Johnson
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 093, 095a - Burchett
Cottages located at top of lane between No.91 and No.95 Simpson Street.
Originally numbered as 10 - now No.93 and 10 1/2 - now No.95a. First mentioned in Directory in 1881.
1854. MCC BR: Lawrence Hanlon to build for self 2 brick and stone cottages, fronting Simpson Street.
1855. Names mentioned: Lawrence Hanlon and James Larking, each a brick cottage, 2 rooms.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 104
104 Simpson Street stands on part of Allotments E and F of Section 22. This land was in turn part of a larger block, originally allotments 14-17 of Section 22, which was granted to the Baptist Church. The land was later resumed and resubdivided creating Allotments A-F and what is now Ola Cohn Place.
First Macedonian wedding in Melbourne
Newspaper clipping about Marco Economedes and Thelma Johnson who were married at the Greek Orthodox Church in East Melbourne in 1939, the first Macedonian wedding in Melbourne.
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Gone to War as Sister: Emily Black - devoted sister; Bessie Johnson - 'retired army sister'
One of 16 illustrated panels prepared by Janet Scarfe and volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition, Gone to War as Sister, commemorating the lives and work of the many women who served as nurses in the First World War and had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.
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Jolimont, Wellington Parade South 167
Single storey house with verandah on two sides.
The house that originally occupied the corner of Wellington Parade and Jolimont Road was a single storey house of six rooms. The house took up most of its site with just a thin strip of garden along its Jolimont Road frontage. This was overlooked by a long verandah which continued around the Wellington Parade corner.