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Ransford
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East Melbourne, Vale Street 026, 028 - Burchett
1893. MCC Building Advice: R.J. Wilson, builder, for Henry F. Ransford. 2 brick dwellings. Corner Berry Street. 1911-19. Name mentioned: Henry F. Ransford. Note: Vernon Ransford, Test Cricketer and Committee Member, Secretary of the MCC from 1939, lived here for some years. He wa...
Place
East Melbourne, Vale Street 26, 28
These buildings are contributory to the predominant use of red brick and terracotta tiles in this street. They are an adaptation of a rather suburban style to terrace house building. The design of each is deliberately varied so that the buildings appear as one whole. A successful...
Story
Former Yarra Park School
The East Melbourne Historical Society is undertaking a project on the history of the former Yarra Park State school. The school, which was closed in 1987, and converted in the early 1990s into residential apartments, was opened in July 1874 and was one of the first large urban st...
Story
Vernon Ransford: the elegant left-hander
The holiday season is with us, and top level cricket at the MCG makes its seasonal appearance in the East Melbourne area, the high point being the Boxing Day Test, this year being an Ashes series against England. The MCG was of course the place where Test cricket was born in 1877...