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CONNOR, Eden Dennis
Eden Dennis Connor was born in Woodville near Adelaide in August 1887, he was the youngest son of George Alexander Connor and Jessie Hall Simpson. He moved from South Australia and married Maria Elsie Conliffe in Victoria in 1911 In 1914 he is listed on the electoral Roll as livi...
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CONWAY, John
John Conway was born at Longford in Ireland on 9 April 1885, the son of James and Mary (nee Farrell) Conway. The 1901 census shows him as being eighteen years of age, a Labourer, not married, and could read and write. He was living with his parents. At age 19, he enlisted with th...
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COONEY, Francis Joseph
Francis Joseph Cooney was the son of James and Catherine Cooney and was born at the family home, Doontallie, 1121 Hoddle Street, East Melbourne 1886. He was the youngest of nine children. The others were: twins, Annetta and James (b.1871); Hugh Patrick (b,1874); Thomas (b.1876);...
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CORDNER, Joseph Alan
Joseph Alan Cordner was born at Bridgewater on the Loddon River in May 1890. His father Isiah Joseph Cordner and mother Jessie Walker moved regularly as Isiah was a bank Manager with the National Bank of Australasia. Isiah was living at Colermine and is listed as a bank Manager i...
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CORRIGAN, Thomas Norman
Although born in East Melbourne in 1892, Thomas Norman Corrigan had little contact with the suburb. When he enlisted, aged 22, on 27 January, 1915, he was living at 25 Ford St., Brunswick and working as a tea packer. He joined the 21st Battalion, raised at Broadmeadows in early F...
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COUGHLAN, Talouchlan
Talouchlan [ Thomas] was born in Sydney in1894 He enlisted on the 15 December 1914 at Echuca Victoria. He is 20 years old labourer. A small man 5'3'' and weighing on 8stone 4 lbs. He is the only son of Annie Coughlan who is living at 480 Albert Street East Melbourne. He embarked...
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COY, John William
John William Coy was the son of John William Coy and his wife, Agnes Veronica, nee Hannan. He was born in 1898. When he enlisted he gave his birth place as Melbourne but at the time of his birth the family were living at 70 [now demolished but site of 90] Jolimont Street, Jolimon...
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CRAMER, Winifred Mary
Winifred Mary Cramer (1877–1965) Winifred Mary Cramer is commemorated on the Honour Board at St Peter’s Eastern Hill, East Melbourne, with other nurses from the parish who served in the Great War of 1914–18. Winifred Cramer was not sent overseas with the Australian Army Nursing S...
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CULLIVER, Seth William
Norman Seth Culliver was born in 1894 to Eli Culliver (1866-1903) and his wife Margaret Moore Culliver (1866-1943). The family lived in Drysdale, Victoria on the Bellarine Peninsula, but probably moved follwinging Eli Culliver's death in 1902. In 1914, Seth and his mother were li...
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CURRIE, Robert
Photo below: Studio portrait probably of 4159 Private (Pte) Robert Kingsley Currie, 5th Battalion, of East Melbourne, Vic, and another unidentified soldier. Pte Currie enlisted on 2 September 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. He returned to Australia...
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Cadzow, 154 Hotham Street, East Melbourne
The photo shows a two storey, double fronted house, with front door and portico slightly off-set, the result of extending the original single fronted house sideways. At the time the photo was taken it was owned by the Dougharty family who owned it from 1883-1952. The two children...
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Café Culture
Newspaper article and review about George Street Café. Photo. Herald Sun, 10 June 2003, Citystyle,.
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Cairns Apartments Finial Repair
On 1 July 2015 two large cranes and a team of men removed the finial from the top of the southern steeple of the Cairns Apartments. This series of photos shows the action. The finial is to be rebuilt by a stonemason using Geelong sandstone.
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Cairns Memorial Church, East Melbourne
Scan of glass lantern slide of the Cairns Memorial Church, East Melbourne by John Henry Harvey.
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Cancer hospital's move creates development opportunity
Newspaper clipping about the forthcoming move of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital to Parkville and the development opportunities this will become available for the site on the corner of Landsdowne Street and St Andrews Place, East Melbourne.
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Car parking row looms
Newspaper clippings about proposed reduction of car parking in Yarra Park. From 8 May 2003.
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Carroll family file
File contains postcards to and from members of the Carroll family of 139 Simpson Street, East Melbourne; invitations to institutional events; a photo labelled on reverse “Maggie and Annie”; several items removed from a scrap book and in very poor condition including theatre progr...
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Casa de Carlos
Newspaper article and auction brochure for Casa de Carlos, 46 Berry Street, scheduled for 25 October 2003. Interior and exterior photos.
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Celia Sweetman - Order of Service
Order of Service on the occasion of Celia Sweetman's funeral, 21 February 2024. Celia was a long time resident of East Melbourne and was 100 years old when she died. Includes sseveral photos.
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Certain Admissions - book review
A review of the book, Certain Amissions, by Gideon Haigh. The book tells the story of John Bryan Kerr who was gaoled for the murder by strangulation of his girl friend. The author revisits the case and casts some doubt on the verdict. John Bryan Kerr was the son of Donald Wallace...
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Chandos
Newspaper clippings and auction brochure about Chandos, 44 Hotham Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 15 November 2003. Interior and exterior photos. Plans.
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Changing Places: 100 Years of Domestic Architecture In Jolimont and East Melbourne
The book, produced by the East Melbourne Historical Society, is an illustrated history of domestic architecture in Jolimont and East Melbourne. The Preface to the book explains its intent: This booklet represents a short ramble through the history of domestic architecture in East...
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Charles Trethowan - obituary
Obituary for Joseph Charles [known as Charles] Trethowan, company director. He was a resident of East Melbourne for many years.
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Che Fortuna
The author, Dominic Bonadio, describes his book as follows: I have owned restaurants in East Melbourne since 1981 so most of my working life has been in the area. The name of the book is Che Fortuna and is about my grandfather who went to US in 1900 to my father being a POW in Al...