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Amorique, 115 Hotham Street, East Melbourne
Colour photo of Amorique, a timber framed weatherboard house at 115 Hotham Street. The building was demolished in 1979 to be replaced by a block of flats called Amourique (note the change in spelling).
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An Invitation - East Melbourne Group
A flyer inviting members of the East Melbourne Group to a get together. The East Melbourne Group, as well as fighting inappropriate development, acts as a focal point for community interaction.
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An Unfortunate Family Incident in East Melbourne - 1947
Three newspaper articles in interstate papers regarding a very unfortunate incident in East Melbourne in 1947. Apart from a very brief mention there was nothing found in the Melbourne papers, possibly because of local suppression decisions or orders. Clipping from The Brisbane Co...
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An almighty nightmare
Article about East Melbourne residents, led by Siusan MacKenzie, protesting against development by Catholic Church of a site on the corner of Albert Street and Hoddle Street because of inadequate parking. The new building will accommodate 400 people in its dining room but only pr...
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An open and Trust case
Historical article publicising National Trust's Open Heritage 'Behind Closed Doors'. Main subject is the building at 2 Treasury Place and the old Cabinet Room within it. Designed in 1873 by Michael Egan; refurbed in the 1930s; refurbed again in the 1990s by Peter Ellliott. Photo....
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Ann Blainey and Life of Melba
Newspaper clippings reporting on Ann Blainey's winning of the National Biography Award 2009 for her book, I am Melba".
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Anti-abortion protester to make case
Newspaper clipping about Kathleen Clubb, the first person to be charged under new laws that prohibit protesters within 150 metres of abortion clinics. She will fight the charge on grounds of her constitutional right to free speech.
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Anzac Day 1970. Roy Brockfield leads Metropolitan Fire Brigade contingent
Roy Brockfield is seen leading the Metropolitan Fire Brigade contingent at the Anzac Day parade in 1970. He was chosen to lead as he was by then the only surviving WWI veteran in the MFB. Brockfield worked at the Eastern Hill Fire Station for 45 years, many of them as foreman of...
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Apartment Living
Newspaper clipping featuring the book, 'Homes in the Sky, Apartment Living in Australia', by Caroline Butler-Bowden and Charles Pickett. The article describes early apartment buildings in Australia and their part in the history of apartment living. Cliveden Mansions which once st...
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Archbishop Freier appointed Primate of Anglican Church
Newspaper clipping about Archbishop Freier and his appointment as primate of the Anglican Church
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Artist's studio at Tasma Terrace
Newspaper clipping reporting on the new studio and showroom created at Tasma Terrace for the artist, Julia de Ville, jeweller and taxidermist.
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Auctions
Collection of auction brochures from c. 1990s.
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Australia Day Honours for Harry Marr and Stephen O'Malley
Newspaper article gives the stories behind two East Melbourne residents, Harry Marr and Stephen O'Malley, being awarded Australia Day Honours.
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Australian Official War History Vol. XII Photographic Record
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE WAR REPRODUCTIONS OF PICTURES TAKEN BY THE AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS (CAPTAINS G.H. WILKINS, M.C., AND J.F. HURLEY, LIEUTENANTS H.F. BALDWIN AND J.P. CAMPBELL) AND OTHERS ANNOTATED BY C.E.W. BEAN AND H.S. GULLETT 753 illustrations FOURTH EDITION...
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Australian Outrage: The Decay of a Visual Environment
A study by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects with a foreword by J.D. Pringle. The book grew out of an exhibition of photos held in Sydney in 1964 which drew attention to the debasement of our visual environment. Apathy and complacency have allowed a proliferation of di...
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BAKER, Harold Arthur
Harold was born in 1897 in the small Victoria town of Kurting. His father was a school teacher. He enlisted on 15 January 1916 at Melbourne; he was 18 year old, 5'7'' and working as a clerk. His service record is sparse and indicated he spent most of war in France. He was wounded...
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BALME, Gerald Archibald
Gerald Archibald Balme was born in St. Kilda, Victoria, and went to school at Brighton Grammar. He was recruited from school to the St Kilda Football Club, playing for St Kilda from 1902-06, before moving to Perth, Western Australia. In 1907, he was playing as Captain of the West...
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BANNISTER, Alfred James
Alfred was born at Swan Hill on 15 June 1892. His father George fathered six sons and two daughters. Little is know of his childhood but he was in Melbourne in 1913 when he was listed on the Electoral Roll living in South Melbourne. He enlisted on 12 July 1915 at Melbourne as a p...
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BARRY, Archibald John
Archibald Barry was born at Richmond on 30 September 1879. He enlisted at Melbourne on 21 May 1917. He was 37 years old, 5'7'', and listed his occupation as Manager. He had married Ethel May Bell in 1906. He was allocated to the 58th Batt 9th reinforcements. He spent several week...
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BARRY, George
The tragedy in this story is not just the death of a fit 29 year old man, only one week after he had reached the front, but also of the family he left behind. George Barry was a false name, one adopted by Morgan Augustine John Fay, who enlisted on 15 November, 1917. He was a cler...
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BERKELEY, William Henry
William Henry Berkeley was aged 18 years and 6 months when he enlisted on 13 July, 1915 and was attached to the 8th Battalion, 1oth Reinforcements. he was by trade a joiner and had served a six year apprenticeship with H. Beauchamp, Lonsdale St., Melbourne. He had also trained wi...
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BERMAN, Margaret
Margaret (Peggy) Berman (1923-2002) Peggy Berman was a strong, intelligent and determined woman. She had a tough start to life, an illegitimate child at a Catholic Children’s Home in Broadmeadows. From there, she was taken in by her Irish grandparents and was sent to the Sisters...
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BIDDLE, Frederick Leslie
DSO, MID, died of wounds on 16 Aug 1917 and his death notice published in the Argus on August 27. The dearly loved son of James and Helena I Biddle of 92 Vale Street East Melbourne and brother of Hollis and Isabel. Early life In early January 1903 Frederick was encamped with frie...
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BIRBECK, Harry
Harry Birbeck was one of eight children of William Henry Birbeck and Margaret Jane Sutton of Laura, South Australia. Three of their children died in childhood, Frederick born 1882 at 9 months, Horace born 1880 at 3 years and Emily born 1888 at 2 months. Harry was their third chil...