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New Boundary Hotel Newsletter
In 1991 chef Lino d'Angelo leased the dining room of the New Boundary Hotel to run his Restaurant Menage. This newsletter lists the various activities planned at the restaurant including music nights and wine appreciation courses. The newsletter also reproduces an article by Claude Forrel about the new restaurant.
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Madame Midas
Copy of the book, Madame Midas, Fergus Hume's second book after his best-selling The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, with an introduction by Simon Caterson. The book was first published in 1888. It is a story of crime set in the Ballarat goldfields.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 080 - documents
Documents relating to the property at 80 Gipps Street, East Melbourne 1. Original Certificate of Title on vellum (cancelled) showing successive ownership of land from 1934 (Mary Ellis and Bernard Evans) to 1995 (Raj Vasudeva) 2. Seven photocopied A4 pages each a section of a large blueprint plan, no date but circa 1935.
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East Melbourne, Grey Street 053, 055, 057, 059, 061, 067
The photo shows four two storey terrace houses and a single storey double fronted house. The terrace was known as Eamont Terrace. The two houses on the left were built in 1862, and the two on the right in 1866. The single storey house was built in 1867. This dates the photo between 1867 and 1871 when another pair of matching terrace houses were built to the left of the existing ones.
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East Melbourne, Grey Street 061
A photo of the house at 61 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Two women, possibly members of Peter Hill's family, stand at the gate. Peter Hill was the original owner of the house, which was built in 1867. It stayed in the family until 1912. The left hand window of the house has been replaced by a bay window. The plaque over the doorway shows the name of the house, Belle Vue.
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Berry Street 140 Years: Restoring Trust and Hope
A history of Berry Street, formerly Berry Street Babies Home. Numerous photos, mostly unidentified, which show life inside the Home. One photo of particular interest to East Melbourne (p.22), and which is not identified, is the old Police Hospital that was part of the Richmond Barracks and was the building the institution first moved into in 1881 after leaving Fitzroy where it was founded.
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East Melbourne, Wellington Parade South 039 - 1954
Digital copy of coloured slide. Photo shows remodelled terrace house, once identical to its neighbour. The house has had further remodelling since.
The first tenant to live in the house was Mrs Blair and her adopted son, Aboriginal boy, Lani [for further see link below]
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William Shiels born 1847 Glasgow
Portrait of William Shiels, barrister, born 1847 in Glasgow. Son of William Shiels and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Burrell) who owned the James Watt Hotel in Spencer Street. He owned as investments two houses in Canterbury Terrace, Nos 88 and 106 Powlett Street, East Melbourne.
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East Melbourne, George Street 054
Auction brochure for auction of 54 George Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 28 November 2015. Colour photos. Plans
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 127
Auction brochure for auction of 127 Gipps Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 20 May 2017. Colour photos. Plans
The house was sold for $4,275,000
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 45
Auction brochure for auction of Apartment 6, 45 George Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 8 October 2016. Colour photos. Plans.
The apartment was sold for $1,015,000
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 220
Auction brochure for auction of Apartment 3, 220 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 17 June 2017. Colour photos.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 132
Auction brochure for auction of 132 Gipps Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 7 September 2017.. Colour photos. Plans
The house sold for $1,175,000.
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East Melbourne, Powlett Street 138
Auction brochure for auction of 138 Powlett Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 1 April 2017. Colour photos. Plans
The house sold for $4,150,000
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East Melbourne, George Street 190
Sale brochure for auction of 190 George Street, East Melbourne, September 2017. Description. Colour photos. Plans.
House was not sold
Also newspaper clippings relating to the same sale. Interior photo appeared on the cover of Domain along with exterior photo and short article inside the magazine.
The Age, Domain, 15-16 Sep 2017.
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East Melbourne, Grey Street 025
Auction brochure for auction of 25 Grey Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 25 February 2017. Colour photos. Plans
- 2032 reads
6 Reasons to Visit East Melbourne
Newspaper clipping giving six reasons to visit East Melbourne. The places are:
Old Treasury Building
Parliament House
Fitzroy Gardens
Fire Services Museum
Il Duca Restaurant
Mary McKillop Heritage Centre
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Coalition of the angry line up against sell-off
Newspaper clipping reporting on peoples' anger over the proposed sell-off of the old Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital in East Melbourne. The state government claims it is surplus to its needs but the public view is that the site is such an important one it should be kept for public use and re-purposed.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 079
Auction brochure for auction of 79 Gipps Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 15 October 2016. Colour photos. Plans
Sold later for $5,450,000.
- 1990 reads
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 220
Newspaper clipping reporting on sale of apartment 8, 220 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne.
The vendor was Margaret Crawford, NSW Auditor-General.
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East Melbourne offices get 'A' lift
Newspaper clippings about proposed plans to redevelop the site at 200-222 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, corner of Lansdowne Street. The new building will be eleven floors of commercial space. The developers are Time & Place and the architects are FJMT.
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Social housing 'fail' for Peter Mac site
Newspaper clipping commenting on the proposed redevelopment of the Peter MacCallum Hospital site in East Melbourne. It is proposed that the land will be come luxury apartments but Melbourne City Council has criticised the plan on the grounds that there is no provision for public housing.
- 2062 reads
High-rise to top old house
Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun (14-08-2017) about proposal to redevelop Ascot Lodge, 1081 Hoddle Street by adding to it another seven storeys. Objections have been raised over excessive height, lack of parking and over-development. The article mentions 'Scarfy', a well known identity who used to sell footy scarves from his window.
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High-rise to top old house
Newspaper clipping about proposal to redevelop Ascot Lodge, 1081 Hoddle Street by adding to it another seven storeys. Objections have been raised over excessive height, lack of parking and over-development. The article mentions 'Scarfy', a well known identity who used to sell footy scarves from his window.
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Ixom deals directly to sign anew at Orica site
Newspaper clipping reports on lease of three floors at Orica House, once ICI House, on the corner of Nicholson and Albert Street, East Melbourne. Ixom is the new tenant, renting directly from landlord, Charter Hall's Direct Office Fund.
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East Melbourne, Garden Avenue 02, 04
Newspaper clipping about sale of apartment block at 2-4 Garden Avenue, East Melbourne.
- 2026 reads
Bridge hits troubled waters
Newspaper clipping about delays to the upgrading of Swan Street Bridge. The work will provide an extra east bound lane and wider footpaths. The delay is said to be due to inaccurate original drawings.
- 2048 reads
Anti-abortion protester to make case
Newspaper clipping about Kathleen Clubb, the first person to be charged under new laws that prohibit protesters within 150 metres of abortion clinics. She will fight the charge on grounds of her constitutional right to free speech.
- 2024 reads
Swan St fix might be new footbridge
Newspaper clipping about plans to create another car lane and build a new pedestrian footpath on the Swan Street Bridge.
The article also refers to an upgrade of Hoddle Street which will involve the creation of 'continuous flow' intersections.
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A private treasury open for all gardeners to see
Newspaper clipping about gardens featured in the booklet, 'A Celebration of Gardens in Victoria'. The gardens listed were to be open to the public during the year. The scheme was created as part of Victoria's 150th birthday celebrations. It has continued each year since as the Victorian Open Gardens Scheme.
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Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist - The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett
Despite its great length (860 pages) this is a very interesting and revealing book. Wilfred, brother of our very own Winston Burchett, was a very talented and entertaining writer as well as being quite fearless and determined in following his stories in the face of great personal danger.
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Australian Official War History Vol. XII Photographic Record
PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD
OF THE WAR
REPRODUCTIONS OF PICTURES TAKEN BY THE
AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
(CAPTAINS G.H. WILKINS, M.C., AND J.F. HURLEY, LIEUTENANTS
H.F. BALDWIN AND J.P. CAMPBELL)
AND OTHERS
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 472, 476, Fairmount
Two houses of classical design with carriage way between
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 029
Art Deco block of flats of three storeys. A curved section, with three lines of windows running vertically through it, adoins a rectangular section, with windows each of six horizontal panes.
The building was designed by I. G. Anderson in 1941 [see Building History link below].
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East Melbourne, Punt Road before road widening - 1989
The original photos are mounted on foamcore board as part of an exhibition entitled 'A Picture of Diversity' which was held in 2004 by the East Melbourne Historical Society to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the East Melbourne Group.
The photos were taken in 1989 by Bruce Trethowan who later created the presentation boards for the exhibition.
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Ellen Kellet (1837-1922)
Portrait of Ellen Kellet, wife of Abraham Kellet. The Kellets were the original owners of 54 George Street, East Melbourne. Abraham founded a cartage company called Kellet & Co.
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Victorian Historical Journal November 2017
Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. In this issue there are two articles with an East Melbourne focus.
1. James Denham Pinnock: A Gentleman in Society by Liz Rushen.
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Historic East Melbourne: A self-guided walk
Brochure setting out a self-guided walk around the streets of East Melbourne. It was created by Nerida Samson, a long time resident of East Melbourne, and published by the City of Melbourne for distribution through its tourist information channels.
It is a two-sided A3 sheet folded map-like to a DL size.
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Jolimont Station
This painting by Janie Wilkinson Whyte (1869-1953) shows Jolimont Station taken from the foot bridge to the east and looking west. A steam train is shown waiting at the station and heading towards the city. The spire of St Enoch's United Presbyerian Church is in the centre distance. A part of Cliveden Mansions appears at the right hand edge of the painting.
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Yarra Park School Class Photo 1939
Class photo. Grade IV at Yarra Park State School, East Melbourne, 1939.
Tom Ovenden (born 1929), son of George Edward Ovenden and Yatala (nee Bruce) of 94 George Street, East Melbourne, is standing in the middle row, third from left (as the viewer sees it).
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Yarra Park School Teachers 1911
The photo shows three Yarra Park School teachers in 1911. On the left is Yatala Bruce (1894-1962). She was the daughter of John Vans Agnew Bruce and Sarah Grace nee Wayman. The family lived at 5 Palmer Street, Jolimont. In 1921 Yatala (Yattie) married George Edward Ovenden and the couple thereafter lived at 94 George Street, East Melbourne.
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Yarra Park School Group Photo Teachers 1911
Group photo of Yarra Park School teachers 1911. Sitting front row left is Yatala Bruce (1894-1962). She was the daughter of John Vans Agnew Bruce and Sarah Grace nee Wayman. The family lived at 5 Palmer Street, Jolimont. In 1921 Yatala (Yattie) married George Edward Ovenden and the couple thereafter lived at 94 George Street, East Melbourne.
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East Melbourne, 104 Simpson Street - before remodelling
Photo shows a two-storey terrace type house with cast iron balcony, In the 1930s the house was remodelled in the Art Deco manner.
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Finding my Australian Grandfather
English author, Douglas Johnstone, tells the story of his research and discoveries concerning the life of his grandfather, Australian Thomas Johnstone. Johnstone snr fought in WW1 with the 8th Battalion. He met and married his wife in England and had children, but wanted to return to Australia, and contact with the English family was broken. The family has no connection to Eas
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Sarah's Search: A Silk Odyssey
The story of Sarah Bladen Neill's attempts to establish a silk industry in Australia. The story concentrates on her activities in Corowa, Central Victoria and Europe, but its earliest beginnings were in East Melbourne when Sarah lived at Barkly Terrace in Grey Street (now demolished). The East Melbourne part of the story is told in one of the East Melbourne Historical
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Why Isn't She Dead!
Autobiography of Peggy Berman and in particular her pivotal role in the Public Inquiry into police abortion graft. She worked for Dr James Troup whose practice was at 1087 Hoddle Street and lived for a time at 11 George Street, across a lane from the practice.
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Peeps into the Past: a book of Melbourne's curiosities
A collection of curious facts about some of the historic sites that can be seen around Melbourne. Illustrated with line drawings.
The author Mary Maxwell, usually known as May Maxwell, lived most of her life at 157 Wellington Parade South, Jolimont
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Richmond and East Melbourne Sketchbook
Drawings of some landmark buildings in Richmond and East Melbourne with accompanying text giving historical information
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East Melbourne Group Yarra Park Election Flyer
This flyer (pdf attached) was prepared and distributed by the East Melbourne Group prior to the Victorian State Election in November 2018
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Blockbuster
Blockbuster is a biograhy of Fergus Hume but more it is the story of his famous book, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, published in 1886. It was one of the earliest dectective stories in the English language, and set in Melbourne, with many scenes taking place in East Melbourne.
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