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Newsletters for 2007. Also Updates for 2007. Items on matters of local concern. Community news. Newsletters on-line at http://www.emg.org.au/

Newsletters for 2008. Also Updates for 2008. Items on matters of local concern. Community news. Newsletters on-line at http://www.emg.org.au/

Newsletters for 2009. Also Updates for 2009. Items on matters of local concern. Community news. Newsletters on-line at http://www.emg.org.au/

Newsletters for 2010. Also Updates for 2010. Items on matters of local concern. Community news. Newsletters on-line at http://www.emg.org.au/

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East Melbourne offices get 'A' lift

Newspaper clippings about proposed plans to redevelop the site at 200-222 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, corner of Lansdowne Street. The new building will be eleven floors of commercial space. The developers are Time & Place and the architects are FJMT.

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East Melbourne Residents' contribution to the Queen Victoria Hospital

Interview with Dr. June Howqua, physician and board member at the Queen Victoria Hospital. She talks about her time at the hospital which was founded by Constance Stone, also a resident of East Melbourne, and the building's continued links with feminism.

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East Melbourne rooftops from Burchett Lane

BW photo. View over rooftops to Queen Bess Row, Hotham Street. Taken from Burchett Lane. Reprint. C. 1974.

Newspaper interview with Liz Rushen, director of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, about an exhibition at relating to women's suffrage. East Melbourne resident, Margaret McLean is the chief subject of the article. Photos. Melbourne Yarra Leader 28.

Newspaper clipping - real estate article about booming property prices. Photo. Herald-Sun - Real Estate. 4 May 2002.

A document prepared by Nerida Samson presenting a proposal to the Melbourne City Council to have East Melbourne and Jolimont declared a historic tourist precint. Also newspaper clippings about Nerida Samson's proposal to move La Trobe's Cottage from the King's Domain to the Fitzr...

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East Melbourne Walk

A guided walk published by the Art Deco Society covering inter-war architecture in East Melbourne. Gives notable features of buildings. BW photos. 2002. Note: The illustration on p.17 has been incorrectly identified as Kingscourt, 37 George Street. It is, in fact, 53-55 George St...

Five informative self-guided walks around East Melbourne and Jolimont.

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East Melbourne's Best Streets

Newspaper clipping describes some of the streets of East Melbourne and their houses. Focuses on Clarendon, Hotham and Powlett Streets.

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East Melbourne, 104 Simpson Street - before remodelling

Photo shows a two-storey terrace type house with cast iron balcony, In the 1930s the house was remodelled in the Art Deco manner.

Newspaper clippings and auction brochure about sale of Hazelwell, 121 Powlett Street. The house was once the home of Ivo Bligh and his wife Florence (nee Morphy). Bligh was the captain of the English cricket team to whom The Ashes were originally presented. Michael and Elizabeth...

Newspaper clippings and auction brochure about sale of 130 George Street, scheduled for 1 March 2003. Also clippings about this property winning the belle space architecture award for 2003. Photos of interior and exterior. Also auction brochure advertising auction scheduled for 7...

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East Melbourne, 144 Gipps Street,

BW photos. 4 views of Fanecourt, 144 Gipps Street. (Later divided into apartments and renamed Torrington.) A large, red brick, late Victorian house. Copies. c.1970.

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East Melbourne, 154 Hotham Street, Cadzow

The photo shows a two storey, double fronted house, with front door and portico slightly off-set, the result of extending the original single fronted house sideways. Six small children are pictured in front of the house. At the time the photo was taken it was owned by the Doughar...

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East Melbourne, 164 Hotham Street, Cyprus Terrace

Brochure advertising the auction of 164 Hotham Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 20 July 1991. The brochure incorrectly refers to the house as part of Cyprus Terrace, correctly it is Cypress Terrace.

Newspaper clippings about auction of Amberley, 188 George Street on 23 March 2002. The vendors, Harold and Krystyna Campbell Pretty refused to sell the house inspite of a record price being offered. The successful bidders eventually were Evan Thornley and Tracey Ellery. Photos.

Newspaper clipping and auction brochure for sale of Watlington, 189 Hotham Street, on 14 December 2002. Interior and exterior photos.

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East Melbourne, Aerial view - 1962

BW photo. Aerial view shows Fitzroy, East Melbourne, City. 1962. Internet print. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H92.20/7247).

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 005, 007, 009, 011, 013, 015, 017 - Burchett

Date 1880 William Pearce built 3 cottages for himself, 1885c, he added 4 more cottages to the east side of the block. Pearce occupied one of the cottages until 1919. In 1975 no. 9 was occupied by R.G. Kermode

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 028 - Burchett

Hoddle Street between Albert St and Victoria Pde St John's R.C. church Church built 1901 Celtic Cross & Irish Round Tower Old Gothic church opened 1866 New church foundation stone laid 1924 Mrs Koch of Gipps Street claims her mother told her a relative Richard Dennehy was archite...