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Walter Murray Buntine, M.A.
Photocopied chapter from 'Years May Pass On. Caulfield Grammar School 1881-1981' by Horace Webber, being a biography of Walter Murray Buntine, M.A., educationist and headmaster of Caulfield Grammar 1896-1931. Buntine matriculated from Scotch College in 1885. During his time at Sc...
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Warm bread and family fare
Newspaper article and review about Zio's. Photo. Age, 24 April 2003, A3, p. 10.
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Warne to be cast in bronze
Newspaper clipping announcing that Shane Warne's will be the next statue to take its place in Yarra Park. It will be the first of the Australia Post Avenue of Champions. Louis Laumen will be the sculptor as he has been for the previous statues.
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Watch groups in inner city
Newspaper clipping - formation of new Neighbourhood Watch group as part of body corporate at Wellington Gardens. Melbourne Yarra Leader, 9 September 2002.
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Water pipes under Yarra Park and other water stories
Newspaper articles relating to Melbourne's water supply. One explains the laying of new pipes under Yarra Park. Another tells of the background to the building of the Yan Yean reservoir. Another reports on the recycling of water used when Rod Laver Arena was converted to a swimmi...
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Way we were
Newspaper clipping showing a series of old photos from Melbourne's past. Included is photo of MCG during Billy Graham's visit in 1959; and Ola Cohn working on The Fairies Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens.
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We of the Never-Never With a Memoir by Margaret Berry
This edition of the book contains a memoir about Mrs. Gunn by her niece, Margaret Berry. Mrs. Aeneas Gunn lived for many years at 179 George Street, East Melbourne with her two sisters, Lizzie Taylor and Carrie Templeton. Photos.
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We of the Never-Never with a Memoir by Margaret Berry
This edition of the book contains a memoir about Mrs Gunn by her niece, Margaret Berry. Mrs Aeneas Gunn lived for many years at 179 George Street, East Melbourne with her two sisters, Lizzie Taylor and Carrie Templeton. Photos
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Wellington Crescent sale
Items relating to apartment block.
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Wellington Parade Pharmacy
Handwritten notes pertaining to Walter Williams, pharmacist, who had his shop in Wellington Parade. Also application by his daughter, Gwenneth, for registration as a pharmacist.
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Wellington Parade South sale
Newspaper clipping and brochure about sale of apartments at 153-155 Wellington Parade South, Jolimont. They are leased to Quest and run as serviced apartments. Photo. The Age 16 October 2004.
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Wellington Parade and Cliveden, East Melbourne - 1930
Scan of watercolour painting by Len Annois in 1930 of a view towards Cliveden Mansions looking from the western end of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.
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Wellington Terrace, 2-10 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1950c.
Photograph of a five house terrace on the corner of Wellington Parade and Hoddle Street taken some time between 1941 and 1953, probably towards the end of this date range. The front of the fifth terrace has been so substantially modified that it appears that it is not of the same...
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What lies beneath: an 'iceberg' renovation
Newspaper clipping about an extension to be built behind the historic house at 99 Hotham Street, East Melbourne. As a way of working around height restrictions some developers are finding extra floor space underground. This development includes a two level basement which will inc...
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What's in a Name? The Lanes of East Melbourne
Booklet published by the East Melbourne Historical Society, November 2008. Quotation from the Introduction: East Melbourne’s lanes are an integral part of its historic character. Their bluestone cobbles lead us back to the nineteenth century in a way smoothly tarmacked roads cann...
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White swans on the Lagoon, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
Scanned glass lantern slide of white swans and ducks on the Lagoon, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, by East Melbourne photographer, John Henry Harvey.
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Whitehorse Manningham Heritage Network
Discusses the establishment and benefits of making local history catalogues available on the internet Victorian Historical Journal September 2000 pp 124-128.
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Whitelaws of 74 Simpson Street
Copy of a letter to the occupant of 74 Simpson Street relating to his ancestors who had lived in the house. Accompanying the letter are very poor quality photocopied family photos.
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Who needs a car?
Rebecca and her daughter and dog demonstrate a popular form of local transport used by parents to convey their small children between East Melbourne and Melbourne Girls Grammar School in Anderson Street, South Yarra.
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Who'll stop the architectural rape of our dowager suburb?
Newspaper article talks about East Melbourne's history, conservation problems, recent renovations.
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Who's Who in Australia 1922
Brief biographies of leading Australians.
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Who's Who in Australia 1955
Australian biographical dictionary. Short biographies include birth, death, marriage and children; education; achievements; recreation; current address.
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Why East Melbourne is Special for Ros and Me
A short speech given by Richard Blandy on the occasion of a Christmas Drinks party held at the Hilton Hotel, Wellington Parade, by the East Melbourne Group for its members on 15 November 1994. Richard Blandy and his wife, Ros, lived at 90 George Street for nearly three years befo...
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Why East Melbourne is Special for Ros and Me: a talk by Richard Blandy
4 x A4 pages of typescript being a talk given by Richard Blandy on living in East Melbourne