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Edwards

East Melbourne, Grey Street 041-043

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A pair of single storey houses in the domestic gothic style. Each has a gabled roof and attic. The gables are distinguished by scalloped barge boards with fretwork cutouts. The houses underwent alterations in the mid 1930s and masonery porches were added at this time.

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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 099, 101 - Burchett

1858. MCC BR: Thomas Geddes for self 2 houses.
1859. Names mentioned: Geddes and Lewis. Each of brick and 5 rooms.
1861. Names mentioned: Geddes - owner. Thos? Edwards and J. McKenzie.

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Gone to War as Sister: Nursing after the War

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One of 16 illustrated panels prepared by Janet Scarfe and volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition, Gone to War as Sister, commemorating the lives and work of the many women who served as nurses in the First World War and had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.

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