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Will Dyson and friends
Extracts from Will Dyson Australia's Radical Genius by Ross McMullin which tell of his friendship with the Lionel, Norman and Percy Lindsay and Norman's future wife, Katie Parkinson.
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Will power in the class
Photocopy of newspaper clipping. An article about large donations to schools. Betty Hall, well known past resident of East Melbourne, left a large amount of money to her old school Dimboola Memorial Secondary College. Betty went on to become a highly regarded property lawyer.
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William Elliott Gillies
Obituary of Dr. Gillies, ophthalmologist. He lived at 54 George Street.
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William Johnston: Antique dealer and collector
Louis le Vaillant, director and curator of The Johnston Collection in East Melbourne, will tell us about the life and work of William Johnston who left his large collection of antiques to the people of Victoria to expand their understanding and pleasure in the decorative arts.
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William Shiels born 1847 Glasgow
Portrait of William Shiels, barrister, born 1847 in Glasgow. Son of William Shiels and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Burrell) who owned the James Watt Hotel in Spencer Street. He owned as investments two houses in Canterbury Terrace, Nos 88 and 106 Powlett Street, East Melbourne.
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WILLIAMS, Arthur James
Arthur James Williams was born c Dec 1898 at Menzies, Western Australia. He was the son of Percy James and Mary Ellen Williams. When he enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria on 13 February 1917 he stated that he was a salesman and that his permanent address was 112 Grey Street, East Me...
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WILLIAMS, John Walter
Subjects WW1 Family name WILLIAMS Given names John Walter Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 71 Gray Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 4918 Rank Gnr Military units 8th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
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WILLIAMS, Mark Alfred
Mark Alfred Williams was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. He enlisted on 19 August 1914 at Eastern Hill. At the time he was living at 539 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, a boarding house, just a few doors from Nicholson Street. He gave his age as 27, his occupation as blac...
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WILLIAMS, Reginald George Hurlburt
Subjects WW1 Family name WILLIAMS Given names Reginald George Hurlburt Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2202 Rank Pte Military units July 1917 Reinforcements
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WILLIAMS, Richard
As the first military pilot trained in Australia, Richard Williams went on to achieve an illustrious career with the Air Force, including the establisment of the RAAF in 1922. Born on 3 August 1890 at Moonta Mines. South Australia. he was the eldest son of Richard Williams, a cop...
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WILLMOTT, Maxwell Thomas
born East Melbourne
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WILLOUGHBY, Arthur Howard Wilton
Arthur Howard Wilton Willoughby was the only surviving son of Howard Willoughby and his wife, Emily Frances (nee Jones). He was born at Harborne House in Jolimont Road, Jolimont, the house that Howard had built in 1868 two years before his marriage. It was named for the town near...
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WILMS, Leopold Henry
Leopold Wilms was born in East Melbourne around 1886. At 30 years old he enlisted on 5 April, 1916. At this time he had married Mildred Maud Taylor in 1912 in Victoria. Working as a grazier in the Lilydale area, he lived at Brushy Park, Croydon. His first month of service was wit...
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WILSON, A.D.
Killed in action 1917, son of Mrs K. Wilson, formerly of High-street, Bendigo, now of East Melbourne . Not yet identified in Australian Archives or at the Australian War Memorial
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WILSON, David Guthrie
David Guthrie Draver (known as Guthrie) Wilson was born in 1898 in Kew. He was the son of Arthur George Wilson and his wife, Emily, nee Spence. In 1902 the family moved to 130 Grey Street, East Melbourne, the middle of three terrace houses. Arthur, a clerk, died shortly after. Em...
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WILSON, Frank Costella
Son of Francis Wilson (d. 30 Jan. 1908), bank officer with the London Bank and Lavinia (nee Stevens) (d.10 Mar 1902). Born city of Melbourne on 21 January 1889. Enlisted at Melbourne 26 July 1915. Age 26 years 7 months. 5ft 6.25ins. Complexion medium, eyes light blue, hair brown....
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WILSON, George Thomas
Bootmaker. George Thomas Wilson enlisted using a false name and false age, which he gave as 21. His true name was George Gregory Cronin whose real age was 16 years and 6 months. Embarked 16 July 1915; returned from Suez for discharge 19 Sept 1915; discharged under age without par...
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WILSON, Grace Margaret
Grace Margaret Wilson CBE RRC (1879–1957) was a high-ranked nurse in theAustralian Army during World War I and the first years of World War II. Wilson was born in Brisbane, and completed her initial training as a nurse in 1908. After the outbreak of World War I she joined the Aus...
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WILSON, John David
John Wilson was born in Bendigo in 1892. At the time of enlistment, 29 February, 1916, his father was deceased and widowed mother was Elizabeth Wilson. His occupation is listed as farmer. On 4 April 1916, after 2 months training at Seymour, embarked for the UK on the HMAT Euripid...
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WILSON, Robert
Subjects WW1 Author Sue Larkin Family name WILSON Given names Robert Gender Male Religion Presbyterian Date of birth 1 January 1887 Place of birth Birth Culross, Fife, United Kingdom East Melbourne addresses Year 1915 Scotch College Lansdowne Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Au...
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WILTON, Gerald Langford D'Auverne
Gerald Langford d’Auverne Wilton was born in Sunderland, England c.1880. At the time of his enlistment on 19 February 1916 he was working as a motor driver/chauffeur. He was married to Emily Mary Wilton and was living at 55 Agnes Street, Jolimont. He was appointed to the 23rd Bat...
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WILTSHIRE, Herbert
Herbert Ralph Wiltshire was born in Walthamstowe, England. When he enlisted at Melbourne on 20 August 1914 he gave his age as 24, however in a Statutory Declaration he made in 1938 he gave his birthdate as 18 August 1893, making him three years younger than his original stated ag...
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WINDSOR, Michael George
Michael George Windsor was born in 1893 in Caulfield. He was the son of Arthur Windsor, who, at the time of Michael’s enlistment on 17 August 1914, was living at 272 High Street, St. Kilda. Michael gave his occupation as labourer and his next of kin as Miss Costain, Wellington St...
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Winston Burchett's Scrapbook
A scrapbook of cuttings collected by Winston Burchett. Most cuttings relate to reviews of his books, East Melbourne Walkabout and East Melbourne 1837-1977. A smaller number of cuttings cover property news in East Melbourne, including sales and planning controversies