East Melbourne Historical Society
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1 x A4 page of typed notes relating to William H. Anderson. Lists his address as 32 [now 20] Jolimont Terrace, Jolimont. Gives a description of the stained glass window in his memory at Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne.
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Digital copy of a colour slide. The photo shows French runner, Alain Mimoun, racing along Brunton Avenue towards the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the finish line of the Melbourne Olympics marathon, run on 1 December 1956. He crossed the line before anyone else had entered the are...
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Photos of Burnell taken by John Collins in 1962 prior to demolition for Freemasons Hospital car park. The second photo is used in one of the EMHS bookmarks published in 2012. The bookmark print-ready pdf file is attached. The file includes trim and bleed margins. Original dimensi...
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Newspaper clipping about plans to refit the office building at 314-320 Albert Street, East Melbourne as a hotel.
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Newspaper article featuring the work of the Emergency Co-ordination Centre which houses the Department of Sustainability and Environment's fire and emergency management team.
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Photograph taken in 1913 of Alix Lamandé with her hand resting on a piano stool. Alix was a music teacher residing with her father, Ambrose Lamandé at Amorique, 115 Hotham Street, East Melbourne. Ambrose lived there from 1906 until 1919. The Argus of 11 October 1913 reported on a...
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Colour photo of Amorique, a timber framed weatherboard house at 115 Hotham Street. The building was demolished in 1979 to be replaced by a block of flats called Amourique (note the change in spelling).
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Brochure advertising auction of Unit 5, Amourique,115 Hotham Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 19 February 2005.
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Article about East Melbourne residents, led by Siusan MacKenzie, protesting against development by Catholic Church of a site on the corner of Albert Street and Hoddle Street because of inadequate parking. The new building will accommodate 400 people in its dining room but only pr...
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Booklet produced for a walk conducted by Rosemarie Smith on behalf of the East Melbourne Historical Society for members of the Friends of the Sydney Historic Houses Trust on 18 June 2012. The booklet was compiled by Rosemarie Smith. It gives brief notes on the 34 buildings featur...
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by Nan Hutton From The Age, 19 May 1977 Beyond its beautiful façade, Clarendon Terrace may be a mouldering wreck today. But it was a sound and gracious building when my grandmother lived in it. In the comparatively short history of our city, this was a long time ago. It was 1909...
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The origins and development of Jolimont. In The Victorian Historical Magazine, May 1965.
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A flyer inviting members of the East Melbourne Group to a get together. The East Melbourne Group, as well as fighting inappropriate development, acts as a focal point for community interaction.
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Historical article publicising National Trust's Open Heritage 'Behind Closed Doors'. Main subject is the building at 2 Treasury Place and the old Cabinet Room within it. Designed in 1873 by Michael Egan; refurbed in the 1930s; refurbed again in the 1990s by Peter Ellliott. Photo....
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Three newspaper articles in interstate papers regarding a very unfortunate incident in East Melbourne in 1947. Apart from a very brief mention there was nothing found in the Melbourne papers, possibly because of local suppression decisions or orders. Clipping from The Brisbane Co...
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Newspaper clippings reporting on Ann Blainey's winning of the National Biography Award 2009 for her book, I am Melba".
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Newspaper clipping about Kathleen Clubb, the first person to be charged under new laws that prohibit protesters within 150 metres of abortion clinics. She will fight the charge on grounds of her constitutional right to free speech.
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Roy Brockfield is seen leading the Metropolitan Fire Brigade contingent at the Anzac Day parade in 1970. He was chosen to lead as he was by then the only surviving WWI veteran in the MFB. Brockfield worked at the Eastern Hill Fire Station for 45 years, many of them as foreman of...
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Newspaper clipping reporting on rejection by Heritage Victoria of proposal to build sixteen storey apartment block on Mosspennoch site. The Leader 18 Feb 2002.
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Newspaper clipping featuring the book, 'Homes in the Sky, Apartment Living in Australia', by Caroline Butler-Bowden and Charles Pickett. The article describes early apartment buildings in Australia and their part in the history of apartment living. Cliveden Mansions which once st...
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Two cards. One advertises the private sale of 1203/166 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, the other advertises the auction of Kingslea, 9/110 Albert Street, East Melbourne.
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Newspaper clipping about Archbishop Freier and his appointment as primate of the Anglican Church
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File of miscellaneous items about Melbourne's archbishops.
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Photos taken at the presentation by the Melbourne City Council of an award to the Turners for their generous and selfless contribution to the East Melbourne community 2 September 2002.