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Archbishop Sir Frank Woods (1907-1992)

Originally published in 1993 by Anglican Media Melbourne and reproduced here with permission: http://www.melbourne.anglican.com.au/

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Cooke, Henry (1818–1889)

Cooke, HenryHenry Cooke was born on 10 March 1818 at Egglestone Abbey Paper Mill in Durham, England, fourth child of Henry and Hannah (nee Wilkinson). He was baptised two weeks later in Startforth Church, the day after his mother died. His father remarried in 1819 and fathered fi...

An address to the Historical Society by Marga Macdonald, long time resident of East Melbourne and a founding member of the advisory committee for the new East Melbourne Library and Community Centre. December 2006

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Johnston, Louise (nee Friedrichs) (1880-?)

Louise and Robert Johnston 1909Mary Louise Friedrichs, known as Louise, was born in 1880. Her father had migrated to Victoria from Hanover, Germany, in 1860 hoping to teach the violin. Alas, such opportunities were in short supply and he became a wood carter, labourer and miner.

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McGuigan, Henry (1823-1891)

Henry McGuiganIn the years from 1845 to 1852 against a backdrop of an Ireland devastated with famine, through the potato blight – the people’s staple diet – and an insidious mixture of politics– one million Irish people emigrated to the New World and one million had already died...

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Riches, Nora - 100th Birthday

On 15 February 2008, local resident, Nora Riches turned 100. Her son, Graham, and his wife, Viv, invited family and friends to celebrate the occasion with her.