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Jolimont and repatriation
By 1917 it was apparent that repatriation services for returning service men and women were inadequate. Soldiers were arriving back in the country in large numbers, most of them damaged by illness or injury.
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Melbourne’s original aquarium destroyed by fire
Melbourne’s original aquarium was located in the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.
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The curious Mr Stanford: from East Melbourne to California
Thomas Welton Stanford arrived in Melbourne in 1860 to make money. He achieved this by quickly securing the sole licence to import Singer sewing machines. But it is not for his business success that he is primarily known.
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Pros and (mod) cons
So pronounced the Sun-News Pictorial of October 16, 1939 … “In aid of the Red Cross and War Comforts Funds Melbourne City Council has transformed the Treasury Gardens into a Garden City with an extensive lighting scheme.”
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Yarra Park State School comes back to life
Yarra Park State School in East Melbourne was located in a very prominent position – the intersection of Punt Rd and Bridge Rd.
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Bedggood: friendly footwear
Daniel Bedggood arrived in Melbourne in 1854. Almost immediately he set up a boot and shoe factory in Richmond.
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Mary Gilbert: Melbourne’s first mother
There has been much publicity lately about the large imbalance in the numbers of statues of men as opposed to women in Melbourne.
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Smelling history
Smells trigger memory just as effectively as old photos or objects.
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“Better to have a loaf on the table than a loaf in the Pub”
The Band of Hope was formed in England in 1847, with a more formal organisation set up in 1855.
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Grand Hotel Cabman’s Shelter
Cabmen’s shelters had been a feature of London streets since 1875. These little buildings provided much needed shelter for cabmen while they waited for customers.
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Gone, but not forgotten
The early days of women’s cricket
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