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FEGAN, Catherine Agnes
Catherine Agnes (Katie) Fegan was born in 1879, the second of Sergeant John and Mary Anne Fegan's two children and sister to Mary Sarah (b1875, later Sister Mary Xavier of the Religious Sisters of Charity, Fitzroy). On her enlistment form, she gave East Melbourne as her place of...
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FITZGERALD, John
John Fitzgerald was unusually tall for his generation, just over 6' 1". He was the son of John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Travers Fitzgerald, born in Lilydale, Victoria. He was 29 years old when he enlisted, marrying his sweetheart, Eileen Mary Bascombe, the eldest daughter of Herb...
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FORBES, Cyril
Cyril Charles Albert Forbes was the son of James Forbes and his wife Mildred, nee McLean. He was born in Brunswick in 1898. He enlisted on 10 June 1915. He named his sister, Gladys Forbes of 116 Vale Street, East Melbourne, as his next of kin. As his guardian she signed a note of...
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FREY, Maud Josephine
Maud Josephine Frey (1892-1967) Maud Josephine Frey (1892-1967) was born in the northern Victorian agricultural town of Tungamah, to Arnold James Frey (c1841-1897) and his wife Kate (also Cath, Catherine, Katherine) (c1859-1904). Maud came from Swiss (possibly German) stock on he...
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Fairies' Tree
Newspaper clipping about The Fairies' Tree, Fitzroy Gardens, sculpted by Ola Cohn in the years 1931-1934.
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Family Fun in East Melbourne -1970s and 1980s
A series of photos af East Melbourne families getting together in Darling Square (1970s) and Powlett Reserve (1982?)
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Fergus Hume and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Review of the book, "Blockbuster: Fergus Hume & The Mystery of the Hansom Cab" by Lucy Sussex. Also article about up-coming television series of The Mystery of the Hansom Cab Fergus Hume's book is partly set in East Melbourne and he lived in East Melbourne while writing it. He li...
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Ferries on the Yarra
Ferries on the Yarra by Colin Jones tells the story of ferry travel on the Yarra from the earliest days of white settlement and covers the stretch of river from Studley Park to the Docks. Many of the ferries travelled along the East Melbourne section of the river and Brander's Fe...
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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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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 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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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 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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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...