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Catalogue

This is the East Melbourne Historical Society catalogue showing a brief summary of each item.
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Eastern House

Catalogue number: 
emvf0387
Content or description: 
Photo of apartments at Eastern House, 174 George Street.
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  • 1918 reads

View from Kev Franzi's roof

Catalogue number: 
emvf0388
Content or description: 
Photo is taken from the roof of house at 166 Wellington Parade and shows the top of the house's turret in foreground, and view over Yarra Park and the Melbourne Cricket Ground beyond. Government House and the Shrine are in the distance. Photo is very blurred.
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  • 1892 reads

River vista

Catalogue number: 
emvf0389
Content or description: 
Proof photo on non-photographic paper. Scene from river bank towards city. The location would now be Birrarung Marr. Man sitting on park bench and reading a newspaper in foreground.
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  • 1959 reads

Boy in Powlett Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0390
Content or description: 
Photo of John Fleming as a child. He is sitting on the median strip in Powlett Street and behind him is a partial view of the house at 36 Powlett Street, home of Dr. Julian Smith. Also visible are houses near the corner of George Street.
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  • 1961 reads

The Cardboard Crown

Catalogue number: 
embk0020
Content or description: 
Family saga set over three generations in Melbourne and England. Based on the lives of the a'Beckett and Boyd families of Melbourne. Contains some references to East Melbourne, and Bishopscourt in particular.
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  • 1518 reads

City of Melbourne Conservation Schedule: Omitted Buildings

Catalogue number: 
emvf0391
Content or description: 
Correspondence and research notes submitted to City of Melbourne to have included in the updated Conservation Schedule some buildings which had been omitted from the original 1983 schedule. At the same time it had been proposed to remove from the new schedule the buildings which had been given an E grading in 1983.
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  • 1826 reads

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Catalogue number: 
embk0021
Content or description: 
Best selling crime novel set in Melbourne of the 1880s. Part of the action takes place in Powlett Street and Fitzroy Gardens.
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  • 1722 reads

Holy Trinity Annual Reports

Catalogue number: 
emvf0392
Content or description: 
Holy Trinity Annual Reports of 1997, 1999 and 2002.
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  • 1471 reads

Agents of Change: women's social reform networks in Melbourne 1890-1940

Catalogue number: 
emvf0393
Content or description: 
An occasional paper given to the Friends of the Library (Queen's College). Vida Goldstein is one of the women mentioned. She was a pupil at PLC.
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  • 1727 reads

Mercy Hospital Closure and Redevelopment

Catalogue number: 
emvf0394
Content or description: 
Series of newspaper clippings about the closure and redevelopment plans for the Mercy Hospital. Includes relocation of mothers and babies, and fond memories of a former patient. Apartments to be known as 150 Clarendon Street. Photos. Continuing stories.
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  • 1847 reads

4/58 Vale Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0395
Content or description: 
Auction brochure and newspaper clippings about auction of Apartment 4 at Minerva, 58 Vale Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 23 July 2005. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1560 reads

Aerial view of East Melbourne and surrounds

Catalogue number: 
emvf0396
Content or description: 
Detail of large aerial photo in colour shows inner Melbourne from Edinburgh Gardens in North Fitzroy in the north to Port Phillip Bay in the south, and from Abbotsford in the east to the docks in the west.
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  • 1746 reads

Victorian Historical Journal April 2005

Catalogue number: 
emrp0001
Content or description: 
Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. April 2005.
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  • 1538 reads

Elm Watch

Catalogue number: 
emvf0397
Content or description: 

Newsletters contain articles relating to the work of the Friends of the Elms and to the care and maintenance of elm trees. Much relevant to the trees and parks of East Melbourne. From 2002 to 2017.
The final issue includes 26th Annual Report.

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  • 1581 reads

East Melbourne News 2005

Catalogue number: 
emvf0398
Content or description: 
Newsletters for 2005. Also Updates.2005. Items on matters of local concern. Community news.
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  • 1655 reads

174 George Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0399
Content or description: 
Brochures advertising auctions of apartments at 174 George Street. Photos. Plan.
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  • 1673 reads

2/6 Webb Lane

Catalogue number: 
emvf0400
Content or description: 
Brochure advertising auction of Apartment 2, 6 Webb Lane, scheduled for 19 March 2005. Photos. Plan.
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  • 1734 reads

33 Gipps Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0401
Content or description: 
Brochure advertising sale of 33 Gipps Street [2005]. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1699 reads

91 Gipps Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0402
Content or description: 
Brochure advertising auction of 91 Gipps Street scheduled for 4 June 2005. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1629 reads

1 Powlett Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0403
Content or description: 
Collection of brochures and newspaper cuttings advertising the sale of various apartments at 1 Powlett Street. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1635 reads

1 Palmer Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0404
Content or description: 
Brochure advertising auction of 1 Palmer Street scheduled for 6 August 2005. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1764 reads

53 Powlett Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0405
Content or description: 
Collection of brochure advertising sales of units at 53 Powlett Street from 2005. Photos.
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  • 1592 reads

7-Eleven Hold-up

Catalogue number: 
emvf0408
Content or description: 
Article about hold-ups at convenience stores. East Melbourne 7-Eleven was the subject of an armed robbery on 2 July 2005. Photo.
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  • 1608 reads

City end

Catalogue number: 
emvf0406
Content or description: 
Two copy photographs taken from 'the Streets of Melbourne from Early Photographs' published by The Herald and Weekly Times, 1984. One shows view down Macarthur Street with Parliament House to the left and the Treasury to the right, St. Patrick's Cathedral is in the distance. The other, possibly taken from the roof of St. Patrick's, looks south over the Treasury which is viewed from the back.
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  • 1841 reads

Sir Rupert III

Catalogue number: 
emvf0409
Content or description: 
Newspaper clipping about the Clarke family and their hereditary baronetcy.
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  • 1606 reads

Gun Alley Murder

Catalogue number: 
emvf0407
Content or description: 
Reviews of book entitled 'Gun Alley, Murder, Lies and Failure of Justice' by Kevin Morgan. A study of the investigation of the 1922 murder of 11 year old Alma Tirtschke in the city. The author believes there was a miscarriage of justice and the wrong man was hanged. Alma lived with her grand-mother in Jolimont Road.
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  • 1970 reads

Vic developers want filling in on policy

Catalogue number: 
emvf0410
Content or description: 
Newspaper clipping about the metropolitan planning strategy, Melbourne 2030, and concerns that it does not give enough direction on the matter of infill housing. Relevant to East Melbourne only generally, but includes photo over Yarra Park towards the city.
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  • 1642 reads

Holy Trinity history

Catalogue number: 
emvf0411
Content or description: 
A collection of copies of photos and documents pertaining to the history of Holy Trinity Church. Includes typescript copy of 'The Story of the Century 1864-1964'; information about the building and its contents including memorials; past incumbents; some births, deaths and marriages; significant parishioners; events.
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  • 1746 reads

Trinity Hall history

Catalogue number: 
emvf0412
Content or description: 
A collection of copies of photos and documents pertaining to the history of Trinity Hall.
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  • 1543 reads

Longstaff's Letter

Catalogue number: 
emvf0413
Content or description: 
A copy of a letter written by Sir John Longstaff to a Mr. Whitcher in response to an enquiry about his painting 'Breaking the News'. The letter is written on personal notepaper printed with his address and phone number. Longstaff lived at 118 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.
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  • 1637 reads

Eric William Tulloch

Catalogue number: 
emvf0414
Content or description: 
Biographical notes; the story of Tulloch's murder; photocopy of article by Gordon Sargood from Melbourne Grammar School Archives.
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  • 2221 reads

Eric William Tulloch

Catalogue number: 
emvf0415
Content or description: 
Two copy portrait photographs of Eric Tulloch. Both in army uniform.
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  • 2010 reads

Bishopscourt miscellany

Catalogue number: 
emvf0416
Content or description: 
Variety of items pertaining to Bishopscourt. Copy of woodcut illustration of Bishopscourt. Illustrated booklet by Wendy Dwyer of history of the house and garden. Photocopy of article in Your Garden October 2002. Photocopy of sketch by Charles Joseph La Trobe of Bishopscourt dated 1853. Photocopy of article and photos in The Australasian, 4 October 1902.
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  • 1641 reads

Victorian Historical Journal October 2005

Catalogue number: 
emrp0001-200510
Content or description: 
Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. Victorian Place Names Issue. October 2005.
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  • 1485 reads

East Melbourne Historical Society Newsletter: March, June, September 2006

Catalogue number: 
emvf0417
Content or description: 
Vol. 7, 2006 with articles on Isabelle Anderson; a 1958 scheme to build over Jolimont railway tracks; Robert Huckson, builder; Congregational Church; changing face of Berry Street; Fanecourt, 144 Gipps Street; history of the library site, 122 George Street.
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  • 1740 reads

Mozart

Catalogue number: 
emvf0418
Content or description: 
Real estate article about Mozart, 105 George Street scheduled for auction on 14 February, 1987. Also copy photo of Mozart c.1975, from the Burchett files held in the East Melbourne Library.
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  • 1762 reads

St. Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne: a guide

Catalogue number: 
embk0022
Content or description: 
A guide to St. Patrick's Cathedral. Covers its history, architecture, furniture and fittings, the architect (William Wardell) and Music. Extensively illustrated.
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  • 1664 reads

East Melbourne, Grey Street 151, Worsley

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Catalogue number: 
emvf0419
Content or description: 
Photograph of Worsley, 151 Grey Street (2 Grey Street pre-1890), now the site of the Mercy Private Hospital. Photo shows a symmetrical, single storey, double fronted house, with arcaded verandah. The house was built c. 1867 for Henry Hall, chemist. Architects: Austin & Ellis. Builders: Leech & Bricknell.
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  • 3085 reads

East Melbourne, Grey Street 151, Worsley - research papers

Catalogue number: 
emvf0420
Content or description: 
Research notes establishing history of Worsley (see VF 419). Family history notes showing relationship between original owner, Henry Hall, and researcher, Joan Glover. (Rev. Edward Fethers, a locum vicar at Holy Trinity, was also part of this family.) Copy of map giving purchasers of land in Crown Land Sales, 1858. Copy of Cox map of 1866.
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  • 2043 reads

112 Hotham Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0421
Content or description: 
Brochure and newspaper cutting about auction of 112 Hotham Street, scheduled for 15 October 2005. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1856 reads

123 Grey Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0422
Content or description: 
Brochure for sale of Lisnamoe Terrace, 123 Grey Street, with closing date scheduled for 15 October 2005. . Auction brochure for 12 May 2007. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1805 reads

84 Powlett Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0423
Content or description: 
Brochure and newspaper cuttings about auction of Samarang, 84 Powlett Street, scheduled for 15 October 2005. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1683 reads

26 Berry Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0424
Content or description: 
Brochure and newspaper cutting about auction of 26 Berry Street, scheduled for 12 November 2005. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1679 reads

78 Simpson Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0425
Content or description: 
Brochure and newspaper cutting advertising sale of 78 Simpson Street, and later auction scheduled for 1 April 2006. Photos.
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  • 1681 reads

48 Grey Street

Catalogue number: 
emvf0426
Content or description: 
Brochure and newspaper cutting about sale of 48 Grey Street, with closing date scheduled for 27 January 2006. Photos. Plans.
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  • 1634 reads

Demolition of Public Toilet

Catalogue number: 
emvf0427
Content or description: 
Newspaper clippings about controversial demolition of a toilet block in the Fitzroy Gardens. Photos. 2006.
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  • 1747 reads

In control of your lifestyle

Catalogue number: 
emvf0428
Content or description: 
Newspaper clipping about Lifestylers Group and its director, Natalie Morey.
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  • 1634 reads

Way we were

Catalogue number: 
emvf0429
Content or description: 
Newspaper clipping showing a series of old photos from Melbourne's past. Included is photo of MCG during Billy Graham's visit in 1959; and Ola Cohn working on The Fairies Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens.
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  • 1590 reads

Sale of Nauruan hostel

Catalogue number: 
emvf0430
Content or description: 
Newspaper clippings about sale of Art Deco building on corner of Garden Avenue and Wellington Parade which was owned and used by Nauru as a hostel for Nauruans seeking medical treatment in Melbourne.
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  • 1702 reads

Vietnamese changing face of Catholic priesthood

Catalogue number: 
emvf0431
Content or description: 
Newspaper clipping featuring Father J. Bui Duc Tien of St. John's Church in East Melbourne.
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  • 1627 reads
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