East Melbourne Historical Society
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A collection of newspaper articles about living in East Melbourne and Jolimont. Includes information on real estate market and lifestyle. Interviews with residents including Elizabeth Hill, Jacinta Ryan. Photos. From 1992.
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The photo shows three women in Victorian dress taking tea on a verandah. The women are from left to right Eliza Jane Sprigg, her sister Hannah Clark and actress Florence Bland Holt. The donor of the photo believed it to be taken either at 166 Wellington Parade or Cliveden Mansion...
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Newspaper clipping announcing that Elizabeth Alexander is to be appointed as the new head of Medibank.
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Life story of Elizabeth Cotton Clark compiled by Margaret Clark with additional notes by Jason Clark. Elizabeth was a photographic colourist as well as a talented botanical artist. The house at 190 George Street was built for her in 1909. She died only a year later. She was the s...
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Portrait of Ellen Kellet, wife of Abraham Kellet. The Kellets were the original owners of 54 George Street, East Melbourne. Abraham founded a cartage company called Kellet & Co.
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Information booklets put out by the Friends of the Elms, an organisation devoted to the protection of elm trees, especially control of elm leaf beetle. Also some early minutes of meetings.
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Articles relating to the work of the Friends of the Elms and to the care and maintenance of elm trees. June, September, December 2003, July, September 2004. Duplicates, for full run see VF 397.
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Newsletters contain articles relating to the work of the Friends of the Elms and to the care and maintenance of elm trees. Much relevant to the trees and parks of East Melbourne. From 2002 to 2017. The final issue includes 26th Annual Report.
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Circulars seeking support In fighting proposed development. (1) MGG Hotel and Mosspennoch. (2) 13-19 Powlett Street.
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Circulars. (1) seeking support of oppostion to proposed hotel on cnr. of Powlett St. and Wellington Pde. 5 Jul. 1996 (2) similar , with drawing of proposed building (3) coming events, 9 Oct. 1997 (4) seeking support to fight proposed subdivision and development of Bishopscourt la...
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Employment contract between Acland Investments and Ethel Madge Hill for her to work as caretaker to 8-10 Simpson Street and 62 Wellington Parade.
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Photocopy of page 282 from "Epworth, a Tradition of Care 1920-2010" by Janette Bomford. It tells of the opening of the Samaritan Nurses' Home at 111 Hotham Street in 1903. This was the start of what became Bethesda Hospital and ultimately the Epworth.
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Biographical notes; the story of Tulloch's murder; photocopy of article by Gordon Sargood from Melbourne Grammar School Archives.
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Two copy portrait photographs of Eric Tulloch. Both in army uniform.
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Interview with auctioneer Alex Robertson. Mention of gunfights behind the MCG. Herald Sun, Weekend, 30 March 2002.
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Two articles appearing in the same issue of Royal Auto about the Eureka Stockade. The first, "Victoria's Bloody Sunday" by Professor Geoffrey Blainey, tells the story of the rebellion. The second, "The Flag was Stolen ... It Must Return" by Jenny Brown, tells of the fight to have...
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Obituary for Eve Esnouf. The Esnouf family had a long connection with East Melbourne with Ernest Phillip Esnouf purchasing 1229 Hoddle Street in 1922 living there with his family until the mid 1930s when it was rented out. In 1947 his son, Stuart, commenced his medcal preactice t...
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Copy of article in The Victorian Historical Magazine c. 1955. A history of Jolimont from 1838-1955.
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Newspaper clipping about proposal that Eye and Ear Hospital move across the road. Photo of tunnel linking the Eye and Ear with St. Vincent's.
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Newspaper clipping reporting on plans to renovate and modernise the Eye and Ear Hospital on the corner of Victoria Parade and Gisborne Street, East Melbourne. Work expected to start in 2017.
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Newspaper clipping about The Fairies' Tree, Fitzroy Gardens, sculpted by Ola Cohn in the years 1931-1934.
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A series of photos af East Melbourne families getting together in Darling Square (1970s) and Powlett Reserve (1982?)
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Review of the book, "Blockbuster: Fergus Hume & The Mystery of the Hansom Cab" by Lucy Sussex. Also article about up-coming television series of The Mystery of the Hansom Cab Fergus Hume's book is partly set in East Melbourne and he lived in East Melbourne while writing it. He li...
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Ferries on the Yarra by Colin Jones tells the story of ferry travel on the Yarra from the earliest days of white settlement and covers the stretch of river from Studley Park to the Docks. Many of the ferries travelled along the East Melbourne section of the river and Brander's Fe...