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Sport

Monument to Harold Parsons

Catalogue number: 
emvf0565
Content or description: 
Information and photographs about Harold Parsons, champion motor cyclist who was killed in an accident.
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  • 1520 reads

Reflections

Catalogue number: 
empf0010
Content or description: 
Selected images reproduced from the book, Reflections, 150 Years of The Age, published by Transworld Publishers, 2004.
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  • 1757 reads

Sausages and memories

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Catalogue number: 
emvf0842
Content or description: 
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 footbal
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  • 1480 reads

Shire link to cricket's Ashes

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Catalogue number: 
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 betwee

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  • 11 reads

Swimming in Rod Laver Arena

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0189
Content or description: 
Newspaper clipping about the World Swimming Championships to be held in a temporary pool constructed inside the Rod Laver Arena. Preliminary troubles included leakage.
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  • 1524 reads

The Ashes

Catalogue number: 
emvf0313
Content or description: 
Publicity material for Rupertswood, the country home of the Clarke's of Cliveden, East Melbourne.
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  • 1745 reads

The Glasshouse: a new building for the Collingwood Football Club

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Catalogue number: 
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 C

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  • 6 reads

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

Catalogue number: 
embk0041a
Content or description: 
Covers all aspects of the history of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Photos. Index.
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  • 1938 reads

Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall

Catalogue number: 
embk0067
Content or description: 
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 ofte
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  • 1970 reads

Warne to be cast in bronze

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Catalogue number: 
emdf0250
Content or description: 
Newspaper clipping announcing that Shane Warne's will be the next statue to take its place in Yarra Park. It will be the first of the Australia Post Avenue of Champions.
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