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Cook's Cottage

Cook's Cottage - fact sheet

A self-guided fact sheet for visitors to Cook's Cottage.

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Marvellous Melbourne and Me

Memoir of living in Melbourne in the 20th century. The author, Bruce McBrien, grew up in a house in Spring Street, Melbourne, and spent much of his social life in East Melbourne, and went to school at Yarra Park State School. Has extensive and detailed memories of a child's life in East Melbourne. Includes photos. No index.

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Preserving our heritage. Melbourne University Archives

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Newspaper clipping about the Melbourne University Archives which turned 50 in 2010. The clipping includes a photo of a participant in the Land Rights March of 26 January 1976. The photo is taken outside Captain Cook's cottage as a symbol of the British invasion. An additional point of interest is the advertised admission prices compared with the present day.

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Vandals attack Cook's Cottage

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Newspaper clipping about vandalism to Cook's Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens. The vandals sprayed the cottage with an anti-Australia day message.

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