East Melbourne Historical Society
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Features illustrated article about exhibition of photos by Charlie Sublet entitled 'Umbilicus'. Images were taken over a 15 month period upon closure of the Mercy Hospital and represent themes of memory, transience and loss. Issue No. 17.
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Newspaper clipping reporting on the new studio and showroom created at Tasma Terrace for the artist, Julia de Ville, jeweller and taxidermist.
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Article about Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Scultpors 96th annual exhibition. The Society meets at the Ola Cohn Centre in East Melbourne. Article featuring Gregory R. Smith for his exhibiton of paintings at the Victorian Artists Society in East Melbourne. Article about...
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Sheet music for the song As I Went A-Roaming. Words by Helen Taylor and music by May H Brahe. May Brahe was a resident of East Melbourne and has a lane named after her.
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An historical and architectural study of 190 George Street, East Melbourne. Includes information about the original owner and her family, subsequent owners, the architect and stylistic influences.
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Collection of auction brochures from c. 1990s.
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Newspaper article gives the stories behind two East Melbourne residents, Harry Marr and Stephen O'Malley, being awarded Australia Day Honours.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE WAR REPRODUCTIONS OF PICTURES TAKEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS (CAPTAINS G.H. WILKINS, M.C., AND J.F. HURLEY, LIEUTENANTS H.F. BALDWIN AND J.P. CAMPBELL) AND OTHERS ANNOTATED BY C.E.W. BEAN AND H.S. GULLETT 753 illustrations FOURTH EDITION...
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Newspaper articles give background to decision to build new tennis centre. Includes plan of Melbourne Park.
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A study by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects with a foreword by J.D. Pringle. The book grew out of an exhibition of photos held in Sydney in 1964 which drew attention to the debasement of our visual environment. Apathy and complacency have allowed a proliferation of di...
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A memoir of family life by the daughter of Frederick McCubbin. It includes a ten page chapter about time spent living in the Deanery, East Melbourne (1926-c.1931). The deanery in this case meant the original deanery, demolished and replaced in the 1930s. Contains description of t...
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Newspaper article about the work of Louis Laumen, the sculptor responsible for the Parade of Champions in Yarra Park, Victor Trumper at the MCG, and St. Francis and St. Catherine at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Photos. The Age, 14 June 2003, Review, p. 7.
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Article about The Briars, Mt. Martha, owned by Alexander Beatson Balcombe and his wife Emma. Alexander and Emma Balcombe also built and owned Eastcourt in East Melbourne which was on the site of the East Melbourne Library.
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Brochure provided by "The Briars", Mt. Martha, giving the history of the Balcombe family who built and lived in the first East Court at 122 George Street, East Melbourne.
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Miscellaneous collection of items relating to Balzac restaurant. The restaurant operated between 1956 and 2001. It was started by George and Mirka Mora who sold it about five years later to John and Maria Kornyei. In the late 1970s it was sold to Leon Massoni. In 1958 it was gran...
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A three page magazine article on the life of Patricia, Lady Harewood by Lawrence Money and published in the (melbourne) magazine. Lady Harewood was born Patricia Tuckwell, sister of Barry Tuckwell, musician. She married photographer, Athol Shmith. She became a leading model, know...
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Clippings from Melbourne News, a quarterly newsletter put out by the City of Melbourne, aboplans to prohibit cyclists from riding in city parks, including Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens.
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Review of Tippler & Co, a bar and restaurant occupying the site of the former Cafe Balzac started by George and Mirka Mora in 1956.
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Newspaper clippings about the plague of bats in the Fitzroy Gardens. Photos. April, 2003.
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Article reporting on the career of Max Beck who with Michael Buxton founded the property development firm of Becton. Becton was the developer behind Wellington Gardens, East Melbourne.
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Brochure advertising sales of units at 155 Powlett Street in the block known as Belgravia Square. Photos. Plans. 2003.
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Magazine includes article on the house at 110 Hotham Street, renovated by Wynne McGrath. Many photos.
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Photocopy of title page and chapter 28, 'Sir Benjamin Benjamin and the Imperial Bank' from The Land Boomers by Michael Cannon.
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Newspaper clippings and obituary about Margaret (Peggy) Berman's role in the abortion issue which resulted in legalisation of abortion. She worked as receptionist at a clinic in East Melbourne. Photos. November to December 2002.