Victorian Historical Journal November 2017

Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. In this issue there are two articles with an East Melbourne focus.  
1. James Denham Pinnock: A Gentleman in Society by Liz Rushen. 
Pinnock played an important role in promoting and assisting immigration to the Eastern Australian colonies in the 1830s.  He arrived in Port Phillip in 1841 where he held several government positions. He built Elizabeth House in Wellington Parade where he entertained lavishly.

2. Mixed Fortunes: The Postwar Lives of East Melbourne's Great War Nurses by Janet Scarfe.
The article focuses on 54 nurses who served in the Great War and who claimed some connection with East Melbourne.  It demonstrates the varied outcomes, both physical and psychological, of their lives after and as a result of the war.