Home

East Melbourne Historical Society

Drop-down menu

  • Articles
  • People
    • Notable Women
    • WW1 soldiers and nurses
    • WW1 nurses
  • History
    • Milestones
    • Buildings
    • Community
    • People
  • Gallery
    • Maps
    • MMBW plans
    • Abortion battles
    • Bishopscourt
    • Bishopscourt garden
    • Bomb shelter
    • Buildings
    • Cairns Memorial Church
    • Early Melbourne
    • Football
    • Jean Campbell
    • Lanes
    • Margaret McLean
      • Family and home
      • Female suffrage
      • Clippings - Australia
      • Clippings - Britain
      • Clippings - USA
    • Personalities
    • Yarra Park
      • History
      • Desecration
    • Yarra River
  • Catalogue
    • Browse and Search
    • Catalogue table view
    • Site images
  • Images
  • Society
    • Activities
    • Newsletters
    • Tributes
      • John Barrie Wykes
      • Wynne McGrath
    • Publications
    • About
Home
    • Home
    • Search
    • Forum
    • Contact

Planning and heritage

East Melbourne & Jolimont Magazine Summer 2019

Local magazine published by the East Melbourne Group covering matters of local concern. Community news.

Read more ...
  • 875 reads

East Melbourne Housing Classifications - review 2000

In 2000 the City of Melbourne initiated a review of property classifications in East Melbourne.  The proposal was to remove all the properties from the Heritage Inventory which had a grading of E or F.  In the future the Inventory would only include four levels of classification, from A to D.  

Read more ...
  • 228 reads

East Melbourne, Albert Street 364-370

Image

Newspaper clipping about a new development that will take place at 364-370 Albert Street, East Melbourne.  The plans were modified from the original application and approved after a VCAT hearing. The article also mentions other major developments in the area, many of which were objectors at the hearing. 

Read more ...
  • 317 reads

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 181-189. Grounds for objecting to the VCAT appeal

A document prepared by neighbour Richard Williams, for VCAT hearing in the case of 181-189 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. The Applicant had been refused a permit by the Council to build three three-storey apartments on the site in 2014.

Read more ...
  • 1471 reads

East Melbourne, Hoddle Street 1081, Ascot - fire

Image

Newspaper clipping reporting a suspiscious fire that occured at a property in East Melbourne.  The address is not given but the property was Ascot, 1081 Hoddle Street, East Melbourne.  The property had recently been the site of a planning application for a mult-storey building.  

Read more ...
  • 283 reads

Jolimont Street planned office building 'flawed'

Image

Newspaper clipping reporting on the proposed re-development of 86-88 Jolimont Street.  Initial plans for the new office building were rejected by Council.  Report gives a detailed background to the story. 
The developer is named as Geoff Harris, philanthropist and Flight Centre co-founder.  Previous owner of the site was Cricket Victoria.

Read more ...
  • 383 reads

Kick for Demons

Image

Newspaper clipping reporting on plan by the Melbourne Football Club to build a training ground in Yarra Park with associated office building over the adjacent railway line.  Residents, led by the East Melbourne Group, strongly opposed the plan.

Read more ...
  • 191 reads

User login

  • Join EMHS
  • Request new password
  • Privacy
  • Membership
  • About
  • Contact
  • Guidelines