Schools
A Pictorial History: Presbyterian Ladies' College 1875-2005
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AINSLIE, Margaret
The Ainslie family were natives of Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland.
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Bessie Cornwell's drawing prize
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Catholic Ladies' College: The first hundred years 1902-2002
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DAVITT, Ellen
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 Roya
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 340, 342
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180, Stanford House
A photo of c.1934 shows a large symmetrical house. The central section has a steep roof with attic windows, and is flanked by Italianate pavillions, each with a bay window.
The house is believed to be the first built in East Melbourne after the first Crown land sales of 1852 opened the suburb up to the public.
East Melbourne, Grey Street 129
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 080, Sydenham House
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 115, Amorique
A large weatherboard house with a cedar shingle roof (later covered by iron).
Robert Elwall Jacomb, the first owner of the house, was the official assignee. It was to him that an insolvent's assets were transfered, or assigned, for distribution to creditors.