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Catalogue

This is the East Melbourne Historical Society catalogue showing a brief summary of each item.
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Mary Grant Bruce. Notes on her life

Catalogue number: 
emvf0718
Subject description: 

A file containing material relating to the life of Mary Grant Bruce.
1. 2 x A4 pages being photocopy of Certificate of Marriage celebrated at Holy Trinity, East Melbourne

Item type: 
File
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  • 126 reads

Mary Grant Bruce. Some extracts from Seven Little Billabongs by Brenda Niall

Catalogue number: 
emvf0719
Subject description: 

The file contains photocopied extracts from Seven Little Billabongs by Brenda Niall. (Now out of print.)
1. 1 x A4 page: Cover

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File
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  • 151 reads

East Melbourne, Trinity Church - 1864

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0102
Subject description: 

An engraving of the first Trinity Church East Melbourne, published in 1864. Scanned from a book and published by the State Library of Victoria through Picture Australia.

Item type: 
Illustration
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  • 159 reads

Why East Melbourne is Special for Ros and Me: a talk by Richard Blandy

Catalogue number: 
emvf0720
Subject description: 

4 x A4 pages of typescript being a talk given by Richard Blandy on living in East Melbourne

Item type: 
Document
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  • 73 reads

Dame Nellie Melba and Presbyterian Ladies College, East Melbourne

Catalogue number: 
emvf0721
Subject description: 

6 x A4 pages photocopied from Patchwork, the school magazine of Presbyterian Ladies College.

Item type: 
File
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  • 91 reads

Presbyterian Ladies College: students in kilts

Catalogue number: 
emvf0722
Subject description: 

Black and white photo shows five girls wearing kilts, standing. In front one girl sits wrapped in a blanket.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 75 reads

Presbyterian Ladies College: class photo

Catalogue number: 
emvf0723
Subject description: 

Black and white photo shows a group of students in school uniform, some standing, some sitting on the ground.

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Photograph
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  • 116 reads

East Melbourne, Wellington Parade 62

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0103
Subject description: 

Photo of Eastbourne House taken from Wellington Parade, circa 1980.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 173 reads

Jolimont, Jolimont Road 140 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0104
Subject description: 

Advertorial article in the business section of The Age newspaper 12 September 2012 advertising the sale of 140-142 Jolimont Road, Jolimont.

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Article
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  • 148 reads

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 118 - 1885c

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0105
Subject description: 

View of house from south east with three children climbing on fence.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 116 reads

East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 017

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0106
Subject description: 

Photo of St Hilda's 17 Clarendon Street taken by Sarony Studios in the early 1900s.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 165 reads

East Melbourne, Vale Street 118 - 1887

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0107
Subject description: 

Photo of Torloisk, 118 Vale Street, East Melbourne taken by McAlpine Bros. 29 September 1887.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 140 reads

East Melbourne, Vale Street 118 - 1917c

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0108
Subject description: 

Newspaper photo of Torloisk, 118 Vale Street, East Melbourne probably at the time of it's sale by the McLean family to the Anglican religious order, the Community of the Holy Name.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 139 reads

East Melbourne, Vale Street 118 - 1990

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0109
Subject description: 

Photograph of Torloisk, 118 Vale Street East Melbourne.

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Photograph
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  • 144 reads

East Melbourne, Vale Street 118 - 2008

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0110
Subject description: 

Photo of Torloisk, 118 Vale Street, East Melbourne.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 108 reads

Jolimont, Jolimont Terrrace 24, 26 - 1974

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0111
Subject description: 

Photograph of 24, 26 Jolimont Terrace taken by Winston Burchett in October 1974.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 109 reads

East Melbourne, Grey Street 115 - 1952c

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0112
Subject description: 

Photo of 115 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Built in 1853, it appears in Maie Casey's book, "Early Melbourne Architecture."

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 165 reads

East Melbourne, George Street 116 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0113
Subject description: 

Two photos of 116 Albert Street East Melbourne.

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Photograph
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  • 120 reads

East Melbourne, Powlett Street 53 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0114
Subject description: 

Photo of Regents Gate, 53 Powlett Street, East Melbourne.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 119 reads

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 181 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0115
Subject description: 

Photograph of 181 Gipps Street, East Melbourne

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 95 reads

East Melbourne, Grey Street 123, 125, 127 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0116
Subject description: 

Photograph of 123-127 Grey Street, East Melbourne.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 133 reads

East Melbourne, Grey Street 115 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0117
Subject description: 

Two photographs of 115 Grey Street, East Melbourne taken in 2012. This house was built in 1853 and is the earliest building still standing in East Melbourne.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 354 reads

East Melbourne, George Street 32-38 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0118
Subject description: 

Photograph of Bradoc House, 32-38 George Street, East Melbourne taken in 2012.

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Photograph
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  • 256 reads

East Melbourne, Simpson Street 95-97 - 2012

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0119
Subject description: 

Photograph of Carlton House, 95-97 Simpson Street, East Melbourne taken in 2012.

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Photograph
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  • 286 reads

Ode to the Planning Minister

Catalogue number: 
emdf0120
Subject description: 

Letter to The Age 18 September 2012:
"Ode to Matthew Guy"
HE LOVES a sunburnt country,
a land of sweeping cranes,
of haggard mountain ranges,

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Letter
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  • 230 reads

Fitzroy Gardens, Grey Street Walk - 1890c

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0121
Subject description: 

Coloured postcard of Fitzroy Gardens looking west down Grey Street walk towards St Patrick's Cathedral. Two people are walking towards the city in period dress.

Item type: 
Postcard
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  • 234 reads

Melbourne Eucharistic Congress 1934

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0123
Subject description: 

Souvenir of the National Eucharistic Congress, Melbourne, 1934
Highly detailed panoramic photo taken by H.M. Walker from the parapet of the Eastern Hill Fire Station.

Item type: 
Photograph
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  • 138 reads

Lowe Kong Meng

Image
Catalogue number: 
emdf0124
Subject description: 

Engraving of Mr Lowe Kong Meng taken from a photo by Frith dated 1866. Lowe Kong Meng was a very successful Chines businessman who lived in East Melbourne at Valetta in Clarendon Street.

Item type: 
Engraving
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  • 119 reads

East Melbourne Jolimont News 2012

Catalogue number: 
emvf0724
Subject description: 

Newsletters for 2012: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. Items on matters of local concern. Community news.

Item type: 
Newsletter
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  • 29 reads

Victorian Historical Journal November 2012

Catalogue number: 
emrp0001-201211
Subject description: 

Articles and reviews on a variety of aspects of Victoria's history

Item type: 
Periodical
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  • 17 reads

A Respectable Married Woman

Catalogue number: 
embk0073
Subject description: 

Based loosely on a true story the novel tells 'A story of passion, prejudice and triumph set in the Victoria's 19th century gold-fields'.

Item type: 
Book
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  • 29 reads

Jolimont, Charles Street 028

Catalogue number: 
emvf 0725
Subject description: 

Auction brochure for 28 Charles Street, Jolimont, scheduled for 15 September 2012. Interior and exterior coloured photos. Plans. The house is a converted stable with modern extension.

Item type: 
Brochure
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  • 26 reads

East Melbourne, Grey Street 45

Catalogue number: 
emvf0726
Subject description: 

Auction brochure for 45 Grey Street scheduled for 27 October 2012. Interior and exterior coloured photos. Plans. Terrace house.

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Brochure
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  • 23 reads

East Melbourne, Darling Street 12

Catalogue number: 
emvf0727
Subject description: 

Auction Brochure for 12 Darling Street, scheduled for 20 October 2012. Interior and exterior coloured photos. Plans. Modern single storey house.

Item type: 
Brochure
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  • 27 reads

East Melbourne, George Street 156

Catalogue number: 
emvf0728
Subject description: 

Auction brochure for 156 George Street scheduled for 13 October 2012. Interior and exterior coloured photos. Plans on separate insert. Apartment within a 19th century mansion.

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Brochure
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  • 25 reads

East Melbourne, Powlett Street 96

Catalogue number: 
emvf0729
Subject description: 

Auction brochure for 96 Powlett Street scheduled for 15 December 2012. Interior and exterior coloured photos. Plans. Terrace house.

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File
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  • 33 reads

Frank Laver: The Colosus of Jolimont

Catalogue number: 
emvf0730
Subject description: 

A report of the talk given by Ian Woodward on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Cricket Society.

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  • 36 reads

Gipps Street Median

Catalogue number: 
emvf0731
Subject description: 

Information circulated to local residents by Melbourne City Council about a median strip proposed to be built in Gipps Street.

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File
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  • 23 reads

Darling Street Stormwater Harvesting Scheme

Catalogue number: 
emvf0732
Subject description: 

Information circulated by Melbourne City Council to local residents about the proposed stormwater harvesting system to be built under Darling Street. Includes draft plans.

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File
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  • 20 reads

James Bolton Leslie

Catalogue number: 
emvf0733
Subject description: 

Obituary for James Bolton Leslie, former managing director of Mobil Oil Australia, director of Qantas, chancellor of Deakin University, life governor of the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art

Item type: 
Newsclipping
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  • 35 reads

A Plan for all Seasons

Catalogue number: 
emvf0734
Subject description: 

Newspaper article about Clement Hodgkinson and his work in Victoria, including his part in the creation of the Fitzroy and Treasury. He lived at 157 Hotham Street. Photos.

Item type: 
Newsclipping
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  • 27 reads

Many thanks, Governor

Catalogue number: 
emvf0735
Subject description: 

Newspaper article about Charles Joseph La Trobe and his importance in the development of Melbourne.

Item type: 
Newsclipping
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  • 23 reads

A way with the fairies

Catalogue number: 
emvf0736
Subject description: 

Newspaper article about sculptor, Ola Cohn's creation of the Fairies Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens. Photos.

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Newsclipping
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  • 22 reads

Reflections on City's Other Life

Catalogue number: 
emvf0737
Subject description: 

Newspaper clipping about Nicole Themistes and her debut book, 'Spectacle City: An Allegory', a satire exploring the real nature of Melbourne. The author is a resident of East Melbourne.

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Newsclipping
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  • 20 reads

Doctors in the house

Catalogue number: 
Emvf0738
Subject description: 

Newspaper report of the purchase of 100 Wellington Parade by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners for about $25 million.

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Newsclipping
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  • 16 reads

Market Report January - June 2012

Catalogue number: 
emvf0739
Subject description: 

Document gives sales and rental results in East Melbourne during a six month period, January-June 2012

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Document
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  • 24 reads

Holy Trinity East Melbourne - Parish Profile 2012

Catalogue number: 
emvf0740
Subject description: 

The contents include: History of Parish; Parish Boundaries; Relationship with Diocese; Demographics of the Area; Local and Community Organisations; Holy Trinity today - Worship, Property, Outreach,

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Document
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The Organ at Holy Trinity

Catalogue number: 
emvf0741
Subject description: 

The History of the organ at Holy Trinity. It was originally built for a private owner, Henry Boom of 'Yarradale', Hawthorn.

Item type: 
File
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  • 25 reads

Bishop Ian George AO

Catalogue number: 
emvf0742
Subject description: 

Profile of Bishop Ian George AO, locum-tenens at Holy Trinity, taken from Holy Trinity website.
Accompanied by sermon delivered at Holy Trinity on Easter Day 8 April 2012.

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File
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  • 36 reads

Concerts at Holy Trinity

Catalogue number: 
emvf0743
Subject description: 

Holy Trinity hosts occasional fund raising concerts. The file contains some notes on recent concerts and performers.

Item type: 
File
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