Personalities

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1895c Carl Gustav Joachimi wth grandson Rudolph

Carl Gustav Joachimi came to Australia in 1854 from Saxony, Germany and worked for the Public Works Dept. in Melbourne. He worked on the Old Melbourne Gaol, Pentridge (1858-1864) and Former Observatory, and he designed Victoria Barracks in Melbourne. He appears to have been let g...

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1942 Roy Morgan Gallup Poll

Survey Number 7, Question 10: "Do you favour or oppose employment of conductresses on trams or buses?" Newspaper report of Roy Morgan Gallup poll dated 5 July 1942. Majority in Favor of Conductresses Employment of women conductors on trams and buses is strongly approved throughou...

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Cooke, Henry 1851c

Painting circa 1851 (at the time of his marriage to Amelia Ham). He was 33; she was 18.

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EMHS Digitisation Project

In 2009 the Society received a grant from Museums Australia (Victoria) to digitise its collection. (See news item: The East Melbourne Historical Society Receives a Special Grant) The picture shows project team members: Jill Fenwick, Nik Iljin and Wendy Babiolakis. Too busy to be...