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White
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 332, 334 - Burchett
Pair of brick houses each of 7 rooms and stable built in 1856 by Robert White for John A Porter - owner. John A Porter was a manufacturer of billiard and bagatelle tables. 334 was occupied in 1875 by Henry Eyles Turner,
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 118, Crathre House
A large two storey cement rendered house in the Italianate style.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 043 - Burchett
Old No. 112. 1862c. First Directory entry: John Omand, cabinet maker. In 1867 he was a partner in firm: Omand and Miller, corn factors of 60 Bridge Road, Richmond. 1862-91. Name mentioned: John Omand. 1892-1909. Alexander Swinton. During this time, 1902, house was rebuilt. 1902....
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East Melbourne, Morrison Place 014, 016, 018 - Burchett
Used to be Brunswick Street. 1867. MCC BR: Peter Cunningham 2 houses for Geo. White. 1869. Name mentioned for No.18: G. White. 1872. Names mentioned for No.14: Richard H. Thatcher. For No.16: Joseph French. 1873. (Name mentioned for No.12: Alexander Blyth.) 1883-9. At No.16: Hon....
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East Melbourne, Powlett Street 068 - Burchett
1910. MCC BR: E. Martin to build for Austin Chapman, MP. Architect: W.A.M. Blackett. 1910-1914. Chapman. 1917. Herbert E. Hooke. Chas. White to 1921. David Zmood to 1925. Mrs. A. Douglas to 1927. 1930. John Heppell. 1979. Y.W.C.A. Note: Blackett was a well known architect and wri...
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East Melbourne, Powlett Street 082, 084, 086, 088, 090, 092, 094, 096, 098, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112 - Burchett
1852. The vacant land was a Government grant to the Wesleyan Church for a church, school and Minister's dwelling. 1869. MCC Building Advice: To build a church and school for the Wesleyan Body. Architects: Crouch and Wilson. No Rates reference prior to 1876. 1877. MCC Building Adv...
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 010. Electoral Rolls of 1903, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1934, 1936, 1939 and1945.
4 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at 10 Simpson Street,East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1903, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1934,1936, 1939 and 1945.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 018
A single two storey house built in the style of a terrace house. The balcony and verandah are not original.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 018 - Burchett
Originally No.7, north of Clyde Terrace. 1873. MCC BR: C.C. Fewster to build for Peter White, 2-storey 8 room house. 1874. Peter White - owner/occupier. Brick house 6 rooms. 1875-1887. P. White. 1887-1899. Mrs. Alison White. 1900-1904. Charles S. White.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 148, 150 - Burchett
1876. Henry Norman - owner. Occupiers: No.148 Ed. H. White. No.150 Chas Kitz.
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East Melbourne, Wellington Parade 108 - Burchett
1856-7. Name mentioned: James Simpson, Commissioner of Lands. Died 1857. See A.D.B. V.2. Refer also index card entry for No.94 Wellington Pde. (Note: No.94 was originally No.106. There may be some confusion with the numbers). Refer 2nd index card where Nos.106-8 are combined for...
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East Melbourne, Wellington Parade 124, Park House
Two storey single fronted house with cast iron verandah and balcony.
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East Melbourne, Wellington Parade 190, Gwyllehurst
Single storey bluestone cottage with 4 french windows at the front, side entry, concave fabric roof verandah & side entry porch, both with openwork wood pilaster columns. Dressed stone quoins with rough faced stone beween. [Melbourne Mansions Database]
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East Melbourne, Wellington Parade South 039, 041, 043, 045, 047 - Burchett
1890. MCC BR: F.R. Ratten (Ratters?) to build at Nos. 39-41, two 2-storey dwellings, corner Berry Street. W.H. Cleverdon - architect. 1891. MCC Building Notice: At No.45 a house for Richard Mathews. H. Pearson - builder. W.M. Campbell - architect. 1891. Occupants mentioned: No.39...
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For King and Country - Jessie McHardy White - Exhibition Panel
Illustrated panel prepared by volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition,For King and Country, commemorating the centenary of the commencement of the First World War. It is one of 16 panels, each of which provides a life story, with relevant im...
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Girls' Training Home for Domestic Service
Brochure, not dated but c.1910. The institute was founded in 1883 and effectively closed in 1939. The brochure is yellowed with age and moth or insect eaten. It is about 25cm wide by 20cm high. The middle page is actually 50cm wide but is folded in to the centre on both sides to...
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Gone to War as Sister: Great War Nurses and their East Melbourne Links
One of 16 illustrated panels prepared by Janet Scarfe volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition, Gone to War as Sister, commemorating the lives and work of the many women who served as nurses in the First World War and had connection with East...
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Holy Trinity Centenary 2007
Thank you all for coming this evening to share in the joy of our celebrations. When we started thinking about how we would celebrate these important events, we were clear that we wanted to offer something for our friends and neighbours in the wider community of East Melbourne.
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That was Then, This is Now
If you stand on the corner of Powlett Street and Wellington Parade looking east, there’s the 7-Eleven store, the dry cleaner, a couple of cafes, the Il Duca restaurant and, at the end of the line, the Post Office, an unassuming, utilitarian modern building. It’s hard to believe t...
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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...
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WHITE, Jessie McHardie
Notes by Janet Scarfe additional to material below. The essay by Perdita McCarthy on Jessie McHardie White published in the Australian Dictionary of Biography is highly recommended (Perditta M. McCarthy, 'White, Jessie McHardy (1870–1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Nat...