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ABC-TV at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

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Colour photo shows three blue and white transport vehicles clearly labelled as belonging to ABC Channel 2. They are parked outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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Alain Mimoun heads to the finish line in the Melbourne Olympics marathon, 1956

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0177
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Digital copy of a colour slide. The photo shows French runner, Alain Mimoun, racing along Brunton Avenue towards the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the finish line of the Melbourne Olympics marathon, run on 1 December 1956. He crossed the line before anyone else had entered the arena. It was the first time he had competed in a marathon.
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Australian Open

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emvf0348
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Newspaper articles give background to decision to build new tennis centre. Includes plan of Melbourne Park.
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Dip in sporting history

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Historical article by Jenny Brown about the old Olympic Swimming Pool and other sporting arenas in the sporting precinct of East Melbourne. Includes some quotes from Professor Blainey on the origins of Australian Rules football.
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East Melbourne Cricket Club in Warrnambool

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emvf0571
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East Melbourne Cricket Club players listed on page with letterhead of The Royal Hotel, Warrnambool. Proprietor A.W. Walsh. Cricketers listed are A. Seitz, E. Healey, J. Healey, E. Gourlay, Geo. Horsburgh, S.T. Howlett, Wm. Gallery, F. Smith, A. McNaughton.
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East Melbourne Cricket Club medallions

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The photo shows two East Melbourne Cricket Club medallions. The earlier, 1912-1913, is on the right. The medallion on the left is for the Hawthorn-East Melbourne Cricket Club.
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East Melbourne Historical Society Newsletter: February, June, September 2005

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emvf0359
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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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History of Football

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emvf0585
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Articles on history of football. Including Melbourne Football Club.
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Kelvin Club

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0233
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Newspaper clipping the about Kelvin Club. The article states that the club's genesis was the Fitzroy and East Melbourne Bowling Club established in 1868 on the median strip in Victoria Parade. The site is marked on the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works map detail plan 1028, 1029, 1036, dated 1899. It lay between Lansdowne Street and Eades Street.
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Melbourne Football Club eyes off Yarra Park for training ground

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Newspaper clipping reporting on action by the East Melbourne Group and local residents to thwart the Melbourne Football Club's ambition to have part of Yarra Park for its training ground.  With a State election imminent candidates will want to keep the electorate onside.

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