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Cliveden Mansions
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16 records and collections
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Aerial photo of Cliveden Mansion - 1924c
Aerial view of Cliveden Mansions on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street, Fitzroy Gardens on left, mansion in Jolimont Terrace visible in right foreground.
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Apartment Living
Newspaper clipping featuring the book, 'Homes in the Sky, Apartment Living in Australia', by Caroline Butler-Bowden and Charles Pickett. The article describes early apartment buildings in Australia and their part in the history of apartment living. Cliveden Mansions which once st...
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Cliveden Mansions - Dining Room Bookings 1950s
A hand-written list of names of residents at Cliveden Mansions detailing their dining room bookings. There are columns for Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner, Trays and Syphons. Only surnames are given. The list can be dated to the early 1950s. It has been pasted to a plywood backing. T...
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Cliveden Mansions - Dining Room Bookings 1960s
Several copies of a typed list of names of residents at Cliveden Mansions prepared for dining room bookings. There are columns for Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner, Trays, D/Room Extras and Aerated Waters. Only surnames are given. The list can be dated to the 1960s, the final years of...
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Cliveden Mansions - Ephemera
Two items: a breakfast menu and a card (business size) giving times for meals.
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Cliveden Mansions - interior of a drawing room - 1901c.
Scanned photo of the interior of a drawing room in Cliveden Mansions taken circa 1901.
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Cliveden Mansions 1968
A collection of photos taken just prior to the demolition of Cliveden Mansions which once stood on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. The house was demolished to make way for the Hilton on the Park, now the Pullman Hotel. It is pictured devoid o...
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Cliveden Mansions and the Jolimont railway line, East Melbourne - 1930
Scan of watercolour painting by Len Annois in 1930 of a view towards Cliveden Mansions looking from the western end of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. The picture shows the railway tracks, an electric train heading towards Princes Bridge railway station, and Cliveden Mansions...
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Cliveden Mansions artifacts incorporated into house in Brighton
Photographs of artifacts of Cliveden Mansions bought at auction in 1968 and incorporated into a house in Brighton by architect George Sommers (1904-1984). The house was designed in 1969 and built by 1971. Sommers aimed to combine the Georgian tradition of the Melbourne area with...
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Cliveden Mansions, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1968
Scanned photograph of Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne, taken by John T. Collins on 23 June 1968.
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East Melbourne, Wellington Parade 192, 194, 196, 198 - Burchett
1887. 'Cliveden' built as a home for Hon. W.J. Clarke, Bart, M.L.C. It was one of the most luxurious private mansions in Melbourne, including a ballroom that could accomodate 250 guests. 1914. Converted into 'Cliveden Mansions', suites of luxurious apartments. Tenants included: S...
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Gone to War as Sister: Jessie Gemmell - decorated
One of 16 illustrated panels prepared by Janet Scarfe and 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...
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Graziers living in East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls - 1934, 1939, 1945 and 1955
1 x A4 page of typed notes being names of graziers extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1934, 1939, 1945 and 1955.
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Knife ex Cliveden
Entree knife with silver plated handle and stainless steel blade. The blade is engraved with the words 'Grosvenor Delphic' written in copperplate style and on an angle to the blade. Across the base of the blade in block letters and over two lines are the words, 'Firth-Brearley St...
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Video of presentation by Bruce Trethowan on Cliveden Mansions
On 18 August 2021 heritage architect, Bruce Trethowan, followed up on his previous talk on Cliveden as the family home of Sir William and Lady Janet Clarke with the story of its purchase and conversion into luxury apartments, and its new inhabitants. A video of the presentation c...
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Wellington Parade and Cliveden, East Melbourne - 1930
Scan of watercolour painting by Len Annois in 1930 of a view towards Cliveden Mansions looking from the western end of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.