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Fertility Clinic and Buffer Zones
A newspaper article about Dr Susie Allanson's fight for legally enforced buffer zones around abortion clinics. The article covers a string of horrifying incidents between protestors and patients at the East Melbourne clinic, including the murder of a security guard.
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Festa
A collection of flyers produced to advertise the Festa which was part of the East Melbourne Group's jubilee celebrations in 2004. Newspaper clipping about 2007 Festa.
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Festa display 2008 - Henry Cooke's House
File contains images used for East Melbourne Festa display in 2008. The display was intended as a case study of how to research the history of your house. Henry Cooke's house in Clarendon Street was used as the example. Images include: Mr. Cooke's House 1853, drawing by Jane Cann...
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Feud over rooms with an MCG view
Newspaper clippings about a proposal to build over the railway line between Vale Street and Jolimont Station. A letter to the editor in response from Lotte Mulligan. No date but c.1998. Part of a collection of miscellaneous correspondence and documents circulated among committee...
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Fight for Ola Cohn Centre
Letter from East Melbourne Group to its members seeking support against proposal by Council of Adult Education to change the terms of Ola Cohn's will. Asks members to write to the Attorney-General.
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Fight to save the Ola Cohn Centre
Two items pertaining to the planned sale of the Ola Cohn Centre which would have meant the loss of the building to its occupiers, The Melbourne Society of Women Sculptors and Painters. 1. A letter to members of the East Melbourne Group seeking support in fighting the sale. 2. A n...
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Finding my Australian Grandfather
English author, Douglas Johnstone, tells the story of his research and discoveries concerning the life of his grandfather, Australian Thomas Johnstone. Johnstone snr fought in WW1 with the 8th Battalion. He met and married his wife in England and had children, but wanted to retur...
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Fire Brigade Station, Eastern Hill - 1890c
Eastern Hill Fire Brigade Station and Lookout Tower, corner Victoria Parade and Gisborne Street.
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Fire Station, Victoria Parade, Eastern Hill, East Melbourne. Electoral Rolls of 1934 and 1936
1 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at the Eastern Hill Fire Station, East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1934 and 1936.
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Fire destroys church
Newspaper clippings about the destruction by fire of the Cairns Memorial Church in Hotham Street (15/8/1988). Photos. Also Yarra Valley Newsletter from the Presbytery of Yarra Valley, the Uniting Church in Asutralia, which includes brief biography of Dr. Adam Cairns. Envelope of...
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Firefighter's funeral 1968
On the 2 March 1968 a grass fire broke out in Alphington, near Melbourne. Two fireman, Sub-Station Officer Gordon Bruce Adams, and Senior Fireman Eric Jamieson, suffered severe burns. Both later died in hospital. Jamieson on 3 March and Adams on 23 March. The funeral for Adams wa...
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First Macedonian wedding in Melbourne
Newspaper clipping about Marco Economedes and Thelma Johnson who were married at the Greek Orthodox Church in East Melbourne in 1939, the first Macedonian wedding in Melbourne.
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First Mass and Blessing of the Hospital
Order of Service for first mass and blessing of Mercy Hospital.
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First Sunday of the Month
A brief history outlining the beginnings of the first Sunday lunch group, a popular institution in East Melbourne since 1976.
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Fitzroy & Treasury Gardens Masterplan
Includes history, photos, plans, plantings, features as well as conservation and maintenance program. A City of Melbourne Production.
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Fitzroy Gardens
Various documents produced by Melbourne City Council concerning masterplan for Fitzroy Gardens. 1994.
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Fitzroy Gardens & Melbourne from the site of Cliveden - 1885
Scan of a painting of Fitzroy Gardens and Melbourne by Charles Norton in 1885 as viewed from the site of Cliveden Mansions. The painting is in watercolour and gouache.
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Fitzroy Gardens - selected photos by John Henry Harvey - 1890c-1920c
Series of scanned glass lantern slides of Fitzroy Gardens by John Henry Harvey.
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Fitzroy Gardens Old Kiosk
The old kiosk in the Fitzroy Gardens now replaced by The Pavilion.
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Fitzroy Gardens Visitor Centre opens at Sinclair's Cottage
Short article about the new visitors' centre to be opened in Sinclair's Cottage
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Fitzroy Gardens c.1905
This is a colour postcard of the Fitzroy Gardens c.1905. It was printed in Prussia as part of the Victoria Stamp Market (VSM) Series. Australia introduced the divided back on postcards in 1905. This allowed a message and the address to be written side by side. The image shows the...
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Fitzroy Gardens showing Statue now removed
Fitzroy Gardens showing Classical Statue now removed.
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Fitzroy Gardens, Grey Street Walk - 1890c
Coloured postcard of Fitzroy Gardens looking west down Grey Street walk towards St Patrick's Cathedral. Two people are walking towards the city in period dress. A gardener can be seen in the distance as well as a statue.
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Fitzroy Gardens, Hotham Walk
This postcard shows the Hotham Walk in the Fitzroy Gardens circa 1908. It is a view entirely recognisable today but with interesting differences. The first is the presence of gaslights. The first five were installed in the gardens in 1865 and were replaced by electricity around t...