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Auction brochure 5 June. Colour photos. Plan

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99 Hotham Street City of Melbourne planning decision

City of Melbourne Future Melbourne Committee submissions and decision regarding development of 99 Hotham Street. Also a Herald-Sun newspaper report.

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A Christmas Story

Journalist, Stewart Cockburn, writes of doing up his house in East Melbourne in 1950. The address of the house is not given but has been identified as 121 Gipps Street. Cockburn shortly afterwards became Robert Menzies' press-secretary. A photo of the front of the house shows tha...

In 1858 Lewis Vieusseux, 8 year old son of Louis and Julie Vieusseux, was lost in the Dandenongs during an outing of family and friends. The Vieusseux were proprietors of a Ladies School in Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. This is the story of the search from the letters of Alfr...

Obituary for Richard Meldrum, architect, councillor and Lord Mayor, who died in 2004.

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A Cook, a book and a new look

Newspaper clipping about the launch of a new book, Blak Cook Book, by Dr Clare Land, Dr Paola Balla and Kate Golding on behalf of the City of Melbourne. The book features a range of stories and artworks which seek to balance the story of Captain Cook's 'discovery' of Australia wi...

Article in The Victorian Historical Journal Nov-Dec. 1975: special C.J. La Trobe issue.

Article In EMHS newsletter June 2004. Tells of Henry Harris building Burlington Terrace. Some biographical details.

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A Grand Vision: Henry Philip Harris and the History of Burlington Terrace. Part 1

Article In EMHS newsletter June 2004. Tells of Henry Harris building Burlington Terrace. Some biographical details.

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A Grand Vision: Henry Philip Harris and the History of Burlington Terrace. Part 2

Article In EMHS newsletter September 2004. Tells of some of the people, many of them from Melbourne's Jewish community, who inhabited Burlington Terrace. Names include Rev. A.G. Ornstien, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Abrahams, Maurice Brodzky, Philip Blashki and others.

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A hall full of memories

Newspaper article by Shane Green writing of his memories of Dallas Brooks Hall in Albert Street, East Melbourne. The building is about to be demolished to make way for apartments and new facilities for the Grand Lodge of the Freemasons. Also a newspaper article about the developm...

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A lane waiting for a name

A photo of an unnamed lane which runs south of 51 Simpson Street, East Melbourne. The photo was taken from the rear of 88 George Street and looks east. In the distance a building of red brick with a slate roor is visible. This is the side wall of Bradoc House, an apartment block...

Biography of Fr. Ted McGrath. McGrath led a controversial and eventful life. He founded, with Eileen O'Connor, Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (the Brown Nurses). He became a Missionary of the Sacred Heart, was later expelled from the order, and, even later, reinstated. He was a m...

Biography of Fr. Ted McGrath. McGrath led a controversial and eventful life. He founded, with Eileen O'Connor, Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (the Brown Nurses). He became a Missionary of the Sacred Heart, was later expelled from the order, and, even later, reinstated. He was a m...

Newspaper clipping recording the death of Jonathan Gianfreda, butcher and smallgoods specialist who lived in East Melbourne.

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A new look for JJ Clark's house

Newspaper clipping describing the renovations undertaken at 104 Gipps Street, the former home of JJ Clark, architect of the Old Treasuryds building in Spring Street. The text is similar to that in another article but the photos are different (see link below).

A history of Catholicism in Victoria from the arrival of the first priest, Father P.B. Geoghegan, in 1839 until 1862 under Bishop James Alipius Goold. Includes index and some photos.

A history of Presbyterian Ladies' College in pictures.

Catalogue of exhibition of photographs entitled 'A Picture of Diversity' put on by the East Melbourne Historical Society to celebrate the East Melbourne Group's jubilee year in October 2004. Gives short histories of several buildings in East Melbourne and Jolimont, some of which...

Article about the replacement of water main in Yarra Park in Elm Watch June 2003.

Newspaper article about Clement Hodgkinson and his work in Victoria, including his part in the creation of the Fitzroy and Treasury. He lived at 157 Hotham Street. Photos.

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A private treasury open for all gardeners to see

Newspaper clipping about gardens featured in the booklet, 'A Celebration of Gardens in Victoria'. The gardens listed were to be open to the public during the year. The scheme was created as part of Victoria's 150th birthday celebrations. It has continued each year since as the Vi...

Based loosely on a true story the novel tells 'A story of passion, prejudice and triumph set in the Victoria's 19th century gold-fields'. It is the story of a young woman sent to Australia by her father because of an unplanned pregnancy. The plan is for her to find a suitable hus...

A brief account of the history of Bishopscourt, including its original construction, later renovations, garden layout, its residents and social life. Includes quotations from contemporary sources and photos. With a forward by Philip I. Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne.