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Eastbourne House

Card advertising that Board room is available for hire.. 3 copies.

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Eat Street: Wellington Parade

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Newspaper clipping featuring Wellington Parade, East Melbourne as a restaurant belt. It gives short description of six restaurants.

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Ellen Kellet (1837-1922)

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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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GG - restaurant

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Three newspaper clippings.
One is a short piece on new owners, Con Andronis, Rod Micalief and Rocky Veneziano, and their plans for the establishment of a restaurant on the ground floor of the apartment building at 150 Clarendon Street.

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Hansom Cabs

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Business card - S. Taylor, Hansoms & Waggonettes. Operated at 43 Gipps Street, now the Ola Cohn Centre. The single letter 'J' was added to East Melbourne telephone numbers in 1923; Ola Cohn bought the stables for her residence and studio in 1938; giving a date for the card c.1923-1938.

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Helen Macpherson Smith

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Newspaper clipping about Helen Macpherson Smith. She left £275,000, the majority of her wealth, to establish a perpetual philanthropic trust to benefit Victorian charitable institutions. In 2015, 64 years after her death, the value of HMS Trust’s investments totalled $104 million and almost $110 million of grants had been approved.

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In control of your lifestyle

Newspaper clipping about Lifestylers Group and its director, Natalie Morey.

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Magnolia Court - brochure

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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. 

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Memories of Bims Restaurant

Wendy Pomroy's memories of Bims and Vagn Ove Gunness and their restaurant, Bims at 366 Albert Street.   Previously the pair had taken over Mirka, Mirka Mora's restaurant in the city, which they renamed Danish Delight.

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New Boundary Hotel Newsletter

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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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