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University at Melbourne Park

Newspaper clipping about a controversial plan to build a university campus on land next to the Vodaphone arena.

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Unliveable townhouse at 126 Albert Street sells

Newspaper clipping reporting on the unexpectedly high price gained at auction for an apartment described as unliveable at 126 Albert Street, East Melbourne

Newspaper clippings about Model Tudor Village in the Fitzroy Gardens. Report that restoration is about to start on the Village which is in a state of disrepair. Some suggest that it is irrelevant and should be removed. Readers invited to comment. Results. Further report about com...

Updates put out by the East Melbourne Group to notify members of current planning issues. April 2001 - November 2004.

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Urban Conservation Areas: East Melbourne & Jolimont: Guidelines for owners

Pamphlet gives background to conservation controls and guidelines to owners of graded bullrings. Lists graded buildings and gives map showing streetscape levels.

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Urban Conservation in the City of Melbourne

Conservation and restoration guide published in 1985 by the City of Melbourne. Many photos of East Melbourne buildings and streets. Page 9: Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street - A terrace of three units, central one has full height corinthian columns, other two are unadorned....

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Valentine's Snapshots. Melbourne No 1. 1920s

Small card folder with 12 photographs. Each photo has its title printed on reverse in handwritten style. Valentines snapshots were made of many places in the world, and packaged in a convenient size to be posted. They were printed in Great Britain. The photos are of landmark buil...

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Valetta gets repair order

Newspaper clipping reporting that Planning Minister, Richard Wynne, has issued a repair order on the owner of Valetta, 206 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. Valetta is on the State heritage list but has been allowed to fall into a state of dereliction.

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Valetta House, Vandalism and Neglect, 2012

This grand old mansion built in 1856 has been crumbling for years. Recently it has had homeless people living in it resulting in broken windows and doors. Galvanised iron, boarded up windows and security wire are now its most prominent and saddest features.

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Valetta House, Vandalism and Neglect, 2015

This grand old mansion built in 1856 has been crumbling for years. Recently it has had homeless people living in it resulting in broken windows and doors. Galvanised iron, boarded up windows and security wire are now its most prominent and saddest features.

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Vandals attack Cook's Cottage

Newspaper clipping about vandalism to Cook's Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens. The vandals sprayed the cottage with an anti-Australia day message.

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Vernon Hauser

Order of Service for the funeral of Hon. Vernon Thomas Hauser (1928-2015) held at Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne on 17 September 2015. It includes several photos from childhood to late in life.

Newspaper clipping about the metropolitan planning strategy, Melbourne 2030, and concerns that it does not give enough direction on the matter of infill housing. Relevant to East Melbourne only generally, but includes photo over Yarra Park towards the city.

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Victoria and its Metropolis, Vol II

Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, Vol 2 "With contributed papers by R.L.J. Ellery...[et al]."-T.p. vol. 2. Subtitle: The colony and its people in 1888. includes biographical details of persons and companies. Includes indexes. Poor condition: covers missing; title pa...

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Victoria Brewery c.1920

Black and white photo (new print) showing the Victoria Parade facade of the Victoria Brewery. An extensive fleet of delivery trucks is lined up in front of the building. To the extreme left of the photo is a section of the building which is lower in height than the rest. This was...

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Victoria House

Brochure adverting auction of Unit 4/220 Clarendon Street in block known as Victoria House scheduled for 18 Oct., 2003. Photos. Plans.

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Victoria Parade in the 1950s

Colour photo shows W class tram travelling west towards the city along Victoria Parade. The tram is a No 42 to Mont Albert. This route merged with route 111 in 1993 to become route 109. The tram is crossing an intersection which is probably Powlett Street. The tramline is bordere...

Note card with reProduction of original architectural drawing of the Victorian Artists Society building by Richard Speight. Drawing also shows part of neighbouring buildings.

An artist's impression of Eastern Hill and Fitzroy in the late 1880s,viewed from St. Patrick's Cathedral, looking down Morrison Place and Brunswick Street, and showing old Victorian Artists' Society building and its neighbours.

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Victorian Artists' Society - plans for statues outside

Newspaper clipping reporting on plans by members of the Victorian Artists' Society to have statues of artists, Arthur Street, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin made and installed outside their premises at 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne. The artists are among Australia's most...

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Victorian Deaf Society, Jolimont Square, Jolimont - 1942c

Pictures of Chatsworth, a building in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942. Jolimont Square was owned and occupied by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004. See also in catalogue item emdf0071 pictures of the same building taken by J.T. C...

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Victorian Deaf Society, Jolimont Square, Jolimont - 1964

Pictures of buildings in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by J.T. Collins in 1964. Jolimont Square was owned and used by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004. See also catalogue item emdf0070 for a picture taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942.

Victorian Heritage Register lists all registered buildings and gives short statements of significance and photos for many.

Articles and reviews on a variety of aspects of Victoria's history. April 2002.