East Melbourne Historical Society
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Place
When Charles Joseph La Trobe arrived in Melbourne in 1839 as the newly appointed superintendent of the colony of Port Phillip he would have found the north bank of the Yarra, just east of the city, to be bordered by swamps and lagoons rising gently to open scrubland dominated by...
Collection item
A submission in support of an application by the East Melbourne Group to have Yarra Park included on the Heritage Register. The historical report includes the park's beginnings, the many events that have taken place there, and physical description. Many illustrations. References.
Collection item
This is a small collection of note books once belonging to Sara Yatala Ovenden (1894-1962). Yatala’s mother, Sara Grace Bruce, was an early member of the Victorian Socialist Party and as a consequence Yatala attended the Socialist Sunday School. The Bruce family’s earliest years...
Event
Phil Ruthven is the Founder of IBISWorld, an international corporation providing online business information, forecasting and strategic services. IBISWorld now operates in Australia, the United States (NY and LA), Canada, China, United Kingdom and Indonesia. He is widely consider...
Person
Robert Younger was by profession, a Chemist.He had been previously apprenticed for four years to P. Lloyd of Warrnambool. He married Mabel Alice Alston of Ballarat on 5 Apr 1915. Their daughter, Mabel Elizabeth Mary, was born on 27 June 1915 at Warrnambool, and Mabel Alice died a...
Person
MSM. Enlisted aged 21 on 10 Feb 1915. Occupation bank clerk. Gave uncle, J. Younger of 82 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, as next of kin. Embarked aboard HMAT Ulysses on 10 May 1915. Stanley also served in WW2 and this has meant that his service records for both wars have been fi...
Story
The Band of Hope was formed in England in 1847, with a more formal organisation set up in 1855. It was seen by many as a way to develop self-reliance in working men who could use temperance as a means to self-improvement by renouncing alcohol. It was a non-denominational movement...