Collection or topic
1850s
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4 records and collections
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Contoured Plan Collingwood and East Melbourne 1853
This map is described as 'shewing the buildings facing the principal streets at the time of survey'. A handwritten note says 'Submitted to the Surveyor General with my letter dated Nov'r 29 1853'. It is signed Clement Hodgkinson, Surveyor. The buildings shown are colour-coded acc...
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East Melbourne, George Street 205, Hepburn Terrace
Sales brochure for 205 George Street, East Melbourne. The house was to be sold mid-renovation. Permits had been obtained and permitted demolition taken place, but no building work yet started. The brochure contains proposed plans only.
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade, c.1905
Postcard, BP Series, colour print. The reverse is divided into a space for a message and a space for the address. This format first appeared in Australia in 1905. Shows Victoria Parade looking east from near the corner of Nicholson Street. In the foreground is a cable tram travel...
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Parliament House Library
A black and white postcard of Parliament House c.1905. It was printed in Prussia as part of the Victoria Stamp Market (VSM) Series. Australia introduced the divided back on postcards in 1905. This allowed a message and the address to be written side by side. The eastern wing show...