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Bishopscourt
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15 records and collections
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A Suitable Residence: A Brief History of Bishopscourt Melbourne
A brief account of the history of Bishopscourt, including its original construction, later renovations, garden layout, its residents and social life. Includes quotations from contemporary sources and photos. With a forward by Philip I. Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne.
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Bishopscourt
Talk given by Bishop James Grant at the 2003 Christmas function at Bishopscourt. A history of the building.
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Bishopscourt
B/W photo of Bishopscourt from front entrance. Shows the tower and glimpses of the house through trees and shrubs. (La Trobe Picture Collection, SLV. Accession no. H90.161/20) c.1920.
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Bishopscourt garden
Collection of various reports, newspaper clippings and pamphlets about the restoration of the Bishopscourt garden and its opening as part of Australia's Open Garden Scheme. Also includes photocopy of article entitled 'James Blackburn and Bishopscourt' by Timothy Hubbard from Inhe...
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Bishopscourt miscellany
Variety of items pertaining to Bishopscourt. Copy of woodcut illustration of Bishopscourt. Illustrated booklet by Wendy Dwyer of history of the house and garden. Photocopy of article in Your Garden October 2002. Photocopy of sketch by Charles Joseph La Trobe of Bishopscourt dated...
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Bishopscourt social history
Report of garden parties etc.
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Bishopscourt subdivision
Documentation regarding permit application and appeals, and newspaper clippings about proposal to subdivide Bishopscourt garden from 1998.
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EMG miscellaneous
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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East Melbourne Group - planning matters
A file of photocopied correspondence relating to various planning matters in which the East Melbourne Group was involved between 1998 and 2000, including: Bishopscourt, 120 Clarendon Street Melbourne Planning Scheme - Heritage Review Yarra Park car parking East Collingwood Drill...
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East Melbourne Group Newsletter - April, September 1999
April, September 1999.
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East Melbourne Group Newsletter - February, August 2000
February, August 2000.
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East Melbourne Group Newsletter - March, August, December 1998
March, August, December 1998.
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Robert Outhwaite: His Diary and the Painting of the Stag
Robert Outhwaite was a passenger on the Stag, the same ship which in 1847 brought to Melbourne its first bishop, Charles Perry, and his wife, Frances. Frances Perry wrote about the voyage in her journals, in his diary Outhwaite gives another view. In 2017 a painting of the Stag w...
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Sale of lease of Bishopscourt
Newspaper clippings relating to possible sale or lease of Bishopscourt.
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The Cardboard Crown
Family saga set over three generations in Melbourne and England. Based on the lives of the a'Beckett and Boyd families of Melbourne. Contains some references to East Melbourne, and Bishopscourt in particular.