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East Melbourne, 144 Gipps Street,
BW photos. 4 views of Fanecourt, 144 Gipps Street. (Later divided into apartments and renamed Torrington.) A large, red brick, late Victorian house. Copies. c.1970.
- 3705 reads
East Melbourne, Hilton Hotel
4 newspaper clippings about proposed new Hilton Hotel. Drawings. Pre-1971 to July 1973.
- 3319 reads
East Melbourne, Lauriston Hall
Auction brochure for Lauriston Hall, 86 Wellington Parade scheduled for 25 October 1990. Internal and external colour photos.
- 3319 reads
East Melbourne Group Newsletter - March, August, December 1998
March, August, December 1998.
- 5028 reads
East Melbourne Group Newsletter - April, September 1999
April, September 1999.
- 5148 reads
East Melbourne Group Newsletter - February, August 2000
February, August 2000.
- 4839 reads
East Melbourne News 2003
March, May (update), June, September, November 2003.
- 5174 reads
East Melbourne, Freemasons Hospital
Victorian Heritage Register entry for Freemasons Hospital.
- 3067 reads
East Melbourne, First Deanery, Hotham Street 188
BW photo of first Deanery, Hotham Street, East Melbourne. Shows a large single storey Victorian house, and garden. Copy (2).
- 3445 reads
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 153
Auction brochure for 153 Hotham Street, scheduled for 14 November 1998. Photo.
- 2924 reads
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 179
Auction brochure for 179 Gipps Street (previously Ormiston, now Chrysalis), scheduled for 14 November (c.1998). Internal and external photos.
- 2994 reads
Benjamin, Sir Benjamin, Imperial Bank
Photocopy of title page and chapter 28, 'Sir Benjamin Benjamin and the Imperial Bank' from The Land Boomers by Michael Cannon.
- 3099 reads
East Melbourne, Queen Bess Row, Hotham Street
Newspaper clipping - letters to the Editor - about closure of Queen Bess Row and loss of cheap accommodation in East Melbourne due to demolition or conversion. Photocopy (2). The Age 25, November 1986.
- 3197 reads
East Melbourne, Queen Bess Row, Hotham Street
Auction brochure for Queen Bess Row, 76 Hotham Street scheduled for 23 March 2002. Interior and exterior photos. Plans.
- 2920 reads
La Trobe, Charles Joseph
Miscellaneous items pertaining to life of Charles Joseph La Trobe.
- 2866 reads
Typhoid Fever connected with milk-supply
A paper given at the Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia. A study of an outbreak of typhoid which spread from a dairy in Jolimont in 1879. Descriptions of Jolimont include rubbish tips, sewage, drainage. Detailed description of the house and dairy, and day to day procedure. The dairy appears to be 157 Wellington Pde. Sth. Maps. Tables.
- 3058 reads
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 159, Little Parndon
Photocopy of page from Richmond and East Melbourne Sketchbook, drawings by Arno Roger-Genersh and text by Brian Carroll. Drawing of house. Brief history of Little Parndon, 159 Gipps Street, and original owner, Eugene von Guerard, and later owner, Lord Casey.
- 3484 reads
EMG miscellaneous
Circulars. (1) seeking support of oppostion to proposed hotel on cnr. of Powlett St. and Wellington Pde. 5 Jul. 1996 (2) similar , with drawing of proposed building (3) coming events, 9 Oct.
- 2888 reads
East Melbourne, Neighbourhood Watch
Editorials: August 1995, July, October 1996.
- 2932 reads
East Melbourne, Holy Trinity activities
(1) invitation to Progressive Dinner 19 April (2) circular to cooks involved in Progressive Dinner (3) Menu for Novemberfest Dinner 2002. Also orders of service and other miscellaneous ephemera. Includes card with photo showing interior of church.
- 2885 reads
Melbourne City Council miscellaneous
Miscellaneous circulars and correspondence from City of Melbourne about planned work and planning applications.
- 2969 reads
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 058.
BW photo of 58 Clarendon Street, shows a large late Victorian, free standing, two storey house. C. 1902-1912.
- 3710 reads
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 157
Sale notices, February 2000. Sale notices, brochures and newspaper clipping, from December 2004. Photos. Plan.
- 3054 reads
Parks and Recreation: our commitments
MCC strategy plan for parks and recreation, 1996.
- 2858 reads
Odgers W. H.
Photocopies (2) and transcripts (2) of obituaries, photocopy of death certificate, entries from P.O. directories.
- 2978 reads
East Melbourne, Grey Street 128-132.
BW photos. 3 views of 128-132 Grey Street. Terrace of three two storey houses. C. 1963.
- 4536 reads
East Melbourne, Grey Street 114
Series of four photos of 114 (or 122?) Grey Street. Timber (pre-fab) house. Taken by J.T. Collins dated from 5 December 1962 to 8 December 1963. Demolished. Now the site of the Unitarian Church.
- 3497 reads
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 118, Crathre House
BW photo of Crathre House, 118 Gipps Street. Previously known as Crathie Hospital, Crathie Apartments, The Bungalow. Large Victorian house. 1976. Internet print (SLV, picture collection accession no. H95.200/769).
- 5127 reads
East Melbourne, George Street - 1910c.
BW photo. George Street, bottom block, looking west. Shows elm trees in street. C. 1910.
- 3258 reads
East Melbourne, Grey Street - 1910c
BW photo. Grey Street, looking south. Shows plane trees in street. C. 1910.
- 3509 reads
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street, Verona and Fitzroy Terrace
BW photos of Verona, corner Clarendon and Gipps Streets. Very large Victorian house. Demolished. 1902-1934. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H86.77/13. And also of Fitzroy Terrace, Clarendon Street.
- 5662 reads
East Melbourne, Macarthur Street
BW photo. Macarthur Street, East Melbourne, looking north east from Carpentaria Place.
- 3639 reads
East Melbourne, Gisborne Street - 1913c
BW photo. Gisborne Street - looking south. 1913-1914. Probably taken from the Melbourne Fire Brigade lookout tower.
St Peter's Church, on the corner of Gisborne and Albert Streets, is in the immediate foreground.
- 3640 reads
East Melbourne, Fitzroy Gardens, Poplar Avenue - 1930c.
BW photo. Fitzroy Gardens, poplar avenue. 1920c. Internet print. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H32492/7449.
- 3797 reads
Aerial view of Melbourne looking east towards East Melbourne - 1938
BW photo. Aerial view of city looking east, East Melbourne in distance. Circa 1938.
Digital image from glass negative approx. 10.0x12.5 cm.
Original is very faded. Contrast has been adjusted digitally.
(State Library of Victoria, picture collection accession no. H91.160/536).
- 5465 reads
East Melbourne, Aerial view - 1962
BW photo. Aerial view shows Fitzroy, East Melbourne, City. 1962. Internet print. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H92.20/7247).
- 4688 reads
View from Parliament House towards Fitzroy - 1865c
BW photo. View from Parliament House over Albert Street towards Fitzroy. Carlton Gardens are in the distance. Shows 6 terrace houses, C & J Smith Collingwood Saw Mills and Timber Yard, C. White & Co. Brassfounders and Gasfitters, R. Hyde & Co. Marine Storemen, Baptist Church without portico. c.1865.
Internet print. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H88.22/4).
- 3640 reads
East Melbourne, Darling Square Map
Photocopies of 2 maps. (1) MMBW of northern part (from George Street to Victoria Parade.) of East Melbourne c. 1890-1907. (2) MCC map of Darling Square c. 1880-1900. The maps show different layouts for Darling Square.
- 5225 reads
East Melbourne, Brief history
Internet printout from Monash University site. History, notable buildings land grants in East Melbourne.
- 6447 reads
Jolimont,18 Jolimont Terrace
Newspaper clipping - real estate article about forthcoming auction of The Crib, 18 Jolimont Terrace Interior and exterior photos.
- 3846 reads
Water pipes under Yarra Park and other water stories
Newspaper articles relating to Melbourne's water supply. One explains the laying of new pipes under Yarra Park. Another tells of the background to the building of the Yan Yean reservoir. Another reports on the recycling of water used when Rod Laver Arena was converted to a swimming pool for the World Swimming Championships. The water was afterwards piped to the Botanic Gardens lake. Photos.
- 3744 reads
East Melbourne, Art Deco buildings
Newspaper article about an important group of late 1930s apartment buildings in George Street and Garden Avenue, East Melbourne, designed by Illiffe Anderson.
- 3850 reads
East Melbourne, Dogs, Rod Goodwin
Newspaper article about living with pets in the city.
- 3557 reads
Victorian Historical Journal November 1999
Founders Issue. Articles and reviews on a variety of aspects of Victoria's history. November 1999.
- 2924 reads
For the Upholding of Womanhood.
Discusses the rise of hostels providing accommodation for the growing number of young girls coming to Melbourne in search of work during the inter-war years. One of these was Chalmers Hall in East Melbourne. Victorian Historical Journal November 1999 pp 116-127.
- 2823 reads
Victorian Historical Journal March 2000
Confronting Cruelty. Articles and reviews on a variety of aspects of Victoria's history. March 2000.
- 2692 reads