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Video of the Great Flood of 1891
SLV blog https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/the-great-flood-of-1891/ Youtube link: https://youtu.be/YfVtqX_KyE4
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Vietnamese changing face of Catholic priesthood
Newspaper clipping featuring Father J. Bui Duc Tien of St. John's Church in East Melbourne.
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View from Government House tower
This photo was taken from the tower of Government House towards the north east. It was taken before the Yarra River was straightened to reduce flooding. Lagoons were then a feature of the northern bank. In the foreground of the photo is a circular running track. This was part of...
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View from ICI House, c.1958
Digital copy of a colour slide. Photo shows the view from ICI House. Spring Street runs diagonally through the photo. The left foreground shows Parliament House and the Old Treasury beyond. On the right is the Windsor Hotel.
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View from Kev Franzi's roof
Photo is taken from the roof of house at 166 Wellington Parade and shows the top of the house's turret in foreground, and view over Yarra Park and the Melbourne Cricket Ground beyond. Government House and the Shrine are in the distance. Photo is very blurred.
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View from Mercy Maternity Hospital
Photo taken from Mercy Maternity Hospital gives view over Fitzroy Gardens with St. Andrew's Hospital, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Eastern Hill in the background.
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View from Parliament House towards Fitzroy - 1865c
BW photo. View from Parliament House over Albert Street towards Fitzroy. Carlton Gardens are in the distance. Shows 6 terrace houses, C & J Smith Collingwood Saw Mills and Timber Yard, C. White & Co. Brassfounders and Gasfitters, R. Hyde & Co. Marine Storemen, Baptist Church with...
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View of rooftops and backs of houses
Colour photo taken from rear fire escape of Bradoc House, 32 George Street, East Melbourne. The photo is taken over the rear of the house at 46 George Street and looks towards the apartments at 150 Clarendon Street. The chimneys of Queen Bess Row, 72-76 Hotham Street are in the m...
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VINCENT, Robert Collier
ROBERT COLLIER VINCENT #19064 Robert Collier Vincent born on Xmas Day 25th December 1892 (dates do not align) enlisted in the AIF on the 12th March 1917 in Melbourne. Robert was aged 23 years and 2 months and being 6' tall and weighing 136 lbs with a fair complexion and hair and...
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VINEN, Peter Henry
Subjects WW1 Family name VINEN Given names Peter Henry Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 144 Simpson Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 24612 Rank Dvr Military units 3rd Division Ammunition Column
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VINES, Thomas
Thomas Nicholls Vines was born in Hamilton, Victoria on 15 September 1891. He was the son of Thomas Vines and his wife, Christina McDougall. Thomas snr had spent his life in a world of horses. He had been a horse dealer and during the Boer War had supplied horses to be shipped to...
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VINES, Thomas
Thomas Vines was born in Geelong on 29 December 1868. His father was Joshua Vines who, according to a brief obituary was 'a member of the old coaching firm of Vines and McPhee, who ran many coaches in the Ballarat, Wimmera and Western disricts under the style of Cobb and Co., in...
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VIRGOE, Percy Ernest
Percy Ernest Virgoe was the son of William Richard Neil Virgoe (d.1902) and his wife, Harriette Mary nee McCulloch. William, Percy's father, was the owner of Mathoura Station, N.S.W. and had a keen interest in horse racing, especially steeple-chasing. However Percy was born in 18...
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Visit Old Treasury
The Old Treasury was built in 1862, and is regarded as one Melbourne’s finest buildings. It was designed by architect and local resident J.J. Clark. This guided tour will cover all areas and aspects of the building, including the exhibitions currently on display.
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Visit to Goold Museum and MacKillop Museum
The Goold Museum 24 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, houses a collection relating to the history of the Catholic Church in Victoria.
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Visit to Old Treasury
The Old Treasury was built in 1862 and is regarded as one of Melbourne's finest buildings. This guided tour will be cover all areas of the building, starting with the gold vaults where gold bullion was stored during the gold rush era.
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Visit to St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, East Melbourne
Dr. Trevor Batrouney will lead our tour and tell us about the history of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in Melbourne, of its establishment in East Melbourne; as well as the history of St. Nicholas and the significance of its contents.
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Vlado Gregurek, king of steak
Obituary and other newspaper clippings about Vlado Gregurek, restaurateur, who died 29 May 2012. Vlado was a resident of East Melbourne. Photos.
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Vlado's Restaurant and the Gregurek family
An article about Vlado's steakhouse restaurant in Bridge Road, Richmond, and the family behind it. Vlado Gregurek founded the restaurant in 1964, Since his death in 2012 his son, Michael, has continued the business. Vlado and his wife, Nina, moved into East Melbourne in in the ea...
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VOCE, Alfred
Alfred Voce was born in Salisbury, England in 1889. He was the elder of the two sons of Edward Voce and his wife, Charlotte Eliza. The family arrived in Australia in September 1913 aboard the Commonwealth. They settled in East Melbourne, renting a house at 38 Albert Street. By th...
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VOCE, Edward Stanley
Edward Stanley (known as Stanley) Voce was born in Salisbury, England on 5 July 1890. He was the younger of the two sons of Edward Voce and his wife, Charlotte Eliza. The family arrived in Australia in September 1913 aboard the Commonwealth. By the time he enlisted on 30 May 1918...
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Voices Around My Piano
A history of the Kean-Horsley family, musicians and bohemians, who lived at 33 Albert Street from 1920s to 1950s. Photos. No index.
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Voices Around My Piano
A history of the Kean-Horsley family, musicians and bohemians, who lived at 33 Albert Street from 1920s to 1950s. Unpublished manuscript. An updated draft of the book of the same name published in 2007. See catalogue item BK48.
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WADE, Edmund Thomas
Subjects WW1 Family name WADE Given names Edmund Thomas Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 23 Victoria Parade , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 872 Rank Pte Military units 14th Light Horse Regiment