne only generally, but includes photo over Yarra Park towards the city.
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Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, Vol 2 "With contributed papers by R.L.J. Ellery...[et al]."-T.p. vol. 2. Subtitle: The colony and its people in 1888. includes biographical details of persons and companies. Includes indexes. Poor condition: covers missing; title pa...
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Black and white photo (new print) showing the Victoria Parade facade of the Victoria Brewery. An extensive fleet of delivery trucks is lined up in front of the building. To the extreme left of the photo is a section of the building which is lower in height than the rest. This was...
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Brochure adverting auction of Unit 4/220 Clarendon Street in block known as Victoria House scheduled for 18 Oct., 2003. Photos. Plans.
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Colour photo shows W class tram travelling west towards the city along Victoria Parade. The tram is a No 42 to Mont Albert. This route merged with route 111 in 1993 to become route 109. The tram is crossing an intersection which is probably Powlett Street. The tramline is bordere...
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Note card with reProduction of original architectural drawing of the Victorian Artists Society building by Richard Speight. Drawing also shows part of neighbouring buildings.
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An artist's impression of Eastern Hill and Fitzroy in the late 1880s,viewed from St. Patrick's Cathedral, looking down Morrison Place and Brunswick Street, and showing old Victorian Artists' Society building and its neighbours.
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Newspaper clipping reporting on plans by members of the Victorian Artists' Society to have statues of artists, Arthur Street, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin made and installed outside their premises at 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne. The artists are among Australia's most...
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Pictures of Chatsworth, a building in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942. Jolimont Square was owned and occupied by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004. See also in catalogue item emdf0071 pictures of the same building taken by J.T. C...
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Pictures of buildings in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by J.T. Collins in 1964. Jolimont Square was owned and used by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004. See also catalogue item emdf0070 for a picture taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942.
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Justin Buckley is head of horticulture at the National Trust and has acquired specialized knowledge of gardens in the Victorian era, especially plants commonly used. He will share some of this knowledge with us in a talk which will take place immediately following our AGM.
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Victorian Heritage Register lists all registered buildings and gives short statements of significance and photos for many.
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Articles and reviews on a variety of aspects of Victoria's history. April 2002.
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Victoria's Coastal History. April 2003.
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Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. Includes a sketch of Commandant Lonsdale's House by P.P. King RN, March 1837. Victorian Historical Journal April 2004.
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Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. April 2005.
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Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history.
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Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. Includes an article entitled 'David Syme: Man of the Age' by Elizabeth Morrison. David Syme was a resident of East Melbourne in early life.
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Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history.
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Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history
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Articles and reviews on aspects of Victoria's history Articles: History in the Round: The Evolving Role of Heritage Conservation - Taking History to the People. Simon R Molesworth Making History by Saving it: The Second Weston Bate Oration. Kristin Stegley Cremorne Gardens: Gold-...
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Articles on aspects of Victoria's history Past, Last and Future Summers: How Hisstory Can Help Us Live on the Fire Continent. Tom Griffiths 'They Had Little Chance': The Kew Cottages Fire of 1996. Richard Broome The Importance of Gender and Social Networks in Return Migration Dec...
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Articles on aspects of Victoria's history Articles - Pandemics and Health Crises Not Without Precedent: Two Centures of Public Health Emergencies in Victoria. John Schauble The Great Pandemic of 1918-1919: Pneumonic Influenza in Australia. Anthea Hyslop A Grassroots View of Spani...