Sculpture
Adam Lindsay Gordon statue
Newspaper article about Adam Lindsay Gordon and his statue in Gordon Reserve.
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Back to the Bronze Age
Newspaper article about the work of Louis Laumen, the sculptor responsible for the Parade of Champions in Yarra Park, Victor Trumper at the MCG, and St. Francis and St. Catherine at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Photos. The Age, 14 June 2003, Review, p. 7.
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By George, It's Gordon of Khartoum!
Newspaper article about the statue of General Gordon in Gordon Reserve and its recent classification by The National Trust.
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East Melbourne Historical Society Newsletter: February, June, September 2005
Vol. VI, 2005. Three issues a year. Newsletter gives news of Society's activities and short articles relevant to the history of East Melbourne and Jolimont.
February articles:
'Jolimont 1879', an edited version of an article entitled, 'Typhoid Fever connected with Milk Supply', by H.B. Allen, M.D.
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East Melbourne, Yarra Park, Scuptures
Newspaper clippings about Melbourne City Council's crackdown on sculpture in parkland and how it will affect Melbourne Cricket Club's proposed avenue of statues. Photo. March-May 2003.
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Fairies' Tree
Newspaper clipping about The Fairies' Tree, Fitzroy Gardens, sculpted by Ola Cohn in the years 1931-1934.
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General Charles George Gordon statue - Spring Street - 1890c
Bronze statue of Gordon, standing on high pedestal. With inscription which reads:
ERECTED BY
THE PEOPLE OF VICTORIA
TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES GEORGE GORDON
MAJOR-GEN ROYAL ENGINEERS
WHO FELL AT KHARTOUM
JANUARY 26 1885
Sculpture by Hamo Thornycroft. A second casting of an earlier statue on the Thames Embankment in London.
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Haunted house
Two photographs. One shows house at 35 Powlett Street. The house is almost entirely covered in creeper. The second coloured photo shows the sculpture outside the I.C.I. Building in Albert Street. Also photocopy with inscription by donor.
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Inge King - obituary
Obituary of sculptor, Inge King (1915-2016) whose relevance to East Melbourne lies in her commission by the architectural firm of Grounds, Romberg and Boyd to design the Dewdrop Fountain, sometimes known as the Fountain of the Birds, which stood in the Fitzroy gardens until 1980.
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Ola Cohn and The Fairies' Tree
Postcard showing photograph of Ola Cohn at work carving The Fairies' Tree in the Fitzroy Gardens. The photo appeared in the Argus newspaper on 3 November 1932.
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