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The Patrician 1966
St Patrick's College school magazine. Contains news of the year's activities. Notes of past and present students. Photos.
- 627 reads
The Patrician 1959
St. Patrick's College school magazine. Contains news of the year's activities. Notes of past and present students. Photos.
- 590 reads
The Patrician 1967
St Patrick's College school magazine. Contains news of the year's activities. Notes of past and present students. Photos.
- 680 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.
- 734 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
- 891 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.
- 726 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)
- 763 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.
- 826 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).
- 714 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.
- 720 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.
- 931 reads
St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne: a brief historical guide
A historical guide to St Patrick's Cathedral, with photos and plans.
3 copies
- 703 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.
- 725 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.
- 10084 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.
- 687 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.
- 872 reads
St Vincent's Hospital, Fire Station and St Patrick's Cathedral
A colour postcard. Published by Valentine & Sons and printed in Great Britain, c.1905.
- 1002 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.
- 1589 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.
- 670 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.
- 676 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.
- 606 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.
- 635 reads
Jolimont, Jolimont Road 140. Title document
Original Certificate of Title Vol 1386, Fol 277076 printed on vellum.
- 821 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.
- 804 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.
- 1358 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.
- 1198 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.
- 1134 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.
- 1166 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.
- 524 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.
- 616 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.
- 704 reads
124 Jolimont Road - sale
Report of the sale of property at 124 Jolimont Road, Jolimont, known as Dyason House, headquarters of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Sale price was $5.7m. The property is a few doors from Eblana, 140 Jolimont Road, which also recently sold for $6.45m.
Note: the image has been reformatted for clarity.
- 1403 reads
Robert Outhwaite: His Diary and the Painting of the Stag
Robert Outhwaite was a passenger on the Stag, the same ship which in 1847 brought to Melbourne its first bishop, Charles Perry, and his wife, Frances. Frances Perry wrote about the voyage in her journals, in his diary Outhwaite gives another view.
- 1321 reads
Victorian Historical Journal December 2023
Articles on aspects of Victoria's history
Lectures:
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Histories in Early Colonial Melbourne: Country, Ancestors, and the Management of Newcomers. Karen Jones & Rachel Standfield
Protected Industries Protected Men: The Dilemmas of Wartime Servivce 1939-46. Bert Zino & Brad Underhill
- 1203 reads
Presbyterian Ladies College Image 1956
Framed drawing of Presbyterian College, East Melbourne viewed from Albert Street 1956 by Herbert Moore. Moore was an architectural draughtsman who was known for his pen and ink drawings of old buildings.
- 1175 reads
On the Street Where we Live. Glimpses from the past. Exhibition 2013
A collection of large format photos used for EMHS Open House exhibition held at The Menzies Foundation, Clarendon Terrace during Open House weekend, July 2013.
Each photo is in a protective sleeve with supporting photos included. Housed together in a Zetta Florence cardboard carry bag.
Contents as per sheet included with the photos explaining layout:
- 1110 reads
An Episode from Life in Clarendon Terrace
by Nan Hutton
From The Age, 19 May 1977
Beyond its beautiful façade, Clarendon Terrace may be a mouldering wreck today. But it was a sound and gracious building when my grandmother lived in it. In the comparatively short history of our city, this was a long time ago.
Myra Anderson folder
A folder containing a collection of photos, auction brochures and newspaper clippings relating to East Melbourne and in particular to real estate.
Myra Sutton, the donor of the collection, was on the committee of the East Melbourne Group and there are some items which relate to the work of the EMG, such as correspondence, newspaper clippings and flyers.
- 286 reads
East Melbourne, George Street 105, c.1998
Page from Inside Melbourne advertising for sale 105 George Street, East Melbourne.
There is no date but it is known that the house was listed for sale in October 1998, but was not sold.
- 259 reads
East Melbourne, George Street 115, kangaroo paw
A photo showing kangaroo paw flourishing in the front garden of 115 George Street, East Melbourne
- 280 reads
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 17, c.2010
A series of five photographs taken at 17 Powlett Street, East Melbourne. Four of the photos are different views of the front facade of the house. Two of these show the then owners of the house, Jim Nielsen (in white shirt) and Trish Nielsen (in white top) and their visitors, Myra and Bill Sutton.
- 278 reads
Nerida Samson and East Melbourne
A newspaper clipping featuring Nerida Samson who at the time was president of the East Melbourne Group. This group was fighting an application by the Anglican Church to subdivide the land on which Bishopscourt, the home of the archbishop, stands in Clarendon Street, East Melbourne.
- 291 reads
Nina Stanton's East Melbourne
Nina Stanton gives a local resident's view of living in East Melbourne. Nina was diector and curator of The Johnston Collection, a house museum in East Melbourne.
- 257 reads
A lane waiting for a name
A photo of an unnamed lane which runs south of 51 Simpson Street, East Melbourne. The photo was taken from the rear of 88 George Street and looks east. In the distance a building of red brick with a slate roor is visible. This is the side wall of Bradoc House, an apartment block at 32 George Street.
- 297 reads
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 72-76, Queen Bess Row
Photo of Queen Bess Row, 72-76 Hotham Street, East Melbourne, taken from the rear of 88 George Street.
In the foreground on the left is 81-83 Hotham Street and on the right is the rear of 77-79 Hotham Street.
- 271 reads
East Melbourne Group Newsletter - June 1995
News from the East Melbourne Group keeps members up to date about current events in East Melbourne, particularly planing applications and social events held by the group.
- 274 reads
Colleen Meldrum
Colleen Meldrum talks about her life prompted by some favourite possessions. Colleen was Lady Mayoress 1991-1992. She lived at 92 George Street, East Melbourne.
- 290 reads
East Melbourne, George Street 88, 90
A series of four photos. The first shows the rear of Nos. 88 (on the left) and 90 George Street, East Melbourne. The other three photos show the rear of 90 George Street, with the last taken from further back on the property and giving a very different view.
- 285 reads
Correspondence regarding planning issues
Three items of correspondence 1995-1996
1. Malcolm Ritchie, Melbourne City Councillor, to Myra Sutton regarding proposed hotel development corner of Wellington Parade and Powlett Street.
2. Natalie Woodley to Save Prince's Park Group; Natalie Woodley to The Age regarding public parks, especially Yarra Park
- 237 reads