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Salad Days
In the Victorian era, when architectural style leaned heavily towards the Italianate, one East Melbourne house stood out. It was beautifully depicted by artist, William Tibbits, in 1879.
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Informant saw Joe Pearce killed
Arthur Mueller “Joe” Pearce enlisted to fight in the Great War on August 17, 1914.
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That was then; this is now
Suppose you stand on the corner of Powlett Street and Wellington Parade looking east. In that case, you would see the 7-Eleven store, the dry cleaner, a couple of cafes, the Il Duca restaurant and, at the end of the line, the Post Office, an unassuming, utilitarian modern building.
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Vernon Ransford: the elegant left hander
The holiday season is with us and top level cricket at the MCG makes its seasonal appearance in the East Melbourne area. The high point is the Boxing Day Test, this year being an Ashes series against England. The MCG was the place where Test cricket was born in 1877 and was also the venue of the first One Day International in January 1971.
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Queen Bess Row and Madam Midas
Queen Bess Row, 72-76 Hotham St, is possibly East Melbourne’s most remarked-upon building.
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Remembering the Great War
On November 11 every year we remember the dead of the Great War and especially our Australian dead, those young men who, in loyalty to England and with a sense of adventure joined up in their thousands, leaving behind families, jobs, friends and thinking they’d be “home by Christmas”.
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East Melbourne at work
East Melbourne in the past was generally regarded as a purely residential suburb with little commercial or industrial activity except for the large and very visible enterprises of the Bedggood shoe factory in Jolimont and the Victoria Brewery in Victoria Parade.
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Melbourne’s first buses were horse-drawn
In the late 19th century, the only forms of public transport available to people living in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne were horse-drawn cabs and omnibuses. Suburban rail lines and cable trams to those suburbs were not established until the late 1880s.
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Dr Samuel Peacock of Eastbourne House
Eastbourne House stands on the corner of Wellington Parade and Simpson St in East Melbourne. It is a two-storey building of 16 rooms, with a large balcony overhanging Simpson St, and is classified by the National Trust.
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In mid-May I was crossing the wedge of green space on the north-west corner of the intersection of Hoddle St and Wellington Parade/Bridge Rd known as Weedon Reserve.
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Council working to bring life back to Carlton’s night-time scene
Meet Krougt, fresh from Iceland
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