Art & Entertainers
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Bernard O’Dowd (1866-1953) was a radical writer during Australia’s Federation. He was fierce opponent to...
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Charlie Vaude - a Northcote resident - was a very successful and popular radio personality and comedian from...
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In May 2004 Joseph Brown (1918 - 2009) donated the major part of his collection of Australian art to the...
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Born Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch in St Kilda in 1904, Freda was the first child of Carl August Adolph and his...
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Ernest Charles Yeomans was always known as “Son” and it is quite probable that few who knew him...
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Ernest Moffitt was a skilled painter and musician who lived in Yarra Street Alphington. Born in Bendigo in...
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Famous actor, director, producer and writer. Spent early childhood years on a farm in Reservoir. Attended...
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Johnny Chester grew up and went to school in Preston (Tyler Street, Bell Primary and Preston Technical...
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Joseph Verso was the father of Charles Verso who was a prominent Councillor and Mayor of Northcote. He was a...
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Leonard Weir, like Margaret Nisbett, was a Preston born singer who founded a career from their singing. At...
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At 18 years old, Preston born Margaret Nisbett was selected to play the role of Gilda in the opera...
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Marie Pitt, like her partner Bernard Patrick O’Dowd, was a radical writer of the Federation period. She had...
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Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company was formed in the mid 1880s in Launceston by James Joseph Pollard and...
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Sarah Susanna Bunbury arrived in Melbourne with her husband, retired naval captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury in...
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Preston's first picture venue, the Star Theatre on the south-eastern corner of High and Gower Streets opened...
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Born Patricia Lamond Lawman on 29 March 1932 in Sydney, Toni became a veteran cabaret singer and entertainer....
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William Frater was born on 31 January 1890 at Ochiltree Castle, near Linlithgow in Scotland. His father (also...
