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Macdonald Family
Items pertaining to John and Marga Macdonald.
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Madame Midas
Copy of the book, Madame Midas, Fergus Hume's second book after his best-selling The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, with an introduction by Simon Caterson. The book was first published in 1888. It is a story of crime set in the Ballarat goldfields. The story itself has no connection wi...
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Magnolia Court - brochure
Brochure advertising Magnolia Court as boutique hotel, c.2000. The property has a long history as a guesthouse/private hotel and is noted as a place where visiting stage performers would stay. Since then it has become run down. A planning permit for an upgrade has been granted, h...
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Man on quest for grandfather he never knew
Newspaper clipping telling the story of Malcolm Mathias' search for his lost grandfather who he believes was Lt. Clark Maxwell Gray who died at Fromelles in WW1. Lt Gray's father was principal of Pesbyterian Ladies College, and he, himself, went to Scotch College, both in East Me...
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Many thanks, Governor
Newspaper article about Charles Joseph La Trobe and his importance in the development of Melbourne. Photos of his cottage originally erected at Jolimont but since moved to a site near the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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Map of East Melbourne 1858
Map of East Melbourne based on 1850 survey by C.C. Horrel. Scale 4 chains to the inch. Published by the Public Lands Office Melbourne in 1858. Lithograph by J.B.Philp and W. Hollis. Properties and owners are marked.
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Map of East Melbourne 1864-1879
Partial print of the so called "Cox Chart" 1864. "Hobson Bay and River Yarra Leading to Melbourne" by Commander H.L. Cox R.N. 1864 with updates in 1875 and 1879.
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Map of Hobson Bay and Yarra River leading to Melbourne 1864
Chart of Hobson Bay and River Yarra leading to Melbourne surveyed by H.L. Cox ; assisted by Thos. Bourchier & P.H. McHugh, 1864 ; engraved by J. & C. Walker. Published 1865. This edition published 1866 but further annotated with survey information from 1875.
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Map of Melbourne and its Suburbs - 1855
Detailed map of Melbourne and suburbs in 1855. It extends from Northcote in the north to St Kilda in the south and from North and South Melbourne in the west to Studley Park in the east.
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Margaret Gurry Honoured
Newspaper article reporting on Margaret Gurry's work in tutoring children from immigrant families for which she was awarded The Order of Australia (AM). Photo. Melbourne Yarra Leader 14 June 2004. Further article about the classes held at St. John The Evangelist School. Melbourne...
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Margaret McLean and Female Suffrage
Material exhibited to accompany talk given by Dr. Liz Rushen to the East Melbourne Historical Society on Margaret McLean, her life and her contribution to female suffrage. Meeting held 18 June 2008. Material includes First page of 1891 'Monster Petitition' showing Margaret McLean...
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Margaret McLean and Female Suffrage
Material exhibited to accompany talk given by Dr. Liz Rushen to the East Melbourne Historical Society on Margaret McLean, her life and her contribution to female suffrage. Meeting held 18 June 2008. Material includes several photos of Margaret McLean; photos of her husband, Willi...
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Margaret McLean and the Monster Petition
Tells the story of the women's suffrage movement, the background to the Monster Petition and the life of Margaret McLean, a leader in the movement, and first signatory to the petition. Includes photos. Article in Circa, The Journal of Professional Historians, 2010
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Marian de Lacy Lowe obituary
Obituary for Marian de Lacy Lowe, model, writer and long time resident of East Melbourne who bought back the house at 42 Albert Street which her grandparents had built and in which she was born. Written by her son Dominic Lowe and published in The Age 10 November 2010.
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Market Report - Winter 2010
Document gives sales and rental results in East Melbourne April-June 2010. Thumbnail photos.
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Market Report January - June 2011
Document gives sales and rental results in East Melbourne during a six month period, January-June 2011. Thumbnail photos.
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Market Report January - June 2012
Document gives sales and rental results in East Melbourne during a six month period, January-June 2012
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Marlion House sold
Article reporting that the Krongold family has sold its offices at Marlion House, 33-41 Agnes Street, East Melbourne (Jolimont). The price is given at around $25 million. Originally the building was a warehouse belonging to Griffiths Bros, tea merchants, and was later used by the...
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Marvellous Melbourne and Me
Memoir of living in Melbourne in the 20th century. The author, Bruce McBrien, grew up in a house in Spring Street, Melbourne, and spent much of his social life in East Melbourne, and went to school at Yarra Park State School. Has extensive and detailed memories of a child's life...
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Marvellous Melbourne: Queen City of the South - Australia circa 1910
A documentary film made in 1910 about the City of Melbourne, then the interim capital city of Australia. The director, Charles Cozens Spencer, was famous for his bushranger films: "Captain Starlight" (Robbery Under Arms), "Captain Midnight - The Bush King", "The Life and Adventur...
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Mary Grant Bruce
1 x A3 page being photocopy of newspaper article on the life of Mary Grant Bruce entitled, The story of the billabong lady'. Note: Mary Grant Bruce was married at Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne in 1914 and is reputed to have lived with her former teacher, Miss Estelle Beausi...
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Mary Grant Bruce. Notes on her life
A file containing material relating to the life of Mary Grant Bruce. 1. 2 x A4 pages being photocopy of Certificate of Marriage celebrated at Holy Trinity, East Melbourne 2. 3 x A4 pages of typed notes being a time line of the life of Mary Grant Bruce.
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Mary Grant Bruce. Some extracts from Seven Little Billabongs by Brenda Niall
The file contains photocopied extracts from Seven Little Billabongs by Brenda Niall. (Now out of print.) 1. 1 x A4 page: Cover 2. 12 x A4 pages: Chapter 2, "Mary Grant Bruce". Includes photo. In this chapter Brenda Niall states "It was probably late 1898 - her accounts of her dep...
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Mary MacKillop
Newspaper clipping about the life of Mary MacKillop, Australia's first saint. The Mary Mackillop Heritage Centre at 362 Albert Street, East Melbourne was created in her memory.