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Smith
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 066, 068 - Burchett
1900. MCC BR: James Smith Training Home for Salvation Army. Brig. Edward Saunders - architect. Note: For further information see N.T. F.N. 4414 in Folio File.
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East Melbourne, Wellington Parade 062 - Burchett
Corner Simpson Street. Also part of Nos.8-10 Simpson Street. Note: Index card and photo marked incorrectly as Nos.10-12. Nos.10-12 are the adjoining pair of terraces. See separate entry. 1901. MCC Building Advice: James Seccull, builder, for Dr. Peacock. 3 houses. Architects: Syd...
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Helen Macpherson Smith
Newspaper clipping about Helen Macpherson Smith. She left £275,000, the majority of her wealth, to establish a perpetual philanthropic trust to benefit Victorian charitable institutions. In 2015, 64 years after her death, the value of HMS Trust’s investments totalled $104 million...
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Jolimont, Agnes Street 019, Roseville
A single-storey, double-fronted, rendered nineteenth century villa with a hipped slate roof. Timber-framed double-hung sash windows flank the central entrance, which has narrow sidelights. A verandah extends across the facade between wing walls, supported on timber posts and embe...
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 058, 060 - Burchett
1868-9. Hon. G.V. Smith PMG, lived in Jolimont 1870-95. 1870. MCC BR: Thos. Davison to build a 10-room cottage for Mr. G.V. Smith. Rated in same year. 1871. Directory reference: Studio used by Sir John Longstaff, can be seen from Palmer Lane. Refer second photo. 1880. Smith - own...
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 024, 026 - Burchett
No.24 was previously No.26 and No.26 was No.24. 1864. MCC BR: Wm. Thomas to build 2 houses for G.A. Mouritz. Architects: Smith and Watts. 1866. G.A. Mouritz - owner both houses. Brick, 10 rooms. Occupiers: No.24 Hastings Cunningham and No.26 James Balfour, who occupied till 1880c...
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Memories of East Melbourne by K.A.D. Smith
A scanned copy of typescript entitled Memories of East Melbourne by K.A.D.(Keith) Smith. The author writes of his memories growing up in East Melbourne in the 1930s. He and his family lived at 108 Powlett Street. His memories include billy cans left hanging on front gates waiting...
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Muriel Ismay Smith - a remarkable life
The eventful, rags to riches life story of Muriel Ismay Smith who lived at Victoria House, 220 Clarendon Street between 1954 and 1988 when she died. The author is her grandson, Paul Lawrie. Includes photos.
Story
Smelling History
Smells trigger memory just as effectively as old photos or objects. Think of some of Melbourne’s more famous smells such as tomato sauce from the old Rosella factory in Richmond, or baking bread from the Capitol Bakery in South Yarra, or even roasting coffee from Quists in Little...
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Smith, George Alexander James
This photo was provided by Eileen Mina Cormick with the suggestion that he was possibly the subject of one of our WW1 biographies: George Joseph Dunkling. She suggests that he was adopted by the Dunkling family and when war was declared enlisted under his adopted name, George Jos...
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Still Here
A book by Laurie Carew with Diane Masters, it is a memoir of Laurie's life from early childhood in Deniliquin and then moving to the city and becoming a window dresser for Georges, and later its Visual Merchandising Manager and Exhibitions Display Manager, through to his battle a...
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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...