East Melbourne Historical Society

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Persillade - restaurant review

Newspaper clipping giving review of the restaurant Persillade, 150 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. The restaurant is owned by Tanya and Aidan Raftery and chef is Jacob Scannell.

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Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital remains empty

A newspaper article stating that the Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital in East Melbourne, which has been empty since the new cancer hopital was built in Carlton, has been converted to an intensive care unit for use during the Covid pandemic at the cost of $30m, but remains empty.

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Plan for athletes village over Jolimont Rail Yards scuttled

City of Melbourne's proposal that the athletes' village for the Commonwealth Games be built over the Jolimont rail yards was not accepted by the State Government.

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Planning and heritage in City of Melbourne

A collection of newspaper clippings commenting on the State Government's attitude to planning and heritage matters in the City of Melbourne. These issues are relevant to East Melbourne, particularly the inconsistent heritage protection given to the different parts of the city.

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Plans for MCG redevelopment

Article about plans to redevelop the MCG's Great Southern Stand. A refresh, along with additonal facilities, is deemed necessary if the stadium is to retain its place as a world leader.

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Poems of East Melbourne

Author Le-Hoa Wysham used the COVID-19 lockdown as an opportunity to explore some of the stories of East Melbourne's history and to encapsulate them in poetry. Each poem is illustrated with a photo.

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Possums in the park

Clippings from Melbourne News about night time tours run in the Fitzroy Gardens for tourists to see the native wildlife such as possums, bats and a tawny frogmouth.

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Power precinct

Newspaper clipping publicising a new block of 250 apartments being built on the site of the old Dallas Brooks Hall to be known as The Eastbourne. The developer of the project is Mirvac and the architectural firm is Bates Smart. In an associated piece Tom Kiing tells why he has bo...

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Powlett Reserve Child Care Centre

Short paragraph about the opening of the Powlett Reserve Child Care Centre. From Melbourne Life, July 1992

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Powlett Street and Hotham Street corner 1950s

Three photos from the City of Melbourne's City Collection. All the photos have been taken to illustrate illegal parking. The information provided gives dates of c1956 indicating that the parking was a result of the Olympic Games. However the cars, and number plates, indicate an e...

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Powlett Street, East Melbourne, picket gate in an established garden

Scanned glass lantern slide of apicket gate in an established garden in Powlett Street, East Melbourne. Photographer John Henry Harvey

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Presbyterian Ladies College Image 1956

Framed drawing of Presbyterian College, East Melbourne viewed from Albert Street 1956 by Herbert Moore. Moore was an architectural draughtsman who was known for his pen and ink drawings of old buildings. The buildings shown from left to right are: the original PLC building design...

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Presbyterian Ladies' College - 1953c.

Scanned photographs of Presbyterian Ladies' College taken circa 1953 by Myra Sutton, a student there at that time.

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Presbyterian Ladies' College, East Melbourne

Copies of three photos taken from early prospectus for Presbyterian Ladies College, and a humorous poem about PLC in the 1950s. Part of a collection of miscellaneous correspondence and documents circulated among committee members of the East Melbourne Group in the years 1997-98.

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Preserving our heritage. Melbourne University Archives

Newspaper clipping about the Melbourne University Archives which turned 50 in 2010. The clipping includes a photo of a participant in the Land Rights March of 26 January 1976. The photo is taken outside Captain Cook's cottage as a symbol of the British invasion. An additional poi...

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Promenade bridge takes easy way out

Newspaper clippings about proposed new pedestrian bridge which will link MCG and Birrarung Marr. Drawing. Photos. 2003. Later clippings also.

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Proposal for Library at 17 Powlett Street

Eight computer generated perspective images for a proposed development at 17 Powlett Street. Original house to be converted to the Morgan Memorial Library, and a six storey block of apartments with a swimming pool on top to be attached behind. The development didn't proceed. Two...

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Proposed Presbyterian Intermediate Hospital - East Melbourne

Fund raising for the new Presbyterian Intermediate Hospital in East Melbourne began in 1930. This small flyer encouraged children to raise funds for their own section of the hospital. Ways to raise money were suggested and it was hoped that every boy and girl would be able to ear...

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Proposed railway line redevelopment

Newspaper article about proposal by Connex Capital to roof in the railway line between the city and Jolimont and built a complex of apartments, shops, offices, restaurants, a school and a TAFE and nine hectares of green space. Also letters to the editor in response to the article...

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Proudly Provincial

Newspaper clipping about the garden behind 165 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. Then owners, Pat and Graham Martin gave it a makeover with the help of The City Gardener in Richmond.

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Punt on the Yarra 1845,

Lithograph of a punt on the Yarra near the site of Prince's Bridge. The punt is carrying a cart and six oxen carrying a load of wood. Another cart is waiting on the bank. Lithograph by Ham Bros from a sketch by Charles Norton. The original lithograph is in the collection of the S...

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Puntophobia - Fear of Punt Road

Cartoon by Andrew Weldon in The Age 27 March 2012.