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Cliveden Mansions - interior of a drawing room - 1901c.

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Scanned photo of the interior of a drawing room in Cliveden Mansions taken circa 1901.

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Coalition of the angry line up against sell-off

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Newspaper clipping reporting on peoples' anger over the proposed sell-off of the old Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital in East Melbourne. The state government claims it is surplus to its needs but the public view is that the site is such an important one it should be kept for public use and re-purposed.

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East Melbourne Group Yarra Park Election Flyer

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This flyer (pdf attached) was prepared and distributed by the East Melbourne Group prior to the Victorian State Election in November 2018

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 246, Sherwood

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The Argus of 30 March 1940, p. 22 ran a block advertisement describing Sherwood, 246 Albert Street as 'New Modern, Dignified City Home' just completed. Front flats £3/7/6 per week; rear flats £2/7/6. In 1947 Joan, the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Sherwood of Sherwood, 246 Albert Street was married in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Possibly the Sherwoods owned the building.

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