Catalogue

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1914 Church of England Men's Society Hostel, East Melbourne

Photo of Church of England Men's Society hostel at 198 Albert Street published in the Church of England Messenger on 2 January 1914.

2857 reads

Mercy Private Hospital - 1990

Scan of photograph of the Mercy Private Hospital taken in 1990.

5689 reads

Valetta House, Vandalism and Neglect, 2012

This grand old mansion built in 1856 has been crumbling for years. Recently it has had homeless people living in it resulting in broken windows and doors. Galvanised iron, boarded up windows and security wire are now its most prominent and saddest features.

3715 reads

Mosspennoch, Vandalism and Neglect, 2012

This grand mansion on Clarendon Street has been unoccupied and crumbling for many years. In 2011 it was occupied by homeless people resulting in a fire and some internal and external damage. It is now boarded up and surrounded by security fencing. There has been no action on the part of the owners to repair or restore the building.

4084 reads

Damage to Yarra Park from cars - summer 2012

Photos of indiscriminate parking at Yarra Park during the summer of 2012.

A call to the MCC improved the situation around the plane trees to some extent but after a couple of weeks the situation reverted.

Still, long lines of cars and trucks drive and park over tree roots well under the canopies and within a metre or so of the trunks.

4971 reads

Wellington Terrace, 2-10 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1950c.

Photograph of a five house terrace on the corner of Wellington Parade and Hoddle Street taken some time between 1941 and 1953, probably towards the end of this date range.

4201 reads

Mentmore, 412 Albert Street, East Melbourne - 1949c.

Photograph of 412 Albert Street, East Melbourne taken by Colin Caldwell circa 1949.

State Library of Victoria description:
"Mentmore", No. 412: Terrace house with Ionic columns supporting porch, decorated balustrade at roofline with name "Mentmore" imprinted in the pediment.

2917 reads

332-334 Albert Street, East Melbourne - 1949c

Photograph of 332-334 Albert Street, East Melbourne taken by Colin Caldwell circa 1949.

State Library of Victoria description:
332-334: Double storey terrace houses with front doors adjoining, arched porches over front doors, corrugated iron roofs over verandahs, iron railing fence in front.

2776 reads

146 Powlett Street, East Melbourne - 1962

Photograph of 146 Powlett Street (corner Grey Street), East Melbourne taken by John T. Collins on 10 March 1962.

State Library of Victoria description: Double storey terrace on corner block, decorative ironwork on balcony and veranda.

2936 reads

396 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne - 1957c.

Photograph of 396 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, taken about 1957.

State Library of Victoria description:
Viewed from street, house with colonnaded verandah, pediment over middle section in front of door, upper section including roofline bow shaped with balustrade along roofline, iron railing fence in front of house.

2759 reads

Eason Family Album - Varzin, 108 George Street, East Melbourne - 1910-1930

Scanned family album of the Eason family who lived at Varzin, 108 George Street, East Melbourne. Photos are dated from 1910 to 1930 and include many activities at Varzin but also family groups, celebrations and holidays.

3971 reads

Amorique, 115 Hotham Street, East Melbourne

Colour photo of Amorique, a timber framed weatherboard house at 115 Hotham Street. The building was demolished in 1979 to be replaced by a block of flats called Amourique (note the change in spelling).

3242 reads

Cliveden, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1887

Scanned copy of wood engraving of proposed residence of Sir W.J. Clarke on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Streets, East Melbourne. The building is described as "Italian Renaissance style, large private residence on corner of Clarendon St. and Wellington Pde; Mr. S. Armstrong, builder; Messrs. Wardell and Vernon, architects."

7044 reads

Victorian Deaf Society, Jolimont Square, Jolimont - 1942c

Pictures of Chatsworth, a building in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942. Jolimont Square was owned and occupied by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004. See also in catalogue item emdf0071 pictures of the same building taken by J.T. Collins in 1964.

4909 reads

Victorian Deaf Society, Jolimont Square, Jolimont - 1964

Pictures of buildings in Jolimont Square, Jolimont taken by J.T. Collins in 1964. Jolimont Square was owned and used by the Victorian Deaf Society from 1924 to 2004.
See also catalogue item emdf0070 for a picture taken by Ritter & Jeppesen Studios circa 1942.

3627 reads

Puntophobia - Fear of Punt Road

Cartoon by Andrew Weldon in The Age 27 March 2012.

2734 reads

Geological Museum, 55 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne

Scanned lantern slide of the Geological Museum of Victoria taken by John Henry Harvey. The museum was built 1909 and demolished 1965.

3103 reads

Geological Museum, 55 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne - 1949

Scanned photo of the Geological Museum, Macarthur Street, East Melbourne taken by Colin Caldwell in 1949. The building was built in 1909 and demolished in 1965.

4178 reads

Geological Museum, 55 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne - 1910c.

Scanned photograph of the Geological Museum, Macarthur Street, East Melbourne taken some time between 1910 and 1920. The photographer is not identified.

4036 reads

Geological Museum, 55 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne - 1963

Scanned photo of the Geological Museum, Macarthur Street, East Melbourne, probably taken by John T.Collins in 1963. (See history of the item below.)

3125 reads

Cliveden Mansions and the Jolimont railway line, East Melbourne - 1930

Scan of watercolour painting by Len Annois in 1930 of a view towards Cliveden Mansions looking from the western end of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. The picture shows the railway tracks, an electric train heading towards Princes Bridge railway station, and Cliveden Mansions prominent in the background.
[The railway line from Princes Bridge to Heidelberg was electrified in 1921.]

4207 reads

Wellington Parade and Cliveden, East Melbourne - 1930

Scan of watercolour painting by Len Annois in 1930 of a view towards Cliveden Mansions looking from the western end of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.

4208 reads

Fitzroy Gardens & Melbourne from the site of Cliveden - 1885

Scan of a painting of Fitzroy Gardens and Melbourne by Charles Norton in 1885 as viewed from the site of Cliveden Mansions. The painting is in watercolour and gouache.

3272 reads

Cliveden Mansions - interior of a drawing room - 1901c.

Scanned photo of the interior of a drawing room in Cliveden Mansions taken circa 1901.

5071 reads

Cliveden Mansions, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1968

Scanned photograph of Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne, taken by John T. Collins on 23 June 1968.

6865 reads

Mygunya, 92 Vale Street, East Melbourne - 1885 and 1962

Two pictures of East Melbourne residents in front of Mygunya, 92 Vale Street, East Melbourne. The first of the family of Peter Hill taken in 1885. The second of Myra Young taken in 1962. Myra, about to leave for a holiday in Singapore and Hong Kong, is smartly dressed and sporting the latest beehive hairdo.

4524 reads

10 Gipps Street, East Melbourne - 1968c.

A series of photos taken circa 1968 by John Collins of 10 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. It was a very narrow two storey terrace in a very dilapidated condition at that time.

3033 reads

Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne

Scanned glass transparency of the old Treasury Building taken by John Henry Harvey. The date is unknown but the format of this picture and the nature of Spring Street suggest that it was taken in the earlier phase of John Henry Harvey's creative work, possibly during the 1890s.

8318 reads

Fitzroy Gardens - selected photos by John Henry Harvey - 1890c-1920c

Series of scanned glass lantern slides of Fitzroy Gardens by John Henry Harvey.

9973 reads

Cairns Memorial Church, East Melbourne

Scan of glass lantern slide of the Cairns Memorial Church, East Melbourne by John Henry Harvey.

4540 reads

Powlett Street, East Melbourne, picket gate in an established garden

Scanned glass lantern slide of apicket gate in an established garden in Powlett Street, East Melbourne. Photographer John Henry Harvey

3049 reads

White swans on the Lagoon, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Scanned glass lantern slide of white swans and ducks on the Lagoon, Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, by East Melbourne photographer, John Henry Harvey.

4960 reads

St. Patrick's College, East Melbourne

Scan of toned glass lantern slide of St Patrick's College taken from Fitzroy Gardens by John Henry Harvey.

4672 reads

Balcombe family of the first East Court, 122 George Street, East Melbourne

Brochure provided by "The Briars", Mt. Martha, giving the history of the Balcombe family who built and lived in the first East Court at 122 George Street, East Melbourne.

4425 reads

New Kiosk, Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne - 1960c.

Scanned postcard of the new kiosk in the Fitzroy Gardens probably taken during the 1960s.

3692 reads

Aerial view of St. Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne - 1945c.

Postcard of aerial photograph of St Patrick's Cathedral, East Melbourne circa 1945. Scanned by the State Library of Victoria from a glass negative.

5217 reads

People of Mercy - A History of Mercy Hospital for Women 1971-2004

A book by Lesley Alves giving a history of the East Melbourne Mercy Hospital for Women from 1970 to 2004.
Contents:
Beginnings
Structures and Restructures
Family Centred Care
Teaching Hospital
Hospital in the Community
Spirit of Mercy

4095 reads

Property Valuations in vicinity of proposed Mercy Hospital - 1951

A letter dated 26 April 1951 from C.H. Beauchamp, valuer, to Mr. Bernard Nolan, solicitor, reporting valuations of three properties on Clarendon Street from the Grey Street to Gipps Street. The properties were "Verona", 132 Clarendon Street; 146 Clarendon Street, the most northerly house of "Fitzroy Terrace"; and "Clarendon", 150 Clarendon Street.

2882 reads

Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne - Helen Monkivitch, 2012

Selection of images shown in a presentation to the East Melbourne Historical Society on 18 April 2012 by Sr. Helen Monkivitch A.O. about the history of the Sisters of Mercy and the Mercy Hospital for Women in East Melbourne.

6227 reads

Bishop Charles Perry - 1860c.

Picture of Bishop Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne from 1848 to 1876. The State Library of Victoria dates the picture between 1857 and 1863.

3609 reads

Dr. John Singleton - 1864

Photo of Dr. John Singleton taken by Thomas J.J. Wyatt in June 1864. The photo is from an album which belonged to Thomas Lewis Singleton, 1847-1922.

6125 reads

Gwyllehurst, Lot 4 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1860

Photograph of Gwyllehurst, residence of John Gill, apparently taken 1860.
[There is an address written at the bottom of the original image held by the State Library of Victoria. It is incorrect. (It was in fact the address of the photographer Charles Norton).]

3442 reads

Front garden of Gwyllehurst, Lot 4 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1859

Painting of the front garden of Gwyllehurst, residence of John Gill, Wellington Parade, East Melbourne done in 1859 by Charles Norton.

3378 reads

Darling Square, East Melbourne - 1916

Photograph of Darling Square taken by John Henry Harvey in 1916. Simpson Street is to the right, Gipps Street in the background. Queens Bess Row can be discerned in the distance through the winter's mist. A large birds nest can be seen in one of the bare elm trees.

4726 reads

175 Powlett Street, East Melbourne - 1873c.

Photograph of 175 Powlett Street East Melbourne taken about 1873. At the time the house was the home of Henry Bunney and his family.
The picture is described, "Viewed from road: Two storey terraced house, with wrought iron balcony and verandah rails, Henry Bunney's children Fred, Isabella and Grace on front porch, cobbled guttering in foreground."