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Welcome

2007 07 East Melbourne Google EarthWelcome to the East Melbourne Historical Society.

East Melbourne is a tiny suburb adjoining the city of Melbourne bounded by Treasury and Fitzroy Gardens to the west, Victoria Parade to the north, Hoddle Street to the east and Yarra Park to the south, home of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground. East Melbourne was included in Robert Hoddle's original 1837 plan for the city but the first private house was not built until 1853. The suburb today reflects a history of Victoria with its beautiful gardens, grand houses of the gold rush era and workmen's cottages. Cast iron lacework adorns the houses, bluestone cobbled lanes lead to old coach houses and brick dunnies. Artists, scientists, politicians, judges, educators, priests, explorers, entrepreneurs, courtesans, philanthropists and social activists lived here and many a tale is told of characters wild and exotic.

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2116
Biographies:
802
Building histories:
230
Gallery images:
586
Maps:
50

Recent news

President's Christmas Letter & Membership Renewal

Dear Members,

It has been a topsy turvy year for us all but thankfully we seem to be headed in the right direction in managing the spread of the COVID virus.

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Streets of fear in city's wealthy enclave

Article in the Australian 24 Au

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Reopening of St Peter's Plaza Eastern Hill, 10 November 2019

Photo of Reopening of St Peter's Plaza Eastern HillOn 10 November,  St Peter’s Plaza and the restored ‘Cross of Sacrifice’ were re-opened to the public. Dating from 1924, the cross is a memorial to the fallen soldiers of World War 1, modelled on wayside crosses in France and is the only one of its kind in Australia.

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Jolimont Station: submission

The East Melbourne Historical Society has recently nominated Jolimont Station for inclusion on the Heritage Victoria register.  The station has been a long overlooked part of our history.  It does not appear even on the City of Melbourne's Inventory of Heritage Places. 

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Phil Ruthven Slides Available

There was an excellent attendance at our event on Wednesday 21 June 2017 when Phil Ruthven took us on a trip down Memory Lane looking back to Australia, Melbourne and East Melbourne in 1853 and 1953 to the present day. He also had the courage, audacity some might say, to predict what the circumstances might be in 2053.

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Recent acquisitions

Sale of 96 Wellington Parade

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Newspaper clipping reporting on the sale of 96 Wellington Parade for $9.53 million. 

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140 Simpson Street sold after 57 years

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Newspaper clipping reporting on the sale of 14o Simpson Street, East Melbourne.  The vendor, Mrs Kathleen Joan Brosnan, had owned the property for 57 years to the day.

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The Glasshouse: a new building for the Collingwood Football Club

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Newspaper clipping gives description of the newly completed building constructed for the Collingwood Football Club to provide additional function facilities to those already available in the C

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Melbourne Football Club looks for new home

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Newspaper clipping reporting on the proposal by the Melbourne Football Club to use part of Gosch's Paddock for its new headquarters.

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New Clarendon Street apartments

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Advertising feature describes new apartments in East Melbourne.  The development takes the form of three separate buildings: the redevelopment of the old Mosspennoch mansion into six apartment

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