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SEARL, Alice
Their working lives brought Alice Searl and several of her siblings to East Melbourne in the first decades of the twentieth century. Alice and her sisters Mary Ann and Louisa (1101 and 1109 Hoddle St) were all nurses, and Matthew their brother (108 Powlett St) was a law clerk. Lo...
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SMITH, Winifred Jane
Winifred Jane Smith and her younger sister Elsie Dora Smith joined the Australian Army Nursing Service together and sailed from Australia on active service together on 7 July 1915. Both Winifred and Elsie nursed at 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Harefield, Winifred until Dece...
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SOLOMON, Hubert Philip
Hubert Solomon described himself as an 'Agent' on the Embarkation Roll. He had enlisted with the 12th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry, from Wellington, New Zealand and left for Suez, on 1 May, 1916. Hubert Solomon was killed in action in October, 1917. He died while attacking...
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STEWART, Lyla Ferguson
Lyla Ferguson Stewart was the 10th of 12 children born to Scottish-born parents John Stewart (1836-1912) and Elizabeth (nee Crawford) (1848-1922). She was registered at birth as 'Eliza'. John had come to Victoria as a young man in the early 1850s, and Elizabeth as a small child w...
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SWAN, Albert William
Albert William Swan was the name this soldier used when he enlisted at Perth on 24 November 1916. Over a year later, in March 1918, he made a Statutory Declaration stating that his real name was Albert William Barry. He was born in Sydney in 1891 and was the son of Albert and Let...
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SYME, Joseph Edward
Joseph Edward Syme was the son of George Alexander Syme and the grand-son of Ebenezer Syme, proprietor, with his brother David, of The Age newspaper. George was a partner in Daunt, Syme & Co., general merchants, based in Brisbane. He had married Julia Tierney and after his death...
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Sale of 384-388 Albert Street and 458 Victoria Parade
Clipping from The Age 30 January 2021 referring to the sale of part of Burlington Terrace, 368-368 Albert Street, by the Bionic Eye and Ear Institute to the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Also mentioned are earlier sales of Dorijo, 458 Victoria Parade, to Banner Asset Managem...
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Sale of 96 Wellington Parade
Newspaper clipping reporting on the sale of 96 Wellington Parade for $9.53 million. The clipping also refers to the new apartments known as The Eastbourne, 280 Albert Street, East Melbourne. [This item has been extracted from a larger article and reformatted]
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Sale of Art Deco flats
Report of sale of Art Deco block of flats at 1081 Hoddle Street after being held by the one family for 70 years. Sold for $2,570,000.
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Sale of Furniture from Brentani 159 Grey Street 1901
Advertisement on page 2 of the Argus 15 April 1901 for the sale of furniture from Brentani Terrace 159 Grey Street East Melbourne: THIS DAY. At Eleven O'clock. "BRENTANI," 159 GREY-STREET, EAST MELBOURNE, Second House from Clarendon-street. IMPORTANT SALE Of the Splendid MODERN H...
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Sale of Jolimont railway yards
Newspaper article about sale of Jolimont railway yards and proposed car park.
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Sale of Palmer Street apartment
Newpaper clipping reporting on the remarkable price achieved at auction of a one-bedroom apartment described as derelict at 9 Palmer Street, Jolimont.
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Sale of apartment at 108 George Street, East Melbourne
Newspaper clipping reporting on the sucessful sale of apartment 3/108 George Street, East Melbourne.
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Sale of shop
Report of sale of shop at 74 Wellington Parade for $3,025,000.
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Salvation Army Printing Works
Newspaper clipping reporting on forthcoming sale of the old Salvation Army Printing Works building at 502 Albert Street, East Melbourne.Salvation
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Sausages and memories
Newspaper article by Paul Daffey about Holy Trinity Church and its connections with Australian Rules football, particularly with Arthur Mueller 'Joe' Pearce, a member of the congregation, star footballer and WW1 hero. Members of the church, led by church warden and organist, Laur...
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Saving Caspar: how a vet got a tick of approval
Newspaper article in The Age, 13 December 2011. The story is told of Caspar, an East Melbourne pet Tibetan spaniel cross. Caspar was bitten and brought near to death by a tick of a type rare in Melbourne. The problem was eventually correctly diagnosed by local vet Bill Ryan and C...
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School closed over gay message
Newsclipping about the Seventh Day Adventist Church closing its language school because a teacher, Keith Paulusse, supported gay marriage. The language school re-opened five days later at the Unitarian Church in East Melbourne.
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Shadow looms over Treasury Square plan
Newspaper clipping about the controversy over the proposal for a major development of the land newly named Treasury Square which lies between Wellington Parade South and Batman Avenue. Greg Bisinella, planning spokesperson for the East Melbourne Group, puts a strong case against.
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Shire link to cricket's Ashes
Newspaper clipping about the life of Janet, Lady Clarke and particularly about the story of The Ashes which took place at Rupertswood, her home near Sunbury. A cricket match was played between the Clarke household and the visiting English team. The English team lost and Lady Clar...
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Short term rentals a problem at Eastbourne Apartments
Newspaper clipping reporting on security issues and problems with short term rentals at the new Eastbourne Apartments.
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Simply the best for Victoria's richest man
Historical article by Jenny Brown about Sir William Clark and his vast town house, Cliveden, on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. It was demolished to make way for the Hilton Hotel, now the Pullman Hotel.
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Simpson Street from Vale Street
The photo looks north from Vale Street across Wellington Parade to Simpson Street, East Melbourne. On the left is the police station built in 1956 for the Melbourne Olympics and now demolished. On the corner of Simpson Street an old post box still stands next to its modern equiva...
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Simpson Street intersection
Photo shows the intersection of Simpson Street and Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. Across Wellington Parade is Vale Street. On the left hand corner of Vale Street is a modern building constructed as an extension to St Ives Hospital behind. It has now been demolished and the ol...