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99 Hotham Street
Auction brochure 5 June. Colour photos. Plan
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99 Hotham Street City of Melbourne planning decision
City of Melbourne Future Melbourne Committee submissions and decision regarding development of 99 Hotham Street. Also a Herald-Sun newspaper report.
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A Christmas Story
Journalist, Stewart Cockburn, writes of doing up his house in East Melbourne in 1950. The address of the house is not given but has been identified as 121 Gipps Street. Cockburn shortly afterwards became Robert Menzies' press-secretary. A photo of the front of the house shows tha...
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A City Child Lost in the Bush
In 1858 Lewis Vieusseux, 8 year old son of Louis and Julie Vieusseux, was lost in the Dandenongs during an outing of family and friends. The Vieusseux were proprietors of a Ladies School in Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. This is the story of the search from the letters of Alfr...
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A Civic Life
Obituary for Richard Meldrum, architect, councillor and Lord Mayor, who died in 2004.
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A Cook, a book and a new look
Newspaper clipping about the launch of a new book, Blak Cook Book, by Dr Clare Land, Dr Paola Balla and Kate Golding on behalf of the City of Melbourne. The book features a range of stories and artworks which seek to balance the story of Captain Cook's 'discovery' of Australia wi...
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A Day in 1839: Mr. La Trobe's arrival in Victoria
Article in The Victorian Historical Journal Nov-Dec. 1975: special C.J. La Trobe issue.
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A Grand Vision: Henry Philip Harris and the History of Burlington Terrace.
Article In EMHS newsletter June 2004. Tells of Henry Harris building Burlington Terrace. Some biographical details.
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A Grand Vision: Henry Philip Harris and the History of Burlington Terrace. Part 1
Article In EMHS newsletter June 2004. Tells of Henry Harris building Burlington Terrace. Some biographical details.
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A Grand Vision: Henry Philip Harris and the History of Burlington Terrace. Part 2
Article In EMHS newsletter September 2004. Tells of some of the people, many of them from Melbourne's Jewish community, who inhabited Burlington Terrace. Names include Rev. A.G. Ornstien, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Abrahams, Maurice Brodzky, Philip Blashki and others.
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A Lonely Road: Fr. Ted McGrath msc - a great Australian
Biography of Fr. Ted McGrath. McGrath led a controversial and eventful life. He founded, with Eileen O'Connor, Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (the Brown Nurses). He became a Missionary of the Sacred Heart, was later expelled from the order, and, even later, reinstated. He was a m...
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A Lonely Road: Fr. Ted McGrath msc - a great Australian
Biography of Fr. Ted McGrath. McGrath led a controversial and eventful life. He founded, with Eileen O'Connor, Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor (the Brown Nurses). He became a Missionary of the Sacred Heart, was later expelled from the order, and, even later, reinstated. He was a m...
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A Path is Set
A history of Catholicism in Victoria from the arrival of the first priest, Father P.B. Geoghegan, in 1839 until 1862 under Bishop James Alipius Goold. Includes index and some photos.
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A Pictorial History: Presbyterian Ladies' College 1875-2005
A history of Presbyterian Ladies' College in pictures.
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A Picture of Diversity
Catalogue of exhibition of photographs entitled 'A Picture of Diversity' put on by the East Melbourne Historical Society to celebrate the East Melbourne Group's jubilee year in October 2004. Gives short histories of several buildings in East Melbourne and Jolimont, some of which...
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A Pipeline through Yarra Park
Article about the replacement of water main in Yarra Park in Elm Watch June 2003.
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A Plan for all Seasons
Newspaper article about Clement Hodgkinson and his work in Victoria, including his part in the creation of the Fitzroy and Treasury. He lived at 157 Hotham Street. Photos.
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A Respectable Married Woman
Based loosely on a true story the novel tells 'A story of passion, prejudice and triumph set in the Victoria's 19th century gold-fields'. It is the story of a young woman sent to Australia by her father because of an unplanned pregnancy. The plan is for her to find a suitable hus...
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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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A Tribute to Betty Hall
Notes on the life of Betty Hall who died 8 April 2011. The notes cover mainly her life after her retirement which she spent in East Melbourne. She was involved in many local groups and community activities. In her working life she had been a highly respected property lawyer with...
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A Way with the Fairies: The Lost Story of Sculptor Ola Cohn
An autobiography based on an original manuscript, Me in the Making (c.1947), by Ola Cohn and edited by Barbara Lemon. Includes a chapter on her home and studio at 43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. Photos.
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A Woman of Importance: Emily Childers in Melbourne 1850-1856
Biography of Emily Childers, wife of Hugh Childers. The Childers rented the cottage generally known as Upper Jolimont from Governor La Trobe after Bishop and Mrs. Perry vacated it in 1853. The Childers called the cottage Normont but this name did not survive their occupancy. The...
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A hall full of memories
Newspaper article by Shane Green writing of his memories of Dallas Brooks Hall in Albert Street, East Melbourne. The building is about to be demolished to make way for apartments and new facilities for the Grand Lodge of the Freemasons. Also a newspaper article about the developm...
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A lane waiting for a name
A photo of an unnamed lane which runs south of 51 Simpson Street, East Melbourne. The photo was taken from the rear of 88 George Street and looks east. In the distance a building of red brick with a slate roor is visible. This is the side wall of Bradoc House, an apartment block...