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"Painter": a Covid-19 lockdown story
A homeless woman who went by the name of Painter was amongst a number of homeless people accommodated at Birches Apartments in Simpson Street, East Melbourne, during the Covid lockdowns in 2020-21. The owner of the apartments recognised her talent as an artist and helped her deve...
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'G is for grandeur - 14 Powlett Street
Newspaper clipping publicising the forthcoming sale of 14 Powlett Street, East Melbourne. Photos. The Age, 2-3 June 2017, Domain, pp.10-11 Also 4 page sale brochure for 14 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, expressions of interest closing 13 June 2017. page photos. Plans on separate...
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10 Gipps Street, East Melbourne - 1968c.
A series of photos taken circa 1968 by John Collins of 10 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. It was a very narrow two storey terrace in a very dilapidated condition at that time.
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107 Powlett Street by Elma Roach, 1938
Black and white photo of painting by Elma Roach entitled Street, East Melbourne. The painting was reproduced in Art in Australia, November 1938. Link below. The painting shows the house at 107 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, now much altered. At the time Elma Roach was living in...
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107 Simpson Street
Brochures advertising house at 107 Simpson Street for sale. 1. Dingle Partners. Private sale. 2008. 2. RT Edgar. Private sale. 2009.
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1085 Hoddle Street - sketch plan
Sketch plan of 1085 Hoddle Street, East Melbourne. The purpose of this plan was to demonstrate to the building surveyor the method by which the builders had tested the load bearing capacity of the concrete floor. They had loaded a strip of floor three feet wide with 23 bags of ce...
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109 Albert Street, East Melbourne - Burnell
Colour photo shows house of unusual Moorish design. It was built for John Speechley Gotch, newsagent and partner in Gordon and Gotch. It was demolished in the 1960s to make way for expansion of the Freemasons Hospital.
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110 Jolimont Road, Jolimont, c.1955
Digital copy of coloured slide. Photo shows house at 110 Jolimont Road, Jolimont. Photo also shows part of the neighbouring houses. The house on the left is now demolished. 110 Jolimont Road was designed by George Wharton in 1889 for Mrs Margaret Henningham, widow of Ralph N Henn...
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113 Simpson Street
Brochure advertising auction of 113 Simpson Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 9 December, 2000. Photos. Plans. The property sold for $875,000.
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115 Grey Street, East Melbourne
Two photos showing the house at 115 Grey Street, East Melbourne. A symmetrical bluestone house with verandah
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115 Hotham Street, Henri Lamande with motor cycle and kangaroo
Scan of original photograph printed on post card. Picture shows rear patio of Amorique with Henri Lamandé adjusting the front wheel of a shiny new Abingdon motorcycle. A kangaroo, with its back to the camera, is also studying this very fine machine. Henri's father, Ambroise Laman...
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12 Jolimont Terrace
Newspaper clipping and auction brochure for 12 Jolimont Terrace, scheduled for 13 March, 2004. Photos. Plan.
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124 Jolimont Road - sale
Report of the sale of property at 124 Jolimont Road, Jolimont, known as Dyason House, headquarters of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Sale price was $5.7m. The property is a few doors from Eblana, 140 Jolimont Road, which also recently sold for $6.45m. Note: th...
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129 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, 1954
Digital copy of a coloured slide. Photo shows single storey house on the corner of Gipps Street and a lane at the end of which Cairns Memorial Church can be seen. A small car is parked in the lane and a couple are either moving furniture from the car into the house, or vice versa...
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13-15 Simpson Street, East Melbourne
Line drawing of the pair of terrace houses at 13-15 Simpson Street.
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132 Powlett Street
Brochure adverting auction of 132 Powlett Street scheduled for 28 Feb., 2004. Photos. Plans.
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136 Jolimont Road, Jolimont - Harry A Norris, architects, c.1955
Digital copy of a coloured slide. Photo shows single storey house with a brushwood fence and verandah. A sign at the front advertises The Office of Harry A Norris, Architects, 36 Jolimont Road. The numbers were changed c.1955 and the site became No 136. The building has since bee...
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14-18 Morrison Place
Newspaper clipping about proposed auction of 14-18 Morrison Place, East Melbourne, scheduled for 5 March 2004. Photo.
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140 Jolimont Road for sale
Newspaper clipping reporting on the sale of the house at 140 Jolimont Road. The house was built by Thomas Jackson of Young and Jackson's. Article also gives a brief outline of the history of Jolimont. [This item has been extracted from a longer article and reformatted]
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140 Simpson Street sold after 57 years
Newspaper clipping reporting on the sale of 14o Simpson Street, East Melbourne. The vendor, Mrs Kathleen Joan Brosnan, had owned the property for 57 years to the day. Also so sold was 8/98 Vale Street, East Melbourne
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146 Powlett Street, East Melbourne - 1962
Photograph of 146 Powlett Street (corner Grey Street), East Melbourne taken by John T. Collins on 10 March 1962. State Library of Victoria description: Double storey terrace on corner block, decorative ironwork on balcony and veranda. According to Winston Burchett the building wa...
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15 Agnes Street, Jolimont, c.1955
Digital copy of a coloured slide. The photo shows 15 Agnes Street, Jolimont, one of a pair of terrace houses.
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16, 12-14, 8-10 Simpson Street
Pair of Art Nouveau terrace houses at 8-10 Simpson Street and pair of Victorian terraces and Edwardian cottage to north.
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175 Powlett Street, East Melbourne - 1873c.
Photograph of 175 Powlett Street East Melbourne taken about 1873. At the time the house was the home of Henry Bunney and his family. The picture is described, "Viewed from road: Two storey terraced house, with wrought iron balcony and verandah rails, Henry Bunney's children Fred,...