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The Patrician 1965
St Patrick's College school magazine. Contains news of the year's activities. Notes of past and present students. Photos.
- 405 reads
The Patrician 1957
St. Patrick's College school magazine. Contains news of the year's activities. Notes of past and present students. Photos.
- 228 reads
The Patrician 1966
St Patrick's College school magazine. Contains news of the year's activities. Notes of past and present students. Photos.
- 222 reads
The Patrician 1959
St. Patrick's College school magazine. Contains news of the year's activities. Notes of past and present students. Photos.
- 206 reads
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 102
New print
The information accompanying this photo was given simply as Two Women Outside Family Home, East Melbourne, 1918.
The house can be identified as one of four in Canterbury Terrace, Powlett Street, either numbers 86, 90, 102 or 106.
- 255 reads
Victorian Historical Journal June 2023
Articles on aspects of Victoria's history
1872 Education Act Sesquicentenary Issue. All articles relate to education in Victoria over the past 150 years.
Includes:
Yarra Park State School No. 1406. The First 25 Years. Ian Hind
- 297 reads
Jolimont, Wellington Parade South 101, Redcourt
Photo of large red brick house in the Queen Anne style, with terracotta roof and pebble dash panels.
The house was built in 1902 for Mrs Tabitha Ball, one of the founders of Ball and Welch, department store.
- 331 reads
History in newspapers
A file of newspaper cuttings from the late 1990s relating to Melbourne’s early history. Some relate to East Melbourne.
117 George Street – a report of the sale of Coniston, 117 George Street, East Melbourne. Mentions previous owner Mabel Goodyear. (1996)
- 283 reads
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.
- 360 reads
Some of the Fruits of Fifty Years: Annals of the Catholic Church in Victoria
The book contains short individual histories of Catholic institutions and buildings in Victoria. With photos.
These include St Patrick's Cathedral; St Patrick's College; Christian Brothers' Schools, East Melbourne (Parade College).
- 266 reads
The Consecration of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1897
This booklet is a reproduction of the 1898 orginal commemorative booklet published to record the consecration of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on Sunday 31 October 1897, and the events that surrounded the occasion.
- 246 reads
Daniel Mannix: His Legacy
Daniel Mannix: His Legacy is about a controversial Irish-born twentieth-century Catholic archbishop of Melbourne. Twelve writers offer fresh views of Mannix's religious and political activities and of his influence in both Australia and Ireland.
- 230 reads
Footprints. Vol 34, No. 1. June 2019
The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and A Gothic Architect. A catalogue for the exhibition held at the Old Treasury Building Museum 31 July 2019-March 2020.
Includes images and plans of St Patrick's Cathedral, as well as portraits and religious paintings. Many are from the Melbourne Diocesan Heritage Collection.
- 242 reads
Footprints. Vol 28, No 2. December 2013 AND Vol 29, No 1. June 2014
"May I write to you ... ?" The correspondence between Daniel Mannix and F.W. Head (1929-1934).
Daniel Mannix was Catholic Archbishop and F.W. Head was Anglican Archbishop. The correspondence concerned the Eucharistic Procession Controversy,
The letters are given in their original form, as well as transcriptons. With commentary.
- 4616 reads
Footprints. Vol 37, No 1. June 2022
This edition of Footprints celebrates the 175th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diocese of Melbourne and the Appointment of the first bishop, James Alipius Good OSA, 1847.
2 copies.
- 324 reads
Footprints. Vol 37, No 2 & Vol 38, No 1. December 2022 & June 2023
This double edition celebrates the 125th Anniversary of the Consecration of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, 1897 and the Development of the Cathedral site from 1848.
A wealth of information about the founding and development of the site. Includes many photos and plans.
2 copies.
- 325 reads
Victoria Brewery c.1920
Black and white photo (new print) showing the Victoria Parade facade of the Victoria Brewery. An extensive fleet of delivery trucks is lined up in front of the building.
- 586 reads
Sight and Sound News 1964
Sight and Sound, a Bi-Monthly Journal of the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital.
This issue includes articles on medical advances, work of the auxilliary, and short social notes.
- 210 reads
Sight and Sound News 1965
Sight and Sound, a Bi-Monthly Journal of the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital.
This issue includes articles on building development, hospital administration, medical advances, work of the auxilliary, and short social notes.
- 206 reads
Sight and Sound News 1967
Sight and Sound, a Bi-Monthly Journal of the Royal Eye and Ear Hospital.
This issue includes articles on building development, hospital administration, medical advances, work of the auxilliary, and short social notes.
- 177 reads
The Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Annual Report 1954
Annual Report of the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital for year ending 31 March 1954.
Includes photos of children, unnamed, playing and undergoing hearing tests.
- 188 reads
Jolimont, Jolimont Road 140. Title document
Original Certificate of Title Vol 1386, Fol 277076 printed on vellum.
- 246 reads
George Robertson of Melbourne 1825-1898 Pioneer Bookseller & Publisher
A biography of George Robertson of Melbourne. (Not to be confused with George Robertson of Sydney (1860-1933.) Robertson arrived in Melbourne aboard the Great Britain in 1852. He quickly opened a shop in Russell Street before moving to Collins Street, between the Athenaeum and the Baptist Church.
- 176 reads
Firefighter's funeral 1968
On the 2 March 1968 a grass fire broke out in Alphington, near Melbourne. Two fireman, Sub-Station Officer Gordon Bruce Adams, and Senior Fireman Eric Jamieson, suffered severe burns. Both later died in hospital. Jamieson on 3 March and Adams on 23 March.
- 644 reads
Anzac Day 1970. Roy Brockfield leads Metropolitan Fire Brigade contingent
Roy Brockfield is seen leading the Metropolitan Fire Brigade contingent at the Anzac Day parade in 1970. He was chosen to lead as he was by then the only surviving WWI veteran in the MFB. Brockfield worked at the Eastern Hill Fire Station for 45 years, many of them as foreman of the workshops.
- 654 reads
Magnolia Court - brochure
Brochure advertising Magnolia Court as boutique hotel, c.2000. The property has a long history as a guesthouse/private hotel and is noted as a place where visiting stage performers would stay. Since then it has become run down. A planning permit for an upgrade has been granted, however work has not started and the property is on the market.
- 552 reads
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 200, Rosebank
Black and white photo of Rosebank, 200 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. It shows a two-storey, double fronted house with cast iron verandah and balcony. Downstairs the front door is flanked by bay windows, while upstairs there are three tri-partite windows.
- 595 reads
Who needs a car?
Rebecca and her daughter and dog demonstrate a popular form of local transport used by parents to convey their small children between East Melbourne and Melbourne Girls Grammar School in Anderson Street, South Yarra.
- 26 reads
"Painter": a Covid-19 lockdown story
A homeless woman who went by the name of Painter was amongst a number of homeless people accommodated at Birches Apartments in Simpson Street, East Melbourne, during the Covid lockdowns in 2020-21.
- 29 reads
Frances Burke: The Fabric of Modernism
An interview with Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs about their new book Frances Burke, Designer of Modern Textiles. The article provides an extensive overview of Burke's work as a textile designer.
Frances Burke lived in East Melbourne for all of her adult life.
- 21 reads