historic architecture, 1920s, regency

A Brunswick bound cable set with a longer bogie trailer car travels along Royal Parade, Parkville with a number of men and women seated on the dummy. The buildings in the background are the University of Melbourne and the side street behind the tram is College Crescent with a 'Hail Cars Here' sign attached to a telegraph pole. Royal Parade is wide with service lanes separated by rows of short trees either side of the main roadway. The cable tracks with inspection hatches every 10 metres can be seen. These hatches allowed 'oilers' (workmen) to grease the pulleys that supported the constantly moving cable. A horse drawn cart, motor truck and pedestrians are also shown. Yields information about Royal Parade cable tramsBlack and white photograph with note on rearPencil note on rear: 'H594'cable set, bogie trailer car, royal parade, parkville, dummy, university of melbourne, college crescent, hail cars here, inspection hatches, oilers, grease, horse drawn cart, motor truck, brunswick

Photograph of W5 801, inbound to the City, route 19 in Royal Parade after crossing Brunswick Road. Tram has adverts for Gauloises cigarettes and Phillips. In the background is a Total service station, an Ampol service station with large advertising boards for Lucas automotive equipment and and Insurance Company. Photo 1960's prior to installation of marker lights. Photographer unknown.Yields information about W5 801 and the intersection of Royal Parade and Brunswick Road.Slide - AGFA black/white plastic mountniltramcars, tramways, tram 801, w5 class, royal parade

The photograph shows the bus/cable tram transfer or changeover during the conversion of the Brunswick line from cable to electric trams at the Leonard St crossover. This changeover occurred from 17/11/1935 to 11/1/1936. There are three MMTB buses, one cable tram in the view along with a pointsman cabin and a number of people. The photograph shows the layout of Royal Parade with lights, new poles for the future electric trams and the bluestone slabs for the kerbing known as dinosaur teeth. Yields information about the changeover between cable and buses during the conversion of the Brunswick St line late 1935.Digital image of a photographroyal parade, conversion, cable trams, buses, leonard st

Pamphlet - 2 fold DL printed on gloss paper, titled "Royal Parade Parkville - Tram Improvement works", June 2006 giving details work as part of the Think Tram project, mainly the installation of raised dividing strips. Has locos of the Vic Govt, VicRoads and Yarra Tramstrams, tramways, royal parade, trackwork, vicroads, yarra trams

Notes 6 pages, pinned together, giving details, opening dates, terminals, depot entries, sheave pits, curves, for the Elizabeth St to Sydney Road Brunswick terminating at Moreland Road via Royal Parade. Items 2064 to 2075 within box 72.3 in a brown folder marked "MT&O Co." red pencil on the front cover.trams, tramways, mto co, cable trams, drawings, reports, surveys, elizabeth st, sydney rd, royal parade, brunswick

Photograph shows an inbound cable tram - bogie trailer in Royal Parade Parkville at Walker St. The building behind the tram remains in 2024. Photo copied from another photograph.Yields information about Royal Parade in the 1920sPhotograph, black and white, plain back.trams, tramways, cable tram, royal parade, parkville

buildings, royal parade, architecture

This photo was published in the 1961 edition of the International House magazine, Satadal, with the caption, 'Get-togethers over coffee provide welcome breaks from study, and give opportunity for relaxed discussion'.1961 Satadal inscribed in pen on reversestudents, accommodation

This is the fifth house that Anthi Chilianis lived in before she was married. It was in Royal Parade, opposite the University of Melbourne. A coloured photograph of a lady standing outside a two story Federation style read brick house, which has a cream picket fence. Two cars are parked in the street in front of the house.chillianis

Constantine and Toula Black (Mavrokefalos) and their five children, Nina, John, Ellie, Rita and Olga lived in this house which was in Royal Parade in Parkville.A black and white photograph of a two storey Federation style brick house with a white picket fence which has been built on a corner block.

Anthi Chilianis is standing outside the first house her family lived in when they arrived from Greece in 1921. It was in Royal Parade, Parkville opposite the University of Melbourne. Her family shared the house with Olga Black's parents, Efstathia (Toula) and Constantine Mavrokefalos, until they moved into their own home.In the early days of arrival in Melbourne many Ithacan families shared homes or took Ithacan boarders. A coloured photograph showing 2 views of a double storey Victorian terrace house taken from opposite sides. A lady is standing outside the house in both photographs.

Photo from the 1979 Annual Intercollegiate Trike Race from Portsea to Melbourne won by International House, featuring the flag of International House and their handmade Trike.Colour Photograph Nonestudents, international house, sport

Set of 4 Posters - printed on paper with an adhesive backing for: .1 - "Royal Show Parade" - 17/9/1984 .2 - LaTrobe and William St services - Show Day - 27/9/1984 .3 - Doncaster Routes - ditto .4 - North Altona to City - dittotrams, tramways, moomba, showgrounds, royal show, operations, latrobe st, william st, doncaster, north altona, buses

The photograph was taken in the family home of Constantine and Toula Black (Mavrokefalos) in Parkville during the early 1920s on the christening day of their son John Black. John's sisters, six year of Nina Black and her four year old sister, Rita (Marguerita) are pictured. Also pictured from l-r: Argiro ? , who was from Adelaide; John (Panoyoti) Raftopoulos, Toula's brother; and Lily Sigalas, Greek school teacher. Lily was the sister of Alexandra Vrachna who taught two generations of Australian born Ithacan children in Greek community schools for close to 30 years.In adult life Nina Black also went on to teach Greek at the Greek Community school which opened in Melbourne in the early 1930s. She also taught Greek at the CAE and English to new arrivals in the 1960s.A black and white photograph of a man, two ladies and two little girls of a group standing in a garden. A person on the left is almost hidden.

W8693.1 Exhibition booklet with printed text and graphics in black, white and cream. The front cover features printed text and a graphic of a man, woman and child. W8693.2 A4 Stapled pages containing black and white text listing the items and artists on display. front: [printed] HANDKNITTERS GUILD INC. PRESENTS / BEDJACKETS / BOOTEES / & BALACLAVAS / EXHIBITION / RE-INTERPRETING THE HANDKNITTING OF THE / 1930s / 1940sfashion, women, knitting, crochet, home life, patterns

students, tutorials, warden

sport, students

Black and white photograph of students John Padasian (Jesselton, North Borneo) and Ral Lian Sum (Chin Hills, Burma) showing Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies the kitchen equipment at the official opening of International House, The University of Melbourne.students, events, official opening

Josevats Komikamica, a commerce student from Fiji, and John Daniel, a medical student from India, attended International House in its opening year, 1957. Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies, pictured here with the two students, attended and spoke at the official opening of International House.Black and white photograph of Josevats Komikamica and John Daniel with Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies after the official opening of International Houseinternational house, students, official opening

Intercollegiate event of social significance to the University of Melbourne and particularly International House as they were the frequent winners despite underperforming in many other sports. Featuring Dick Kennedy, Alwyn Mott, John Williams and David TrotterBlack and white photo Nonesport, international house, students

Depicts start of annual intercollegiate University of Melbourne Portsea to Melbourne tricycle race held between 1965 - 1983.Black and white photographNone

Brian Jones, pictured sitting on the desk, was the first Warden at International House, from 1957 to 1959. Paul Foo Yoon Sen was one of the first students at International House. This photograph features one of the forty-two study-bedrooms in the Clunies Ross Wing, the first building to house IH residents.students, brian jones, accommodation

International House at the University of Melbourne was Australia's first 'international house'. Its first purpose-built accommodation wing opened to residents in 1957, with the official opening the following year. The building was later named the Ian Clunies Ross Wing in honour of the first chair of the International House Council. buildings

This item is of historical significance as a record of the official opening of Australia's first 'international house'.Captioned 'Bob on the job'.events, official opening, robert gordon menzies

sport, football, students

International House at the University of Melbourne was the first residence of its type in Australia. The first accommodation building, which opened to residents in 1957, was later named in honour of Ian Clunies Ross (1899-1959), the first chair of the International House Council. 1950s melbourne, international house

In 1957, its first year as an active residential college, International House hosted a drama presentation called 'Oriental Rendezvous'. Domestic and international students from the University of Melbourne presented cultural performances, including Rajeswary Thambiah, a science student, and Lalita Rajasooria, an arts student, both of Malaysia.performing arts, fundraising

By 1962, International House had formed teams in Australian Rules football, tennis, basketball, soccer, table tennis, and chess. International House was not yet part of the formal Inter-Collegiate sport competition at the University of Melbourne, but teams played 'ad-hoc' social matches against other colleges.chess, sport