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Collection a Cut Above

A report on local resident, Krystyna Campbell-Pretty, donating a large collection of Dior dresses to the National Gallery of Victoria.

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Colleen Meldrum

Colleen Meldrum talks about her life prompted by some favourite possessions. Colleen was Lady Mayoress 1991-1992. She lived at 92 George Street, East Melbourne.

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Collins Street Directory - 1945

Street directory of Melbourne and Suburbs. One page per suburb. Includes fold out map of city and suburban streets. East Melbourne page shows Grey Street West and Gipps Street West, now Cathedral Place and St Andrews Place respectively. Map also shows schools: Scotch College, St...

Biographies of the wives of Victoria's colonial governors, including Sophie La Trobe. The chapter devoted to her life gives tells of the establishment of Jolimont and life in early Melbourne.

Newspaper clippings outline the changes to Melbourne in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Sites in East Melbourne include MCG, Hilton Hotel, MCG Hotel, Jolimont Station, new footbridge. Photos, including aerial shot of Melbourne covering inner suburbs.

Clipping from Out and About March 2008, a City of Melbourne publication. Photo shows four East Melbourne residents, Joan Lenaghan, Claire Hicks, Sybil Peters and Betty Box on an outing organised by the City of Melbourne.

Brochures circulated locally to gain support for a community bank in East Melbourne under the auspices of the Bendigo Bank.

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Community minded people of East Melbourne

A page of four pen and ink sketches with collective title of 'Community minded people of East Melbourne'. Each sketch shows a small group of people stopped for a casual chat, their common interests clearly defined: the Garden Club, books, children and (possibly) daily life.

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Community Pop up pre-loved market

Flyer which was distributed to all East Melbourne residents to advertise a community event to be held on 24 October 2015 and hosted by the East Melbourne Group at Holy Trinity Church, corner of Clarendon and Hotham Streets.

Catalogue of exhibition of the same name held at University of Melbourne in 2015. Many images reproduced and accompanied by extensive text. The East Melbourne connection is slight. There is a short paragraph on Dr Rachel Champion who married Dr Charles Shaw, an East Melbourne res...

Holy Trinity hosts occasional fund raising concerts. The file contains some notes on recent concerts and performers.

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Coniston, 92 Albert Street, East Melbourne - 1913c

Photo shows timber house of one storey and double fronted, with garden in front. There are four people on the verandah, left to right: John Hurst Green Snr., Emily Blanch Green, Ernest Green and Alice Green. C. 1913.

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission 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...

Newspaper cutting spread across two pages entitled 'Our Marvellous Medical Women'. An article about Melbourne's first women medical graduates. Clara Stone of East Melbourne was one of them. Composite photo includes a portrait of Clara.

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Contoured Plan Collingwood and East Melbourne 1853

This map is described as 'shewing the buildings facing the principal streets at the time of survey'. A handwritten note says 'Submitted to the Surveyor General with my letter dated Nov'r 29 1853'. It is signed Clement Hodgkinson, Surveyor. The buildings shown are colour-coded acc...

Program of a Son et Lumiere Presentation entitled 'Cook of the Endeavour' staged to celebrate the Bi-Centenary of Lieut. James Cook's Voyage to New South Wales. First Son et Lumiere Production in Melbourne. Accompanied by Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. April 1970.

Booklet produced to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the relocation of Cook's Cottage to Fitzroy Gardens. Gives historical background, description and photos.