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Cliveden Mansions

Aerial photo of Cliveden Mansion - 1924c

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Aerial view of Cliveden Mansions on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street, Fitzroy Gardens on left, mansion in Jolimont Terrace visible in right foreground.

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Apartment Living

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Newspaper clipping featuring the book, 'Homes in the Sky, Apartment Living in Australia', by Caroline Butler-Bowden and Charles Pickett. The article describes early apartment buildings in Australia and their part in the history of apartment living. Cliveden Mansions which once stood on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street is mentioned.
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Cliveden Mansions - Dining Room Bookings 1950s

A hand-written list of names of residents at Cliveden Mansions detailing their dining room bookings. There are columns for Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner, Trays and Syphons. Only surnames are given. The list can be dated to the early 1950s.
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Cliveden Mansions - Dining Room Bookings 1960s

Several copies of a typed list of names of residents at Cliveden Mansions prepared for dining room bookings. There are columns for Breakfast, Luncheon, Dinner, Trays, D/Room Extras and Aerated Waters. Only surnames are given. The list can be dated to the 1960s, the final years of Cliveden Mansions before it was demolished to make way for the Hilton Hotel.

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Cliveden Mansions - Ephemera

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Two items: a breakfast menu and a card (business size) giving times for meals.
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Cliveden Mansions - interior of a drawing room - 1901c.

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Scanned photo of the interior of a drawing room in Cliveden Mansions taken circa 1901.
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Cliveden Mansions 1968

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A collection of photos taken just prior to the demolition of Cliveden Mansions which once stood on the corner of Wellington Parade and Clarendon Street, East Melbourne.  The house was demolished to make way for the Hilton on the Park, now the Pullman Hotel.  It is pictured devoid of all furniture and furnishings which had been sold at auction in the previous weeks.  

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Cliveden Mansions and the Jolimont railway line, East Melbourne - 1930

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Scan of watercolour painting by Len Annois in 1930 of a view towards Cliveden Mansions looking from the western end of Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. The picture shows the railway tracks, an electric train heading towards Princes Bridge railway station, and Cliveden Mansions prominent in the background. [The railway line from Princes Bridge to Heidelberg was electrified in 1921.]
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Cliveden Mansions artifacts incorporated into house in Brighton

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Photographs of artifacts of Cliveden Mansions bought at auction in 1968 and incorporated into a house in Brighton by architect George Sommers (1904-1984). The house was designed in 1969 and built by 1971.

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Cliveden Mansions, 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne - 1968

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Scanned photograph of Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne, taken by John T. Collins on 23 June 1968.
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