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People of East Melbourne

This is a list of biographies of residents of East Melbourne.

This project started to commemorate the soldiers and nurses who went to Europe to serve in World War 1. But it has grown from there to cover biographies of any and all residents of note.

Along with many of their fellow Australians people from East Melbourne flocked to enlist. Many were heroes. Many lost their lives or suffered horrific physical or mental injuries. At home family and friends worked, endured and suffered consequences that were sometimes terrible and persisted long after the war.

Major-General Michael O'Brien gave us a starting point with a list of East Melbourne people who served in WW1. He spoke to the Society in April 2013 to give us some context to the period and to help the EMHS prepare for its own commemorations of this most devastating period in our history.

Everyone can participate by gathering or documenting information:

  • Photos, memorabilia and family records
  • Stories in books, newspapers and on-line
  • Memorial plaques in churches and public places
  • War memorial, church, national and state archives

You can refine the list by applying the various filter criteria and go to a particular detailed biography by click on the title.

BERMAN, Margaret

Date of birth: 
1923
Biographical notes: 

Margaret (Peggy) Berman (1923-2002)

Margaret Berman. The Age
  • 2750 reads

DAVITT, Ellen

Biographical notes: 

Ellen Davitt is best remembered as a pioneer educationalist in her role as the first superintendent of the Model School, East Melbourne, which once stood on the island site now occupied by the Royal College of Surgeons.  She and her husband, Arthur, who held the senior position of principal, resided and worked at the school from its foundation in 1854 until 1859. 
 

  • 1452 reads

MOUCHETTE, Berthe

Biographical notes: 

Berthe Mouchette, nee Lion, was born in 1846 at Forcalquier, Provence-Alpes-Cotes d’Azur, France.  She studied painting, gained qualifications as an art teacher and developed into an admired artist in her own right, exhibiting regularly at the Salon.
  

  • 1381 reads

MATHER, Esther

Biographical notes: 

Enid Esther Mather was born on 6 January 1910 in Queensland.  She was the daughter of William Mandeville Ellis L’Estrange and his wife, Mary Emmeline, nee Alder.  William was an electrical engineer and administrator who became managing director & chairman of directors of the City Electric Light Co., Brisbane.  Esther, as she was known, grew up in the now heritage listed famil

  • 1087 reads

MURPHY, Agnes

Date of birth: 
1869
Biographical notes: 

Agnes Gillian Murphy was born in Ireland but that is as much as we know about her early life.  She appears to have arrived in Melbourne about 1884 on a visit to her sister, Elizabeth (Lily), who was already living here.  She was first employed transcribing legal documents but in 1885 managed to persuade Maurice Brodsky to take her on as a contributor to his new magazine, Table Tal

Agnes Murphy. Punch, 11 Mar 1909, p.19
Agnes Murphy and Aimee Moore. The Herald, 17 Jun 1929, p.22
  • 1325 reads

BRAHE, May

Date of birth: 
1884
Biographical notes: 

Mary (May) Hannah Brahe (née Dickson) was born at 23 George Street, East Melbourne (now part of Georgian Court B & B) on 6 November 1884.  Her father was Richard Dickson, a Melbourne-born cordial manufacturer.  Her mother died when May was 12 years old.  She had, however already taught May to play the piano and May’s musical interests were further fostered at Stratherne Girls

  • 1154 reads

CLARKE, Janet Marion

Biographical notes: 

Janet Marion Clarke was born on 4 June 1851 at Doogallook Station on the Goulburn River, Victoria, the eldest of nine children of the affluent landowner Peter Snodgrass and his wife Charlotte.

  • 1254 reads

MAXWELL, May

Date of birth: 
1876
Biographical notes: 

From the time when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India to the landing on Mars – this was the span of the interesting life of May Maxwell, who died at the age of 100 in 1977 at 157 Wellington Parade South Jolimont, which had been her home for sixty years.

A youthful May Maxwell. Australian Media Hall of Fame
May Maxwell. Australian Media Hall of Fame
  • 1083 reads

LA TROBE, Sophie

Biographical notes: 

Born Sophia de Montmollin, in Neuchâtel, a French speaking town in Switzerland, Sophie was the eighth of sixteen children. Sophie grew up in an imposing town house and M. Montmollin was active in public affairs as befitted his noble birth, the family having been prominent citizens of Neuchâtel for two hundred years.

  • 1405 reads

Larkins, Frank Lockwood

Date of birth: 
1899
Biographical notes: 

Frank Lockwood Larkins was the twin brother of Brian Lockwood Larkins. The twins were born to Margaret and Walter Larkins on 20 March 1899. They had four sisters, but these are un-named in records. Frank Larkins left school at the age of thirteen to attend the new Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay, NSW, and was part of its first intake in 1912.

  • 535 reads
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