Catalogue
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The Paddock that Grew: The Story of the Melbourne Cricket Club
Covers all aspects of the history of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Photos. Index.
- 2583 reads
More Than Just Gumtrees: A Personal, Social and Artistic History of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
A history of the society includes biographies of members. Photos. Index.
- 2379 reads
62 Wellington Parade
Existing premises 1952. Drawn by Robert H. McIntyre & Associates, architects.
- 2115 reads
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 12, 14, 16 - Floor Plan 1952
Floor Plan of 12-16 Simpson Street - existing premises 1952. [This presumably means the existing floor plan prior to a renovation.]
Drawn by Robert H. McIntyre & Associates, architects.
- 2386 reads
Parish Map of Melbourne South c1900
Parish map of Melbourne South c.1900.
Gives the names of first purchasers of all blocks of land.
Shows the Yarra River after it was straightened in the late 1890s and it shows the 1894 foot-bridge over the Yarra at Punt Road and the road for vehicle traffic on Punt Road to cross at the Anderson Street Morrell Bridge.
- 3460 reads
East Melbourne, Wellington Parade 62
Perspective drawing showing a modernised scheme for the building. Not signed but possibly by Robert H. McIntyre & Associates, architects.
- 2443 reads
East Melbourne cuttings
A collection of newspaper cuttings and documentation, mainly pertaining to 62 Wellington Parade. No dates but 1950s.
- 2368 reads
Trust News
Short biographical article about Bruce McBrien, who lived in Spring Street, Melbourne when gowing up and socialised in East Melbourne, particularly through Holy Trinity Church. Has been a speaker at society meetings. Has also contributed to oral history program.
- 2211 reads
Margaret McLean and Female Suffrage
Material exhibited to accompany talk given by Dr. Liz Rushen to the East Melbourne Historical Society on Margaret McLean, her life and her contribution to female suffrage. Meeting held 18 June 2008. Material includes several photos of Margaret McLean; photos of her husband, William McLean; her mother, Agnes Arnot; her sisters, Agnes Lucas and Mary Davies; her daughters, including Ethel McLean.
- 2260 reads
Margaret McLean and Female Suffrage
Material exhibited to accompany talk given by Dr. Liz Rushen to the East Melbourne Historical Society on Margaret McLean, her life and her contribution to female suffrage. Meeting held 18 June 2008.
- 2157 reads
East Melbourne News 2008
Newsletters for 2008. Also Updates for 2008. Items on matters of local concern. Community news.
Newsletters on-line at http://www.emg.org.au/
- 2466 reads
That was Melbourne
Photocopies of photographs of early East Melbourne buildings taken from That was Melbourne, View Productions, 1984.
- 2189 reads
Fitzroy & Treasury Gardens Masterplan
Includes history, photos, plans, plantings, features as well as conservation and maintenance program. A City of Melbourne Production.
- 2507 reads
50 Hotham Street
Newspaper clippings about the sale of the property from 2008.
- 2538 reads
Bicycle lanes for Albert Street
2008 Newspaper clippings about proposed new bicycle lanes in Albert Street.
- 2118 reads
Charles Perry Bishop of Melbourne
Biography of Melbourne's first bishop. Illustrations. Index.
- 2330 reads
Early Melbourne Architecture
A collection of photographs of early Melbourne buildings, many of them now demolished. Several East Melbourne buildings represented. Short introduction and informative captions with each photograph.
- 2332 reads
History of Football
Articles on history of football. Including Melbourne Football Club.
- 2335 reads
Joan Dunning
Order of service for Joan Dunning's funeral, includes several photos.
- 2273 reads
10 Powlett Street
Miscellaneous documents including correspondence from solicitors, Mills & Oakley.
- 2119 reads
Richmond & East Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society
Newspaper clipping. A report of the 31st Annual Report, 1891.
- 1964 reads
Wellington Parade Pharmacy
Handwritten notes pertaining to Walter Williams, pharmacist, who had his shop in Wellington Parade. Also application by his daughter, Gwenneth, for registration as a pharmacist.
- 1951 reads
9 Eades Street
File covers items relating to new apartment block at this address. The land was originally part of the Christian Brothers College.
- 2194 reads
190 Albert Street
Items relating to the apartment block built on the site of the brewery.
- 2140 reads
168 Powlett Street
Brochures and real estate clippings for 168 Powlett Street
- 2074 reads
Voices Around My Piano
A history of the Kean-Horsley family, musicians and bohemians, who lived at 33 Albert Street from 1920s to 1950s. Photos. No index.
- 2156 reads
East Melbourne News 2009
Newsletters for 2009. Also Updates for 2009. Items on matters of local concern. Community news.
Newsletters on-line at http://www.emg.org.au/
- 2509 reads
A Path is Set
A history of Catholicism in Victoria from the arrival of the first priest, Father P.B. Geoghegan, in 1839 until 1862 under Bishop James Alipius Goold. Includes index and some photos.
- 2333 reads
Catholic Ladies' College: The first hundred years 1902-2002
A history of the school. Photos. List of students. No index.
- 3485 reads
Parliament House Victoria
A descriptive brochure of Parliament House. Includes brief history. Many photos. Plan.
- 2332 reads
Three Neglected Writers of the 1930s: Jean Campbell, 'Capel Boake' and 'Georgia Rivers'
A writer of romance novels, Jean Campbell lived in East Melbourne from the 1920s to the 1950s, primarily in an apartment at 17 Powlett Street. Includes portrait photo. Article in The La Trobe Journal No. 83, May 2009.
- 2168 reads
The influence of environmental thought in Melbourne's nineteenth-century public gardens
An article on Clement Hodgkinson's place in the history of Victoria's public parks and gardens. Photos. In Australian Garden History, Vol. 20 No. 1, July, August, September 2008.
- 2116 reads