Eastern Hill Fire Station

East Melbourne, Victoria Parade, c.1905

Postcard, BP Series, colour print. The reverse is divided into a space for a message and a space for the address. This format first appeared in Australia in 1905.

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Eastern Hill Fire Station

A black and white postcard published by Robert Jolley, Melbourne. It is postmarked Hamilton 14 November 1906, but is earlier as from 1905 all postcards were printed with a vertical line down the centre, allowing for a message on one side and the address on the other. This postcard has no vertical line.

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Fire Station, Victoria Parade, Eastern Hill, East Melbourne. Electoral Rolls of 1934 and 1936

1 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at the Eastern Hill Fire Station, East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1934 and 1936.

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Firefighter's funeral 1968

On the 2 March 1968 a grass fire broke out in Alphington, near Melbourne. Two fireman, Sub-Station Officer Gordon Bruce Adams, and Senior Fireman Eric Jamieson, suffered severe burns. Both later died in hospital. Jamieson on 3 March and Adams on 23 March.

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Harold Freedman: the big picture

A book on the work of Harold Freedman, artist best known for his painted and mosaic murals. Known in East Melbourne as the creator of The Legend of Fire mosaic mural which adorns the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarters in Albert Street. This work is covered in detail. Multiple coloured illustrations. Index.

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Interview with Bruce McBrien (1926-2013)

In 2006 the East Melbourne Historical Society collaborated with the Australian Catholic University to conduct oral histories with 15 East Melbourne residents.

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Melbourne Eucharistic Congress 1934

Souvenir of the National Eucharistic Congress, Melbourne, 1934
Highly detailed panoramic photo taken by H.M. Walker from the parapet of the Eastern Hill Fire Station.
The photograph shows the special papal legate Cardinal MacRory standing on the balcony of Mount St Evin's Private Hospital with white-robed church dignitaries and thousands of the faithful packed the Parade.