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Richard Meehan and sisters
Photo shows Richard Meehan and his sisters on board Stroud the plumber's motorbike outside their family home, 4 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Their mother Pauline nee Cooney grew up in the care of her aunt, Mary Cooney, at 1121 Hoddle Street. Pauline married Richard Meehan at St Patrick's Cathedral in 1943 and from 1952-1976 the Meehan family lived at 4 Grey Street.
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Robert McFarland
Portrait photo of Robert McFarland. Robert McFarland's father built the house at 183 Hotham Street, East Melbourne (now demolished). Robert's early life was spent there.
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Rogues of East Melbourne
A former Scotland Yard detective, John Symonds, tells how he spied on Australia for the KGB. He lived briefly in East Melbourne.
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Sale of Nina Gregory's collection
Newspaper clippings about sale of Nina Gregory's (Gregurek) antique collection. Some biographical details. Photo.
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Simply the best for Victoria's richest man
Historical article by Jenny Brown about Sir William Clark and his vast town house, Cliveden, on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street, East Melbourne. It was demolished to make way for the Hilton Hotel, now the Pullman Hotel.
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Six-Bob-a-Day Tourist
The letters of Private Thomas Gardner written to his mother and sister, Mabel from the battlefields of World War I. Interspersed with the letters is the story of Mabel's involvement with the Women's Peace Movement extracted from her diary. The Gardners' family home was Coniston, 117 George Street, East Melbourne. Some brief descriptons of the house but no photos.
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Some EMG'ers at Wynne McGrath's house
Photo shows a party in progress. The East Melbourne Group, founded in 1953 to fight inappropriate development, holds regular social functions to help raise funds for its work. This occasion was a progressive dinner with the main course held at Wynne McGrath's house, 112 Hotham Street.
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Sotheby's catalogue: Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Melbourne 25 & 26 October 2010
Catalogue of fine furniture and fine arts includes Lot 311, "an important Australian cedar and specimen wood sideboard of grand proportions carved with the pictorial history of the foundation and progress of the colony of Victoria, circa 1860-1873, by Peter McLean" Peter McLean was a resident of East Melbourne. Illustrated.
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St. John the Evangelist Church, East Melbourne - 50th Anniversary, October 14th 1979
A booklet produced for the 50th anniversary of St John's Church, corner of Hoddle Street and Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. It contains brief tributes to some of the personalities who were involved in the church over the previous years. These include:
Sister Imelda (1937-1978)
Rev Dr Greenan (1922-1936)
Father Cassidy (1936-1950)
Father Scarborough (1946-1959)
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