East Melbourne Historical Society
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Correspondence and research notes submitted to City of Melbourne to have included in the updated Conservation Schedule some buildings which had been omitted from the original 1983 schedule. At the same time it had been proposed to remove from the new schedule the buildings which...
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Newspaper clipping reports that the City of Melbourne will extend hours of paid parking in the city to make up for revenue lost when management of Yarra Park was transferred to the Melbourne Cricket Club. The drop in revenue was claimed to be $2.1 million.
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Amendment C162 to the City of Melbourne Municiple Strategic Statement. The proposal was released in July 2010 and is open for public submissions until 3 September 2010. From the City of Melbourne web site: Have your say on the new Municipal Strategic Statement (Amendment C162) Cr...
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Four documents produced by the City of Melbourne relating to management of its parks and gardens. 1. Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens Master Plan Draft (1994). 2. Parks and Recreation Our Commitments1996 . 3. Parks Policy. 4. Growing Green Draft 2002.
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A collection of publicity material put out by City of Melbourne. Includes self guided walks. Material relevant to East Melbourne covers the conservatory, Fitzroy and Treasury Gardens, Birrarung Marr, residential East Melbourne, Model Tudor Village.
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Two photographs. One shows Clare Hicks with her niece and nephew outside apartment buildings at 25 and 27 Powlett Street. The buildings are a matching pair, two storeys with rounded openings, early 20th century. The second photo shows Clare's sister with her children and eastern...
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Auction brochure and newspaper clippings about forthcoming auction of 1/58 Clarendon Street scheduled for 11 Sept. 2004. Photos Plan. Owner's comments.
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A collection of articles on Clarendon Terrace and the Menzies Foundation from a variety of sources.
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Booklet based on the inaugural lecture at Clarendon terrace for Her Place Women's Museum given by Dr Liz Rushen on 9 May 2019 as part of the National Trust Asutralian Heritage Festival 2019. Clarendon Terrace was built in 1857 and the talk focuses on its history and its neighbour...
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Pamphlet gives a brief history of the building and its restoration for use as the headquarters of The Menzies Foundation. Also gives a brief outline of the work of The Menzies Foundation. Before and after photos.
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Clement Hodgkinson designed the Fitzroy Gardens and lived at 157 Hotham Street.
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An album of a collection of material relating to the home of Sir William Clarke, Cliveden, 192 Wellington Parade, which was demolished in 1968 to make way for the Hilton Hotel. Items include copies of original plans, copies of photos of elaborately furnished interiors and copies...
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Information for patients.
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A hand-written list of names of residents at Cliveden Mansions detailing their dining room bookings. There are columns for Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner, Trays and Syphons. Only surnames are given. The list can be dated to the early 1950s. It has been pasted to a plywood backing. T...
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Several copies of a typed list of names of residents at Cliveden Mansions prepared for dining room bookings. There are columns for Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner, Trays, D/Room Extras and Aerated Waters. Only surnames are given. The list can be dated to the 1960s, the final years of...
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Two items: a breakfast menu and a card (business size) giving times for meals.
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Scanned photo of the interior of a drawing room in Cliveden Mansions taken circa 1901.
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A collection of photos taken just prior to the demolition of Cliveden Mansions which once stood on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. The house was demolished to make way for the Hilton on the Park, now the Pullman Hotel. It is pictured devoid o...
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Scan of watercolour painting by Len Annois in 1930 of a view towards Cliveden Mansions looking from the western end of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. The picture shows the railway tracks, an electric train heading towards Princes Bridge railway station, and Cliveden Mansions...
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Photographs of artifacts of Cliveden Mansions bought at auction in 1968 and incorporated into a house in Brighton by architect George Sommers (1904-1984). The house was designed in 1969 and built by 1971. Sommers aimed to combine the Georgian tradition of the Melbourne area with...
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Scanned photograph of Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne, taken by John T. Collins on 23 June 1968.
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5 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at Cliveden Mansions, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1934, 1939, 1945 and 1955.
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Scanned copy of wood engraving of proposed residence of Sir W.J. Clarke on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Streets, East Melbourne. The building is described as "Italian Renaissance style, large private residence on corner of Clarendon St. and Wellington Pde; Mr. S....
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Newspaper clipping reporting on peoples' anger over the proposed sell-off of the old Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital in East Melbourne. The state government claims it is surplus to its needs but the public view is that the site is such an important one it should be kept for publi...