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This flyer (pdf attached) was prepared and distributed by the East Melbourne Group prior to the Victorian State Election in November 2018 "A proposal by the Melbourne Football Club to build new administration and training facilities in and around heritage-listed parklands would s...
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Group photo of Yarra Park School teachers 1911. Sitting front row left is Yatala Bruce (1894-1962). She was the daughter of John Vans Agnew Bruce and Sarah Grace nee Wayman. The family lived at 5 Palmer Street, Jolimont. In 1921 Yatala (Yattie) married George Edward Ovenden and t...
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The photo shows three Yarra Park School teachers in 1911. On the left is Yatala Bruce (1894-1962). She was the daughter of John Vans Agnew Bruce and Sarah Grace nee Wayman. The family lived at 5 Palmer Street, Jolimont. In 1921 Yatala (Yattie) married George Edward Ovenden and th...
Local history
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In Fitzroy in 1865 the idea of a local bowling club finally came to fruition. A committee was elected. The name was confirmed as the Fitzroy Bowling Club and rules were put in place. The next task was to find a green. Within a month the Fitzroy council had granted the club permis...
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In the time before white settlement the area around what we know as Darling Square in East Melbourne was swampland, and was a source of plentiful foodstuffs enjoyed by the local Wurundjeri people. However, it was not long before white people made ‘improvements’. Bit by bit the ed...
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In 1883 the Police Department rented a house on a wide block of land in Darling Street, East Melbourne. This house would become the residence of the sergeant-in-charge of the new police station. Next door, on the undeveloped part of the land, a small two-roomed, wooden office was...
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East Melbourne is a tiny suburb adjoining the city of Melbourne, with beautiful gardens, grand houses and workmen's cottages.
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