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Museums

City Museum at Old Treasury

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Tourist brochure. A brief guide to Old Treasury's history and points of interest. Includes brief biography of architect, John James Clark. Illustrations. Plans.

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Huge fight to tackle Great Fire of 1897

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An historical article about the Eastern Hill Fire Station and the Great Fire of 1897. The fire station is now Eastern Hill Fire Museum.

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Lady Potter re-arranges Johnston Collection

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Newspaper and magazine articles giving publicity to Johnston Collection's re-arrangement by Lady Potter. Many photos. July 2004.

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  • 3795 reads

Melbourne Cricket Club Museum

Newspaper clippings about opening of new sporting museum within the new MCG stand. 2006.

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  • 2766 reads

Mines Museum

Copy of plans 30 June 1907. Laminated.

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Postcards from the Raj

Newspaper clippings about the Johnston Collection. Includes articles on new book entitled Indian Painters - British Masters about the Company Paintings in the collection. Also articles about various exhibitions. Photos.

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  • 3027 reads

Rosslynd Piggott at The Johnston Collection

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Newspaper clipping about The Johnston Collection, a house museum in East Melbourne. Each year a guest curator is invited to re-arrange the collection. This keeps the collection looking fresh and interesting. The article describes the collection as re-arranged by artist Rosslynd Piggot.

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The Johnston collection

The Johnston Collection is a museum of decorative arts. This book is an elaborate guide to the collection. It covers the life of the collection's benefactor and its history, as well as describing many of the items on show. Many colour photos.

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