Welfare Institutions
Berry Street 140 Years: Restoring Trust and Hope
A history of Berry Street, formerly Berry Street Babies Home. Numerous photos, mostly unidentified, which show life inside the Home.
- 900 reads
East Melbourne, Berry Street
Newspaper cliipping - historical. Photos The Age, 1 November 2002. Also clipping announcing that Berry Street will move out of East Melbourne. 19 October 2005.
- 2417 reads
East Melbourne, Old Men's Shelter
Tells of the background leading up to its establishment and the history of the Old Men's Shelter in Powlett Reserve. EMHS Newsletter September 2002.
- 2264 reads
East Melbourne, Old Men's Shelter, Powlett Reserve
Source material for article in EMHS newsletter September 2002. Includes photos, Heritage Victoria report to Heritage Council, MCC minutes, Heritage Victoria statement of significance.
- 2283 reads
For the Upholding of Womanhood.
Discusses the rise of hostels providing accommodation for the growing number of young girls coming to Melbourne in search of work during the inter-war years.
- 1732 reads
Looking back Looking forward
The story of 'Berry Street' Child and Family Care 1877-1977. Berry Street was founded in 1877 in Fitzroy as 'The Victorian Infant Asylum'.
- 956 reads
No Longer by Gaslight: The First 100 Years of the Adult Deaf Society of Victoria
History of the Deaf Society from 1884-1984. Includes much information about Jolimont Square and conversion work undertaken. Photos. Index.
- 2642 reads
Push to add police site to Yarra parkland
Newspaper clipping about proposal by Melbourne City Council to demolish old police station and add the land to Yarra Park, along with former army barracks site on Swan Street, as compensation for l
- 1513 reads
Shelter protected
Newspaper clipping reporting that Mary MacKillop House in Albert Street, East Melbourne, has been added to the register of Heritage Victoria.
- 1260 reads