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Fight to save the Ola Cohn Centre

East Melbourne

  • 41-43 Gipps Street

Building names

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Letter to EMG members, 7 May 2002 Open full image ↗
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The Age, 13 May 2002, p.5 Open full image ↗
Acquisition number
1778
Catalogue number
emvf1009_15
File name
emvf1009_15
File location
Vertical file

Two items pertaining to the planned sale of the Ola Cohn Centre which would have meant the loss of the building to its occupiers, The Melbourne Society of Women Sculptors and Painters.

1. A letter to members of the East Melbourne Group seeking support in fighting the sale. 

2. A newspaper clipping from similar date outlining the issue. 

The fight was ultimately successful and the building was not sold. 

Item type
Newsclipping
Building name
Ola Cohn Centre
Subject address
43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne
Related content
Author
Misha Ketchell
Date of publication or creation
2002-05
Year acquired
2024
Donor
Myra Anderson

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Ola Cohn Centre
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