East Melbourne Historical Society
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Yarra Park School, class photo of Grade IV 1939. The only student identified is Glenice Hopgood (later Nicholls) standing in the back row, three from the right. The school on the corner of Wellington Parade and Punt Road, East Melbourne, has been dicontinued and converted to apar...
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Yarra Park School, class photo of Grade Prep 1939. Frances Hopgood (later Watkins) is in the second back row, four from the right. Donald McKerchar is in the front row, five from the right. The school on the corner of Wellington Parade and Punt Road, East Melbourne, has been dico...
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Yarra Park School, class photo of Grade V 1940. The only student identified is Glenice Hopgood (later Nicholls) standing in the second back row, three from the right. The school on the corner of Wellington Parade and Punt Road, East Melbourne, has been dicontinued and converted t...
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Four images: The first is a class photo of the 1941 Grade VI at Yarra Park School. The only student identified is Glenice Hopgood (later Nicholls) standing in second back row, five from the left. The second is a detail of the above showing Glenice Hopgood. The third is the medal...
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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...
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Plan for installation of heaters and sliding doors at Yarra Park State School, Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. Dated 1938-39 and numbered 142.
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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.
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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...