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Fight to save the Ola Cohn Centre

East Melbourne

  • 41-43 Gipps Street

Building names

  • Ola Cohn Centre

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Acquisition number: 
1778
Catalogue number: 
emvf1009_15
File name: 
emvf1009_15
File location: 
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Two items pertaining to the planned sale of the Ola Cohn Centre which would have meant the loss of the building to its occupiers, The Melbourne Society of Women Sculptors and Painters.

1. A letter to members of the East Melbourne Group seeking support in fighting the sale. 

2. A newspaper clipping from similar date outlining the issue. 

The fight was ultimately successful and the building was not sold. 

Item type: 
Newsclipping
Building name: 
Ola Cohn Centre
Subject address: 
43 Gipps Street, East Melbourne
Related content: 
Myra Anderson folder
Author: 
Misha Ketchell
Date of publication or creation: 
2002-05
Year acquired: 
2024
Donor: 
Myra Anderson
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