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Houses

Mr. Cooke's House

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Copy of pencil drawing of Mr. Henry Cooke's House, then known as Egglestone Villa. A later owner Thomas Welton Stanford called it Stanford House. Later again it was the Arms of Jesus Babies' Home. Originally a prefabricated house, believed to be the first private house in East Melbourne.

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Open House Day

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Five typescript pages giving brief histories of five houses that were open as part of a fund raising open day c.1976. The notes were prepared by the owners of the houses at the time. A copy of a sixth history from the archives of Holy Trinity is also included.

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Plan for Mansion

Article about revised development plans for Mosspennoch site. Leader, 27 Sept. 2004.

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Port Phillip Colonial 1801-1851

Book published on occasion of like named exhibition at State Library of Victoria. Covers early Government Buildings and surveys. Includes Lonsdale and his cottage, La Trobe and his cottage. Illustrations.

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Queen Bess Auction

Real estate advertisement for Rubra, 72 Hotham Street, part of Queen Bess Row, inviting expressions of interest closing 12 Nov. 2004.

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Queen Bess Row

Article on history of Queen Bess Row.

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Real Estate Ads

Real estate advertisements for various houses in East Melbourne. Some unidentified. Line drawings. Photos.

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Sale and Demolition of 'Cliveden' in East Melbourne

Short item about sale and demolition of Cliveden. Includes useful background detail. Editor's note in The Victorian Historical Magazine, August 1968.

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St. Anne's 154 Gipps Street East Melbourne - 1970

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Photograph of St. Anne's, 154 Gipps Street, just prior to its demolition in 1970. It is now part of the Mercy Hospital site. The house was previously known as Stokesay.

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Stylish house

Newspaper article about the forthcoming sale of 157 Gipps Street. Also cards adversing the property. Photos.

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