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Victoria Parade in the 1950s
Colour photo shows W class tram travelling west towards the city along Victoria Parade. The tram is a No 42 to Mont Albert. This route merged with route 111 in 1993 to become route 109. The tram is crossing an intersection which is probably Powlett Street. The tramline is bordere...
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Victoria and its Metropolis, Vol II
Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, Vol 2 "With contributed papers by R.L.J. Ellery...[et al]."-T.p. vol. 2. Subtitle: The colony and its people in 1888. includes biographical details of persons and companies. Includes indexes. Poor condition: covers missing; title pa...
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Victorian Artists' Society - plans for statues outside
Newspaper clipping reporting on plans by members of the Victorian Artists' Society to have statues of artists, Arthur Street, Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin made and installed outside their premises at 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne. The artists are among Australia's most...
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Victorian Deaf Society, Jolimont Square, Jolimont - 1942c
Pictures of Chatsworth, a building in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942. Jolimont Square was owned and occupied by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004. See also in catalogue item emdf0071 pictures of the same building taken by J.T. C...
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Victorian Deaf Society, Jolimont Square, Jolimont - 1964
Pictures of buildings in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by J.T. Collins in 1964. Jolimont Square was owned and used by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004. See also catalogue item emdf0070 for a picture taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942.
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Victorian Historical Journal June 2016
Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. Includes two articles which have some relevance to East Melbourne 1. Empires of Leaves: Tea Traders in Late Nineteenth-century and Edwardian Melbourne by Peter Griggs. Tea merchants Robert Harper (Jolimont Terrace c.1870s), James G...
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Victorian Railways Newsletter July 1972
The Victorian Railways Newsletter of July 1972 includes an article titled Melbourne's Underground Takes Shape. It is accompanied by an annotated photograph of the route the tunnels will take under East Melbourne and nearby. The MCG and houses in Jolimont Road are visible giving a...
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Video of presentation by Alicia Cerreto on the history of Berry Street
On 21 April 2021 historian, Alicia Cerreto, took us on a journey through the history of Berry Street. Initially known as the Victorian Infant Asylum and Foundling Hospital it has had many name changes since. A video of the presentation can be found here. Founded in 1877 in Fitzro...
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Video of presentation by Bruce Trethowan on Cliveden Mansions
On 18 August 2021 heritage architect, Bruce Trethowan, followed up on his previous talk on Cliveden as the family home of Sir William and Lady Janet Clarke with the story of its purchase and conversion into luxury apartments, and its new inhabitants. A video of the presentation c...
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Video of presentation by Dr Fay Woodhouse on Robert Russell, artist of early Melbourne
On 20 October 2021 Dr Fay Woodhouse gave a Zoom presentation to the Society about Robert Russell, artist of early Melbourne. Robert Russell was the first surveyor general of Melbourne and spent a lifetime recording the growth of the settlement in drawings and paintings. He lived...
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Video of presentation by Gary Presland on pre-European history and culture of Victoria
On 16 June 2021 Dr Gary Presland, historian and authority on Aboriginal history, presented to EMHS his insights into the life and culture of the Aboriginal peoples in our local area. A video of the presentation can be found here. Click below to watch the video. Enlarge to full sc...
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View from Government House tower
This photo was taken from the tower of Government House towards the north east. It was taken before the Yarra River was straightened to reduce flooding. Lagoons were then a feature of the northern bank. In the foreground of the photo is a circular running track. This was part of...
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View from ICI House, c.1958
Digital copy of a colour slide. Photo shows the view from ICI House. Spring Street runs diagonally through the photo. The left foreground shows Parliament House and the Old Treasury beyond. On the right is the Windsor Hotel.
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View from Mercy Maternity Hospital
Photo taken from Mercy Maternity Hospital gives view over Fitzroy Gardens with St. Andrew's Hospital, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Eastern Hill in the background.
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View from Parliament House towards Fitzroy - 1865c
BW photo. View from Parliament House over Albert Street towards Fitzroy. Carlton Gardens are in the distance. Shows 6 terrace houses, C & J Smith Collingwood Saw Mills and Timber Yard, C. White & Co. Brassfounders and Gasfitters, R. Hyde & Co. Marine Storemen, Baptist Church with...
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Vlado's Restaurant and the Gregurek family
An article about Vlado's steakhouse restaurant in Bridge Road, Richmond, and the family behind it. Vlado Gregurek founded the restaurant in 1964, Since his death in 2012 his son, Michael, has continued the business. Vlado and his wife, Nina, moved into East Melbourne in in the ea...
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WATSON, Eileen Marriott
Eileen Marriott Watson was the youngest of the five daughters and one son born to the Reverend James Marriott Watson (1842-1903) and his wife Marianna (nee Dunning) (1846-1908). James's father was the wonderfully named Brereton Rolla Ross Porter Pemberton Watson, a prominent earl...
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WHAMOND, Frederick Charles
When Frederick Charles Whamond enlisted on 24 June 1915 he claimed that he was 18 years of age and born in Windsor, Victoria. In fact he was born at South Yarra on 10 July 1900 and was only 15. This unfortunately was just the beginning of a career of deceit. His mother possibly t...
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WHINFIELD, Myles William
Myles William Whinfield was born in 1886 in Echuca, Victoria. He was the son of James Chapman Whinfield and Mary Jane (nee Watt). His father, a farmer and sheep-breeder of Bamawm, near Echuca, died in 1895 when a dray he was driving hit a tree and overturned. Only two years later...
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WHITE, Jessie McHardie
Notes by Janet Scarfe additional to material below. The essay by Perdita McCarthy on Jessie McHardie White published in the Australian Dictionary of Biography is highly recommended (Perditta M. McCarthy, 'White, Jessie McHardy (1870–1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Nat...
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WILLIAMS, Mark Alfred
Mark Alfred Williams was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. He enlisted on 19 August 1914 at Eastern Hill. At the time he was living at 539 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, a boarding house, just a few doors from Nicholson Street. He gave his age as 27, his occupation as blac...
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WILSON, A.D.
Killed in action 1917, son of Mrs K. Wilson, formerly of High-street, Bendigo, now of East Melbourne . Not yet identified in Australian Archives or at the Australian War Memorial
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WILSON, George Thomas
Bootmaker. George Thomas Wilson enlisted using a false name and false age, which he gave as 21. His true name was George Gregory Cronin whose real age was 16 years and 6 months. Embarked 16 July 1915; returned from Suez for discharge 19 Sept 1915; discharged under age without par...
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WILSON, Grace Margaret
Grace Margaret Wilson CBE RRC (1879–1957) was a high-ranked nurse in theAustralian Army during World War I and the first years of World War II. Wilson was born in Brisbane, and completed her initial training as a nurse in 1908. After the outbreak of World War I she joined the Aus...