Harvey
Darling Square, East Melbourne - 1916
Photograph of Darling Square taken by John Henry Harvey in 1916. Simpson Street is to the right, Gipps Street in the background. Queens Bess Row can be discerned in the distance through the winter's mist. A large birds nest can be seen in one of the bare elm trees.
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East Melbourne, Nineties
An early resident tells of his memories of East Melbourne in the 1890s. Several names and houses are mentioned. EMHS Newsletter February 2002.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 078
Single storey, double fronted bluestone cottage. The veranda is not original.
The house was built in 1859 for Robert Sperring. He added a kitchen in 1862, and then, using builder, Josiah Messiter, he added a veranda in 1864. N.K. (Norman Kinamond) Harvey lived in the house as a child and later wrote of his memories:
Geological Museum, 55 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne
Scanned lantern slide of the Geological Museum of Victoria taken by John Henry Harvey. The museum was built 1909 and demolished 1965.
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Holy Trinity interior
Photo of interior of Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne The church was completed in 1906. According to Laurence Moore, church warden and organist at Holy Trinity, the organ currently in the church was installed in 1913 replacing the one shown in the photo which was on loan. These two dates set the limits for the photo as 1906-1913.
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Old Treasury Building, 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne
Scanned glass transparency of the old Treasury Building taken by John Henry Harvey. The date is unknown but the format of this picture and the nature of Spring Street suggest that it was taken in the earlier phase of John Henry Harvey's creative work, possibly during the 1890s.
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Powlett Street, East Melbourne, picket gate in an established garden
Scanned glass lantern slide of apicket gate in an established garden in Powlett Street, East Melbourne. Photographer John Henry Harvey
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St. Patrick's College, East Melbourne
Scan of toned glass lantern slide of St Patrick's College taken from Fitzroy Gardens by John Henry Harvey.
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