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Melbourne Cricket Ground
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20 records and collections
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ABC-TV at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Colour photo shows three blue and white transport vehicles clearly labelled as belonging to ABC Channel 2. They are parked outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Back to the Bronze Age
Newspaper article about the work of Louis Laumen, the sculptor responsible for the Parade of Champions in Yarra Park, Victor Trumper at the MCG, and St. Francis and St. Catherine at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Photos. The Age, 14 June 2003, Review, p. 7.
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Commonwealth Games change East Melbourne
Newspaper clippings outline the changes to Melbourne in preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Sites in East Melbourne include MCG, Hilton Hotel, MCG Hotel, Jolimont Station, new footbridge. Photos, including aerial shot of Melbourne covering inner suburbs.
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Daryl Jackson
Article on the work of architect Daryl Jackson, especially the MCG.
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East Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings about the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photos. From October 2002.
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Estate Secrets
Interview with auctioneer Alex Robertson. Mention of gunfights behind the MCG. Herald Sun, Weekend, 30 March 2002.
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Glorious Innings: Treasures from the Melbourne Cricket Club Collection
Items in the collection of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Many photos. Index.
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MCG rebirth
Newspaper clipping about proposal to create restaurant and recreation precinct at MCG looking out onto Yarra Park. Herald Sun Sunday, 16 March 2003.
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MCG redevelopment
Newspaper clippings about redevelopment of MCG. Photos. Also leaflet with plan of sporting precinct.
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MCG redevelopment
Article on redevelopment of MCG and its impact on Yarra Park In Elm Watch. September 2003, July 2004.
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MCG redevelopment
Newspaper clippings about redevelopment of MCG. Includes proposal to do away with food vans. August 2003.
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MCG's 150th year
Newspaper clippings covering MCG's 150 years. Includes memorable moments, people, photos. 2003.
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Melbourne 1854-2004
A special supplement put out by The Age to celebrate its 150th year. Includes chapter on history of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Melbourne Then and Now
Selected images reproduced from the book, Melbourne Then and Now, published by Cameron House, 2007.
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Parking in Yarra Park could be abolished
Newspaper clipping reporting that it is likely that football parking in Yarra Park will soon be a thing of the past, except for disabled parking and parking for emergency services. The decision will be based on increasing security concerns.
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Push to add police site to Yarra parkland
Newspaper clipping about proposal by Melbourne City Council to demolish old police station and add the land to Yarra Park, along with former army barracks site on Swan Street, as compensation for land lost in re-development of MCG. Report that old police station to be used by Big...
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The Paddock that Grew: The Story of the Melbourne Cricket Club
Covers all aspects of the history of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Photos. Index.
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The Sporting Precinct, c.1973
This view of the sporting precinct and Jolimont was taken circa 1973. It shows the extensive changes that have happened to the area since. Starting at the bottom of the image and working south towards the river, the first thing to notice is that on the site of the landmark Clived...
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View from Kev Franzi's roof
Photo is taken from the roof of house at 166 Wellington Parade and shows the top of the house's turret in foreground, and view over Yarra Park and the Melbourne Cricket Ground beyond. Government House and the Shrine are in the distance. Photo is very blurred.
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Way we were
Newspaper clipping showing a series of old photos from Melbourne's past. Included is photo of MCG during Billy Graham's visit in 1959; and Ola Cohn working on The Fairies Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens.