Sport

Melbourne Football Club looks for new home

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emdf0381

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Newspaper clipping reporting on the proposal by the Melbourne Football Club to use part of Gosch's Paddock for its new headquarters. The Club had previously tried to obtain the use of part of Yarra Park.

156 reads

Monument to Harold Parsons

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emvf0565

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Information and photographs about Harold Parsons, champion motor cyclist who was killed in an accident. A monument in his memory stands in Weedon Reserve, corner of Wellington Parade and Hoddle Street, East Melbourne.

1601 reads

Reflections

Catalogue number:

empf0010

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Selected images reproduced from the book, Reflections, 150 Years of The Age, published by Transworld Publishers, 2004. Includes photos of city by James Noone in 1871 from a high point, possibly Parliament House roof. Sporting identities at East Melbourne sporting grounds. Pope Paul VI's visit at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

1839 reads

Sausages and memories

Catalogue number:

emvf0842

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Newspaper article by Paul Daffey about Holy Trinity Church and its connections with Australian Rules football, particularly with Arthur Mueller 'Joe' Pearce, a member of the congregation, star footballer and WW1 hero.

1595 reads

Shire link to cricket's Ashes

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emdf0370

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Newspaper clipping about the life of Janet, Lady Clarke and particularly about the story of The Ashes which took place at Rupertswood, her home near Sunbury. A cricket match was played between the Clarke household and the visiting English team. The English team lost and Lady Clarke, as a joke, is said to have presented the captain, Ivo Bligh, with the little urn containing some

88 reads

Swimming in Rod Laver Arena

Catalogue number:

emdf0189

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Newspaper clipping about the World Swimming Championships to be held in a temporary pool constructed inside the Rod Laver Arena. Preliminary troubles included leakage. After the Championships most of the water in the pool was to be piped to the lake in the Royal Botanic Gardens, and the rest to water distressed elms.

1616 reads

The Ashes

Catalogue number:

emvf0313

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Publicity material for Rupertswood, the country home of the Clarke's of Cliveden, East Melbourne. Includes leaflet giving origin of The Ashes and the story of Ivo Bligh and Florence Morphy, briefly residents of East Melbourne. Photos of Rupertswood.

1818 reads

The Glasshouse: a new building for the Collingwood Football Club

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emdf0382

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Newspaper clipping gives description of the newly completed building constructed for the Collingwood Football Club to provide additional function facilities to those already available in the Club's main building, the old Olympic swimming pool. The building was designed by Croxon Ramsay Architects with interiors by Hecker Guthrie.

102 reads

The Paddock that Grew: The Story of the Melbourne Cricket Club

Catalogue number:

embk0041a

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Covers all aspects of the history of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Photos. Index.

2018 reads

Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall

Catalogue number:

embk0067

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Book by Greg de Moore entitled "Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall" This is the story of Tom Wills - flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules Football.

2053 reads

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Melbourne Football Club looks for new home

Monument to Harold Parsons

Reflections

Sausages and memories

Shire link to cricket's Ashes

Swimming in Rod Laver Arena

The Ashes

The Glasshouse: a new building for the Collingwood Football Club

The Paddock that Grew: The Story of the Melbourne Cricket Club

Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall

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