Marvellous Melbourne and Me

A memoir of family life by the daughter of Frederick McCubbin. It includes a ten page chapter about time spent living in the Deanery, East Melbourne (1926-c.1931). The deanery in this case meant the original deanery, demolished and replaced in the 1930s. Contains description of t...

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East Melbourne, George Street 054. 1936

The photo appeared in Art in Australia 16 November 1936 with the caption, 'A small house in George Street, East Melbourne' and the architect given as W E Gower. William Elliot Gower lived at 54 George Street from 1936 to 1939. He was architect for the SEC and did very little priv...

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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 050 - rear view

BW photo of Shrewsbury House, 50 Hotham Street. Shows rear view of large Victorian house. Reprint. C. 1973.

Submission to Heritage Victoria to have MCG Hotel listed, citing new evidence as to construction date. Building now thought to have been completed in 1859 and possibly the same building in which football rules were written and Melbourne Football Club founded. Licensee at the time...

Memoir of living in Melbourne in the 20th century. The author, Bruce McBrien, grew up in a house in Spring Street, Melbourne, and spent much of his social life in East Melbourne, and went to school at Yarra Park State School. Has extensive and detailed memories of a child's life...