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Darebin Memories - The migrant stories
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Darebin Memories - Family histories
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The stories of Mernda - Bobby the horse
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The stories of Mernda - The District Road Boards
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The stories of Mernda - Watson and Paterson
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The stories of Mernda - Mr Harmer
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Darebin in World War One
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Sports in Darebin
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Darebin Community
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Darebin Memories - Oral history transcripts
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Articles
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Biographies
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- Criminals
- - Blue Anchor Push
- - Bushrangers
- - Child murder at Northcote, 1905
- - Denis Bowes (c1835 - unknown )
- - Did Squizzy Taylor rob the Thornbury Bank?
- - Doolan Brothers - Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights, Preston
- - Fairlea Women's Prison - Yarra Bend
- - Fatal stabbing at Northcote, 1902
- - Hilda Veronica Taylor - Attempted Murder
- - Orfeo Baldissera
- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 1
- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 2
- - Louisa Cockerill - Northcote Abortionist (1929)
- - Bridget Agnew - Murder/Suicide
- - William James Hatfield - Arson
- - Payroll Murder, 1938
- - Bridget Nihill - Murder/Suicide
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- Early Settlers
- - A. H. and W. Richardson
- - Abigail Foulkes
- - Aborigines
- - Agnes Glew - Bootmaker and early settler
- - Amelia Kate Allchin
- - Bastings' General Store
- - Bendall Family of Northcote
- - Benjamin Easter Johnson
- - Bundoora
- - Captain Frederick Charles Standish
- - Carl Augustus Adolph Schwaebsch
- - Catherine Oliver - Butcher
- - Chinese Market Gardens
- - Doolan Brothers - Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights, Preston
- - Edmund Matthew Bond (1831-1901)
- - Edward Peacock
- - Fairfield Park Boathouse
- - Francis Edis Beaver
- - Francis Watson - Blacksmith, Northcote
- - Frederick Pike
- - G. R. B. Steane
- - George Urquhart
- - Grindrod family - early pioneers
- - Henry Lane
- - Horace Bastings
- - Isaac Barrow (1860-1916)
- - J.C. Clinch
- - Jacob Brache
- - James Lambert
- - Joan Clinnick
- - Job Smith
- - Johann Gottleib Arndt
- - Johann Christian Kupsch
- - John Hawthorne Thomson
- - John McNamara - Baker
- - Little Sisters of the Poor
- - Major St Lawrence Webb
- - Marshall Brothers Co.
- - Merri Creek Aboriginal School
- - Merri Creek Protectorate Station
- - Moritz Heiner
- - Native Police Corps
- - Nehemiah Wimble
- - Oakover Hall
- - Philip Gough
- - Reverend Caleb and Elanor Booth
- - Reverend Duncan Fraser
- - Reverend Samuel Hector Ferguson
- - Richard Howitt
- - Richard Schlesinger
- - Robert Duff
- - Rose, Shamrock and Thistle Hotel
- - Samuel Brownlow
- - Samuel Jeffrey
- - Samuel Leakey Bartlett
- - Samuel Nathan
- - Sarah Susanna Bunbury
- - Schwaebsch Family of Northcote
- - Separation Street, Northcote
- - Shops and businesses of Northcote
- - Shops and businesses of Preston
- - Sir Andrew Clarke
- - Sunnyside
- - Tambo Park Estate
- - Thomas A'Beckett
- - Thomas Butler
- - Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937)
- - Thomas King - Butcher
- - Thomas Percival Laidler
- - Thomas Smith
- - Thomas William Bransgrove
- - Thomas William Mason
- - Thornbury Farm
- - Timothy Shepherd
- - Walter S. Stott
- - Walter Shade
- - Weaver's Grocery Store
- - Whalley Brothers
- - William Loveday (1811-1902)
- - William Paterson
- - William Shade - Ironmonger
- - William Thomas (1793-1867)
- - Wood Family's General Store
- - Scientists
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- Teachers
- - Edward Peacock
- - Florence Ethel Johnson
- - Francis Edgar
- - James Owen Hughes
- - Joan Clinnick
- - Joseph Alexander Fogg - swimmer and life saver
- - Northcote Creche and Kindergarten
- - Preston Girls Secondary College
- - Richard Tobin
- - Robert Macedon O'Brien
- - The Kellaway family
- - Thomas Richard Clinnick
- - Thomas William Thrupp
- - Thornbury Primary School
- - Tyler Street State School (No. 1494)
- - Westleigh College
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- Miscellaneous
- - 19 Prospect Grove Northcote
- - Abbott Street Toll House, Fairfield
- - Alan Gillies
- - Albert Theo Cochrane
- - Alexander Marshall
- - Alfred Bean
- - Alfred Cecil Rowlandson
- - Alfred Hurlston - Miller
- - Architects in Darebin
- - Batman treaty
- - Benjamin Johnson
- - Bundoora
- - Charles Broadhurst
- - Charles McCarthy
- - Christopher Wats Ross
- - Church of Christ, Reservoir
- - Cornelius Reginald Penrose
- - David Ross
- - Dinnie Hayes
- - Dora E. Yann
- - Dr. Henry A. Jenkins
- - Dr. Joseph Brown AO, OBE
- - Edmund Manning
- - Ernest Fleetwood Gardiner (1874-1949)
- - F. P. Bird
- - Fred Page
- - George Arthur Keartland
- - George Gibson
- - George Urquhart
- - Gold Mining in Darebin
- - Harry Melbourne
- - Hartley Rowland Walker
- - Henry J. R. Lewis - Undertaker
- - Jacob Brache
- - James Owen Hughes
- - Jane Daley
- - Jim (J.J.) Morris
- - Joan Clinnick
- - Johann Christian Kupsch
- - John Albert Thomson
- - John McLaren
- - John Seccull
- - Joseph Verso
- - Keith Street, Aplhington
- - Kerryl Pottery
- - Knockando farm
- - Lawrence George Hatton Marshall
- - Leslie Kennedy
- - Marjorie Oke
- - Myrtle Fletcher
- - Northcote and Preston Scottish Society
- - Northcote Council staff picnic, 1894
- - Northcote Horticultural Society
- - Northcote Methodist Girls Guild
- - Northcote Patriotic Society
- - Northcote South Ratepayers Association
- - Orlando Walker
- - Penders Grove Estate Progress Association
- - Percival Humphrey Brewster
- - Philip Gough
- - Phillip Collier
- - Preston Junior Angling Club
- - Preston Ladies Benevolent Society
- - Preston Municipal Band
- - Raymond Basil Bramham
- - Richard Owens
- - Riches Family
- - Robert Richardson
- - Robert Savage
- - Rodney Breavington
- - Sir Andrew Clarke
- - Sir Macpherson Robertson
- - Sir Stafford Northcote
- - Star of Northcote, International Order of the Rechabites
- - Stokes swimming hole - Yarra River
- - Sylvia Cooke
- - Thomas Smith
- - Thomas Stokes
- - Thomas William Bransgrove
- - Thomas William Mason
- - Vivian Bullwinkel
- - W. (Les) McDonald
- - W.B (William Beckwith) McInnes
- - William Cleland Wilkinson
- - William George Coates
- - William S. May
- - William Swift
- - William Waddell
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- Mayors & Councillors
- - 32 Broomfield Avenue Alphington
- - A. B. Mason
- - A. M. Gibson
- - A. V. Peters
- - A.J. Howes
- - Alan C. Bird
- - Alan Hogan
- - Albert Edward Newton
- - Albert George Davis
- - Albert Haydn Oldis
- - Albert Theo Cochrane
- - Albert Edwin Woolhouse (1869-1914)
- - Alex (Alec) Gray
- - Alex Caddy
- - Alex Gray
- - Alexander Edward Short
- - Alexander Hadley Capp
- - Alfred Edward Tharratt
- - Alfred Robertson
- - Allchin's General store
- - Andrew McIntosh
- - Angus Andrew McDonell
- - Anne P. Murphy
- - Antonio Matisi
- - Arthur Houston
- - Arthur McAdam
- - Arthur Spain
- - Aubrey Harold Arnold
- - Ben (Barden) Morgan
- - Benjamin Easter Johnson
- - C. H. Sullivan
- - Caleb Yeomans
- - Carl Augustus Adolph Schwaebsch
- - Carl Kirkwood
- - Charles Henry Warr
- - Charles J. Verso
- - Charles Showers
- - Charles Stanlake
- - Charles Thomas Crispe
- - Clarence William Timmins
- - Cyril Barling
- - Cyril Kirby
- - D. R. Atkinson
- - Darebin Mayors
- - David Sheldon
- - Mayoral Balls
- - E.A. Doherty
- - Edmund Allchin
- - Edwin Bastings
- - First Trams in Preston, Northcote and Fitzroy
- - Francis Edis Beaver
- - Frank Courtnay
- - Frank G. Ford
- - Frederick G. Capp
- - Frederick George Pike Jnr.
- - Frederick J. Plant
- - G. C. McPherson
- - Gary Jungwirth
- - George Clauscen
- - George Edward Gayther
- - George H. Mott
- - George H. Parsons
- - George Hatfield
- - George Plant
- - Gilbert E. Robinson
- - H. C. Young
- - H. J. Griffiths
- - H. L. T. Quilton
- - H. R. Crapper
- - H. W. Shewan
- - H.L.T. Oulton
- - Harold E. Bastings
- - Harry Swain
- - Helen Davis - Preston Mayor 1985-1987
- - Henry William Evans
- - Henry Peter Zwar
- - Isaac Barrow (1860-1916)
- - Ivan Dole
- - Ivan Jolley
- - J. W. French
- - J.C. Clinch
- - Jack Croft
- - Jack Hamilton
- - James A. Hogan
- - James G. Membrey
- - James Owen Hughes
- - James Seaver McFadzean
- - James Sutch
- - James W. Adams
- - John Albert Thomson
- - John C. Donath
- - John Cain Sr.
- - John Charles Potter
- - John E. Moore
- - John H. Smith
- - John Hall
- - John Howse - Butcher
- - John L. Anderson
- - John O'Keefe
- - John P. Howe
- - John William Bartrop
- - Joseph S. Grey
- - Kevin Philip Hardiman
- - Len J. P. Hales
- - Lester Bailey
- - Lidia Argondizzo
- - Lindsay Cotchin
- - Llewellyn Jones
- - M . Clyde Jones
- - Northcote a City for 100 Years!
- - Northcote Creche and Kindergarten
- - female
- - Northcote Town Hall
- - Philip Henry Mayer
- - Phillip R. Bain
- - Preston Mayors
- - R. A. Phillips
- - R. E. Inman
- - Ralph Archbold
- - Ralph Candy
- - Reuben Bryan
- - Reuben Roberts
- - Robert Coleman
- - Robert Henry Ford
- - Robert W.L.B. Gardiner
- - Ronald Henry Thomas Hayles
- - Rubie Agnes Thomson
- - Badham, Russell B.
- - Salvation Army
- - Samuel Dennis
- - Schwaebsch Family of Northcote
- - Socrates Papadopolous
- - The Beginnings of Preston and Northcote Councils
- - Thomas E. Redmond
- - Thomas Hicks McLean
- - Thomas Lord Taylor
- - Thomas Tunnecliffe
- - Thomas W. Andrews
- - Thomas William Blake
- - Thornbury Bowls Club
- - Tom Walsh
- - W. A. Nimmo
- - W. K. Larkins
- - W. N. Marshall
- - Walter Glanfield
- - Weaver's Grocery Store
- - William (Bill) Horace Robinson
- - William C. A. Gosstray
- - William Corrie
- - William H. Dennis
- - William Hayes
- - William Hutton
- - William Olver
- - William T. Clapham - Butcher
- - William Tunaley
- - William Wallis (1820-1891)
- - William Williams
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- Art & Entertainers
- - Bernard Patrick O'Dowd
- - Charlie Vaude
- - Dr. Joseph Brown AO, OBE
- - Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch
- - Ernest Charles (“Son”) Yeomans
- - Ernest Edward Moffitt
- - Graeme Blundell
- - Johnny Chester
- - Joseph Verso
- - Leonard Weir
- - Margaret Nisbett, MBE
- - Marie Elizabeth Pitt
- - Normie Rowe
- - Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company
- - Preston Tramways Choir
- - Sarah Susanna Bunbury
- - Theatres in Preston: a brief history
- - Patricia Lamond Lawman (b.1932)
- - William Frater
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- Business People
- - A. H. and W. Richardson
- - A.J. Dickson
- - Agnes Glew - Bootmaker and early settler
- - Aircraft - Wirraway
- - Albert George Davis
- - Albert Edwin Woolhouse (1869-1914)
- - Alberto Sanguinetti
- - Alex (Alec) Gray
- - Alex Gray
- - Alfred Hurlston - Miller
- - Allchin's General store
- - Anthony Schibeci
- - Butchers shops - 721 High Street Reservoir
- - Carelli - the Vizzinese Tailors of Northcote
- - Catherine Oliver - Butcher
- - Craigie Lea - Dairy
- - Doidge Bakery
- - Doolan Brothers - Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights, Preston
- - Edmund Allchin
- - Ernest Fleetwood Gardiner (1874-1949)
- - Fitzroy Steam Brick Pipe Tile and Pottery Works
- - Francis Watson - Blacksmith, Northcote
- - Frank Arthur Harris
- - Frank Lanteri
- - Fred Poole's Coffee Palace
- - Frederick Caddaye
- - Frederick Pike
- - Frederick Walker
- - George Hatfield
- - George Henderson
- - George West
- - Gill's Coffee Palace and Refreshment Rooms
- - Grain Merchants, Preston
- - H. R. Crapper
- - Harry Albert Norris
- - Harry Swain
- - Hat Mills on Heidelberg Road
- - Heinrich Lehrke
- - Horace Bastings
- - Hutton's Bacon Factory
- - Isaac Barrow (1860-1916)
- - J. M. Howard - Bootmaker
- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 1
- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 2
- - James Lambert
- - James Railton
- - James Seaver McFadzean
- - Johann Gottleib Arndt
- - John F. Jacobs - Baker
- - John H. S. Reid
- - John Howse - Butcher
- - John McNamara - Baker
- - John P. Howe
- - John Reid
- - John Roberts
- - Joshua Pitt
- - Louis Harding - Yarra River Ferryman
- - Mark Sharp - Bootmaker
- - Marshall Brothers Co.
- - Mary Cunningham's Coffee Haven
- - Mrs Eliza Jane Callander - Baker
- - Myrl Shoe Factory
- - Neelands Timber Merchants
- - Ralph Hadly Nelson
- - Northcote Refrigeration and Ice Works
- - Oliver Gilpin
- - Owen Burgess - Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Northcote
- - P. W. Tomkins - Dairy, Thornbury
- - Rhodes and Heron, mechanical repairs 1925 -
- - Robert Broadhurst
- - Robert Duff
- - Robert Simpson - Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Preston
- - Samuel Angior - Chemist
- - Samuel Brownlow
- - Samuel Leakey Bartlett
- - Samuel White - Bootmaker
- - Sargent's Cakes
- - Sir Herbert Horace Olney
- - Sir Macpherson Robertson
- - Thomas A'Beckett
- - Thomas Broadhurst
- - Thomas E. Redmond
- - Thomas King - Butcher
- - Thrapeous' Oyster Saloon
- - W. A. Tacey - Butcher
- - W. J. Inglis Store
- - Walker family
- - Walter S. Stott
- - Walter Shade
- - William J. Inglis
- - William Rowe - Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Thornbury
- - William Shade - Ironmonger
- - William T. Clapham - Butcher
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- Families
- - Amelia Kate Allchin
- - Amy Josephine Ford
- - Bendall Family of Northcote
- - Darebin
- - Elfreda Marie Schwaebsch
- - Ernest Fleetwood Gardiner (1874-1949)
- - Frank Lanteri
- - Lady Gladys Nicholls
- - Pilgrim Inn - Darebin's first hotel
- - Reverend Caleb and Elanor Booth
- - Riches Family
- - Ronald Henry Thomas Hayles
- - Rubie Agnes Thomson
- - Schwaebsch Family of Northcote
- - Sylvia Cooke
- - Sylvie Wayman
- - The Kellaway family
- - The Sansonetti Family
- - Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937)
- - Thomas William Thrupp
- - Walker family
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- Indigenous People
- - Aborigines - Life in the early days of white settlement
- - Aborigines
- - Billibellary
- - Lady Gladys Nicholls
- - Lake Tyers vs. Northcote Football matches 1944-1950
- - Merri Creek
- - Merri Creek Aboriginal School
- - Merri Creek Protectorate Station
- - Native Police Corps
- - Sir Douglas Nicholls
- - Simon Wonga
- - Thomas Bungelleen
- - William Cooper (1861-1941)
- - William Thomas (1793-1867)
- - Wurundjeri of Darebin
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- Military
- - Air Raid Protection Services (ARP)
- - Air Raid Shelters - Northcote
- - Aircraft - Wirraway
- - Alfred Hobart Sturdee
- - Australian Army
- - Bruce Kingsbury
- - Charles William Hicks
- - Corporal Henry Rogers
- - Corporal James Hugh Ross
- - Frank Leslie Lugton
- - Harold Edward Elliott
- - Hugh Heron
- - Leslie Alfred Swift
- - Norman Osborne
- - Normie Rowe
- - Percy Lay
- - Private Claude Membrey
- - Richard Pearman Minifie
- - Rodney Breavington
- - Sergeant William Ruthven
- - Thomas William Thrupp
- - Vivian Bullwinkel
- - William Henry Scott
- - William Nathaniel Gothard
- - William Williams (1886-1914)
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- Publicans
- - Abigail Foulkes
- - Belmont Hotel
- - Bird in the Hand Hotel
- - Bridge Hotel
- - Butchers' Arms Hotel
- - Charles Brock
- - Charles Senior
- - Croxton Park Hotel
- - Denis Bowes (c1835 - unknown )
- - Elizabeth Ralph
- - Ellen Jones
- - Emily Elvins
- - Horace Bastings
- - Hotel Licencing and the Temperance Movement
- - John Roberts
- - Josiah (Joseph) Goyder
- - Mary Cora Negri
- - Merrilands Hotel (1865? - 1869)
- - Northcote Arms Hotel
- - Peacock Hotel
- - Pigeon shooting in Darebin
- - Pilgrim Inn - Darebin's first hotel
- - Robert Duff
- - Roscrea Hotel (1857 - 1872)
- - Rose, Shamrock and Thistle Hotel
- - Samuel Brownlow
- - Tower Hotel
- - Vine Tree Hotel
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- Sports People
- - Albert Ernst Victor Hartkopf
- - Alex (Alec) Gray
- - Bertrand John Deacon
- - Charlie Stewart
- - Colin Hickey
- - Croxton Youth Club
- - Darebin Women’s Sports Club
- - Ernest Charles (“Son”) Yeomans
- - Fairfield Canoe Club
- - Fairfield Football Club
- - First Preston Scouts Football Club
- - Football in Darebin
- - Frank Leslie Lugton
- - Frank Seymour
- - Frank Thorn
- - Gary Cosier
- - Gerald Leighton Patterson
- - Harry Browne
- - Ivanhoe Imperial Football Club
- - J. Woods
- - Jack Potter
- - Jean Roberts
- - Jim (J.J.) Morris
- - John (Jack) Ryder
- - John Thomas Harry
- - Joseph Alexander Fogg - swimmer and life saver
- - Lake Tyers vs. Northcote Football matches 1944-1950
- - Laurie Jones
- - Malcolm Gray
- - Northcote Park Football Club
- - Northcote Football Club
- - Pam Kilburn
- - Percy Ogden
- - Preston Districts Football Club
- - Preston Football Club
- - Reservoir Football Club
- - Richard (Dick) Telford
- - Rodney Malcolm Hogg
- - Ron Bowtell
- - Rose of Northcote Football Club
- - Roy Cazaly
- - Ted Henrys
- - The Sansonetti Family
- - Thornbury Bowls Club
- - Valerie Roberts
- - Vic Browne (1942 - )
- - Victor Browne
- - Walter Lee
- - Walter S. Stott
- - West Preston Cricket Club
- - West Preston Lakeside Football Club
- - William (Bill) Lawry
- - William (Bill) Longley
- - William “Bluey” Summers
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- Criminals
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Buildings
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- Houses
- - 103 Fyfe Street, Thornbury
- - 116 Collins Street, Northcote
- - 124 Shaftesbury Parade, Thornbury
- - 129 Beaconsfield Parade, Northcote
- - 13 McFarlane Street, Northcote
- - 157 Mansfield Street, Thornbury
- - 176 Normanby Avenue, Thornbury
- - 18 Hartington Street, Northcote
- - 186-192 Clarke Street, Northcote
- - 19 High Street, Northcote
- - 19 Prospect Grove Northcote
- - 192 Rossmoyne Street, Thornbury
- - 1A Walker Street, Northcote
- - 201-203 Bastings Street, Northcote
- - 208 Mitchell Street, Fairfield
- - 24 Spring Street, Reservoir
- - 25 Shakespeare Avenue, Preston
- - 28 Spring Street, Preston
- - 293 Clarke Street, Northcote
- - 32 Broomfield Avenue Alphington
- - 32-42 Ross Street, Northcote
- - 328 Clarke Street, Northcote
- - 34 Walker Street, Northcote
- - 36 Walker Street, Northcote
- - 41 May Street, Preston
- - 46 Victoria Road, Northcote
- - 6 Kelvin Grove, Northcote
- - 63 Keon Street, Thornbury
- - 66 Spring Street, Reservoir
- - 67 Southernhay Street, Regent
- - 68 Spring Street, Preston
- - 76-78 St. Georges Road Northcote
- - 77 Harold Street Thornbury
- - 9 Elm Street, Northcote
- - 9 Walker Street, Northcote
- - 95 Westbourne Grove, Northcote
- - Abbott Street Toll House, Fairfield
- - Attlanta, Fairfield
- - Balclutha
- - Balmoral
- - Barry Street, Northcote
- - Barunah
- - Beaumont
- - Benvenuta
- - Bokhara
- - Bundoora Homestead
- - Catherine Oliver - Butcher
- - Charles J. Verso
- - Compiling a house history
- - Crediton House
- - Cunningham Homestead
- - Dally Street, Northcote
- - Edgebaston
- - Edmund Manning
- - Edward Twentyman House
- - Gowerville
- - Grand View
- - Greendale
- - Hanslope
- - High Street Verandahs
- - Huttonham Estate Preston
- - Innisfail
- - Joan Clinnick
- - John Seccull
- - Joseph Verso
- - Local History Archive Search
- - Lucerne
- - Lugano
- - Maesbury House
- - Mandalay
- - Maristowe
- - McLachlan Street, Northcote
- - Mount Grand View Estate Preston
- - Mount View Estate Northcote
- - Northcote Brick Company's cottages
- - Oakover Hall
- - Olinda
- - Ontario
- - Peppercorn House
- - Preston Nissen Huts
- - Railway Department House
- - Regent & Clara Street, Preston Land Sale
- - Reglena
- - Reverend Caleb and Elanor Booth
- - Rosebank
- - Samuel Nathan
- - Sarah Susanna Bunbury
- - Sharp Street, Northcote
- - Spring Vale, Fairfield
- - St Neot's, Northcote
- - St. Elmo
- - St. Neot's
- - Sunnyside
- - Sylvia Cooke
- - Tarbert
- - Thomas George Beckett (1859-1937)
- - Timothy Shepherd
- - Tower House, Alphington
- - Turret House
- - West Bend
- - Westbourne Grove
- - Winsome Cottage
- - Wood Street, Preston
- - Worthing (Marienfels)
- - Y.M.C.A. Hostel, Northcote
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- Schools
- - Air Raid Protection Services (ARP)
- - Alphington Primary School
- - Bell Primary School (No. 4309)
- - Billibellary
- - Convent of the Good Samaritan
- - East Preston State School (No.4316)
- - Fairfield Primary School
- - Maesbury House
- - Merri Creek Aboriginal School
- - Merri Park
- - Northcote Creche and Kindergarten
- - Northcote High School
- - Northcote Primary School (No. 1401)
- - Northcote Technical School
- - Penders Grove Primary School
- - Preston Girls Secondary College
- - Preston South Primary School
- - Preston Technical School and College (NMIT)
- - Preston West Primary School
- - Separation Street, Northcote
- - Thornbury Primary School
- - Tyler Street State School (No. 1494)
- - Wales Street Primary School
- - Westgarth Primary School (No. 4177)
- - Westleigh College
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- Civic Buildings
- - Architects in Darebin
- - High Street, Preston
- - Local History Archive Search
- - Northcote a City for 100 Years!
- - Northcote Preston Helping Hand Association
- - Northcote Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
- - Northcote Town Hall
- - Preston Air Defence HQ
- - Preston City Hall
- - Preston Shire Hall
- - Preston Town Hall
- - Thornbury Baby Health Centre
- - W. G. Sone Hall
- - Well Hall
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- Churches
- - All Saints' Anglican Church, Northcote
- - All Saints' Anglican Church, Preston
- - Alphington Uniting Church
- - Architects in Darebin
- - Church of Christ, Preston
- - Church of Christ, Reservoir
- - Church of the Epiphany Anglican Church, Northcote
- - Fairfield Baptist Church
- - Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Thornbury
- - Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Thornbury
- - Joan Clinnick
- - Local History Archive Search
- - Methodist Church and Sunday School, Fairfield
- - Northcote Baptist Church
- - Presbyterian Church and Hall, Northcote
- - Preston Uniting Church
- - Prince of Wales Park Wesleyan Church, Thornbury
- - Regent Baptist Church
- - Reverend Caleb and Elanor Booth
- - Reverend Samuel Hector Ferguson
- - Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Preston
- - Samuel Dennis
- - South Preston Methodist Church
- - St James Anglican Church Thornbury
- - St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Thornbury
- - St. Cecilia's Anglican Church, West Preston
- - St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Northcote
- - St. Mark's Church of England, Reservoir West
- - St. Paul's Anglican Church
- - Uniting Church, Northcote
- - Wesley Anne, former Wesleyan chapel and school
- - West Preston Baptist Church
- - Community Centres
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- Hospitals
- - Ardlui Private Hospital
- - Bundoora Homestead
- - Colchester Private Hospital
- - Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital
- - Fairhaven
- - John Seccull
- - Larundel Mental Asylum
- - Lillieville Private Hospital
- - Little Sisters of the Poor
- - Maristowe
- - Melbourne Retreat for the Cure of Inebriates
- - Melrose Private Hospital
- - 'Mia Mia' Private Hospital
- - PANCH - Preston and Northcote Community Hospital
- - PANCH Plaques
- - Private Hospitals -an overview
- - Vivian Bullwinkel
- - Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum
- - Banks
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- Hotels
- - Albion Family Hotel (1887 - )
- - The Alphington Hotel (1861 - late 1980s)
- - Belmont Hotel
- - Bird in the Hand Hotel
- - Bridge Hotel
- - Butchers' Arms Hotel
- - Captain Frederick Charles Standish
- - Carters’ Arms Hotel (1867 – 1989)
- - Charles Brock
- - Commercial Hotel
- - Council Club Hotel
- - Croxton Park Hotel
- - Darebin Bridge Hotel
- - Denis Bowes (c1835 - unknown )
- - Foresters' Arms Hotel (1868-1878)
- - Gowerville Hotel
- - Grandview Hotel
- - Heidelberg Motor Inn, 579-585 Heidelberg Road Alphington
- - Hotel Licencing and the Temperance Movement
- - Junction Hotel
- - Mary Cora Negri
- - Merrilands Hotel (1865? - 1869)
- - Northcote Arms Hotel
- - Peacock Hotel
- - Pilgrim Inn - Darebin's first hotel
- - Preston Arms Hotel
- - Prince Alfred Hotel (1864- 1922)
- - Reservoir Hotel
- - Robert Duff
- - Roscrea Hotel (1857 - 1872)
- - Rose, Shamrock and Thistle Hotel
- - Samuel Brownlow
- - Summerhill Hotel
- - Terminus Hotel
- - Tower Hotel
- - Vine Tree Hotel
- - Woodcock Hotel (1856)
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- Industrial
- - Amcor - The Australian Paper and Pulp Company and Mill
- - American Carriage Company
- - Atyeo and Sons - Stonemasons
- - Braithwaite's tannery
- - Bullen's drain
- - Cable Tram Engine House
- - Centenary Dairy
- - Clifton Brickworks
- - Daley’s Dairy
- - Drive-in Service Station
- - Fitzroy Steam Brick Pipe Tile and Pottery Works
- - From Cornflakes to Beaufort gun turrets
- - Glen Iris Brick Company
- - Grain Merchants, Preston
- - Hamilton's Soap Company
- - Hat Mills on Heidelberg Road
- - Hutton's Bacon Factory
- - John P. Howe
- - Local History Archive Search
- - M. Drolz & Sons -engineering company
- - Marshall Brothers Co.
- - Munro and Gillies Timber Merchants
- - Myrl Shoe Factory
- - Neelands Timber Merchants
- - Northcote Biscuit Company
- - Northcote Tile and Pottery Company
- - Oakover Road from St. Georges Road to Gilbert Road
- - P. W. Tomkins - Dairy, Thornbury
- - Parker Westmoreland Rosehill Dairy
- - Parkside Tannery
- - Platypus Sporting Goods - 422A Plenty Road Preston
- - Plenty Motors
- - Rhodes and Heron, mechanical repairs 1925 -
- - Rona Dairy
- - South Preston Tannery, 60-68 High Street South Preston
- - Sterling Soap Company
- - Thomas Broadhurst
- - Thomas King - Butcher
- - Universal Carriage Works
- - W. J. Inglis Store
- - Woornack Dairy
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- Libraries
- - Alan Gillies
- - Fairfield Library
- - Joan Clinnick
- - Myrtle Fletcher
- - Northcote Library in Separation Street
- - Northcote's Carnegie Library
- - Preston Free and Public Libraries
- - Preston School of Design Library
- - Ralph Candy
- - Reservoir Libraries
- - Sculpture- Well Place (2004), Preston Library
- - Separation Street, Northcote
- - St Georges Road Library
- - Thornbury Hygienic Library
- - Thornbury Library
- - Post Offices
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- Shops
- - Agnes Glew - Bootmaker and early settler
- - Alberto Sanguinetti
- - Allchin's General store
- - Bastings' General Store
- - Carl Oldenberg - Saddler, Northcote
- - Catherine Oliver - Butcher
- - Doidge Bakery
- - Fern Confectionary Palace
- - Frederick Pike
- - High Street Newsagency
- - J. M. Howard - Bootmaker
- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 2
- - John Howse - Butcher
- - Local History Archive Search
- - Mark Sharp - Bootmaker
- - Mr. Turner - Chemist
- - Neelands Timber Merchants
- - Northland Shopping Centre
- - Reservoir Libraries
- - Saddlers - Thornbury
- - Samuel Angior - Chemist
- - Samuel White - Bootmaker
- - Sargent's Cakes
- - Shops and businesses of Northcote
- - Shops and businesses of Preston
- - The College of Art Needlework
- - Thomas King - Butcher
- - Thomas White - Saddlers, South Preston
- - Thrapeous' Oyster Saloon
- - Twomey’s Garage break in
- - Wales Street
- - Wallis Buildings
- - Walter Shade
- - Weaver's Grocery Store
- - William Shade - Ironmonger
- - William T. Clapham - Butcher
- - Wood Family's General Store
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- Theatres
- - Circle Theatre
- - Ernest Charles (“Son”) Yeomans
- - Fairfield Theatre
- - Gaiety Theatre
- - Gowerville Theatre
- - Joan Clinnick
- - John Seccull
- - Kimberley Hall
- - Local History Archive Search
- - Melody Theatre
- - Northcote Amphitheatre
- - Northcote Theatre
- - Palais Theatre
- - Planet Theatre
- - Plaza Theatre
- - Regent Theatre
- - Rivoli Theatre
- - Samuel Dennis
- - Star Theatre
- - The Olympic Twin Drive-in
- - The Skyline Drive-in
- - Theatres in Preston: a brief history
- - Walter S. Stott
- - Westgarth Cinema
- - Police and Fire
- - Butchers
- - Farms
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Crimes and Criminals
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- Robbery
- - Bushrangers
- - Croxton Park Case
- - Did Squizzy Taylor rob the Thornbury Bank?
- - Fairlea Women's Prison - Yarra Bend
- - Fatal stabbing at Northcote, 1902
- - Home invasion - Fairfield 1933
- - Orfeo Baldissera
- - Louisa Cockerill - Northcote Abortionist (1929)
- - Payroll Murder, 1938
- - Robert Duff
- - Samuel Brownlow
- - Twomey’s Garage break in
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- Murder and assaults
- - Blue Anchor Push
- - Child murder at Northcote, 1905
- - Hilda Veronica Taylor - Attempted Murder
- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 1
- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 2
- - John James Maguire - Suspected murder
- - Bridget Agnew - Murder/Suicide
- - Charles Glanfield and Henry Harvey - Murder/Infanticide
- - Payroll Murder, 1938
- - Bridget Nihill - Murder/Suicide
- - Arson
- - Misdemeanours
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- - Alphington Memorial Carnival 1921
- - Mayoral Balls
- - F. P. Bird
- - First Trams in Preston, Northcote and Fitzroy
- - John Albert Thomson
- - Northcote a City for 100 Years!
- - Northcote Horticultural Society
- - Northcote Jubilee Celebrations
- - Northcote Proclamation as a city
- - Northcote Town Hall
- - Preston Proclamation Arch 1926
- - The Beginnings of Preston and Northcote Councils
- - The Darwin Convoy
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- Festivals
- - Alphington Memorial Carnival 1921
- - Mayoral Balls
- - F. P. Bird
- - First Trams in Preston, Northcote and Fitzroy
- - John Albert Thomson
- - Northcote a City for 100 Years!
- - Northcote Horticultural Society
- - Northcote Jubilee Celebrations
- - Northcote Proclamation as a city
- - Northcote Town Hall
- - Preston Proclamation Arch 1926
- - The Beginnings of Preston and Northcote Councils
- - The Darwin Convoy
- - Fires
- - Parades
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- War
- - Air Raid Protection Services (ARP)
- - Alfred Hobart Sturdee
- - Australian Army
- - Bruce Kingsbury
- - Corporal Henry Rogers
- - Frank Leslie Lugton
- - From Cornflakes to Beaufort gun turrets
- - Joan Clinnick
- - Leslie Alfred Swift
- - Norman Osborne
- - Normie Rowe
- - Northcote's cannons
- - Preston Air Defence HQ
- - Preston Cenotaph
- - Private Claude Membrey
- - Richard Pearman Minifie
- - Rodney Breavington
- - Salvation Army
- - Sargent's Cakes
- - The Kellaway family
- - Thomas William Thrupp
- - Vivian Bullwinkel
- - William Henry Scott
- - William Williams (1886-1914)
- - Y.M.C.A. Hostel, Northcote
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Industry & Business
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- Dairies
- - Bundoora Park
- - Centenary Dairy
- - Craigie Lea - Dairy
- - Dairies in Preston
- - Dairy farming in Fairfield
- - Daley’s Dairy
- - Gibson's Paddock Land Sale
- - Grain Merchants, Preston
- - Heinrich Lehrke
- - Oakover Road from St. Georges Road to Gilbert Road
- - P. W. Tomkins - Dairy, Thornbury
- - Parker Westmoreland Rosehill Dairy
- - Philip Gough
- - Rona Dairy
- - Rona Estate
- - Wollert Dairy
- - Woornack Dairy
- - Service Stations
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- Blacksmiths
- - American Carriage Company
- - Doolan Brothers - Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights, Preston
- - Francis Watson - Blacksmith, Northcote
- - Frederick Yann - Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Preston
- - Owen Burgess - Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Northcote
- - Robert Simpson - Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Preston
- - Universal Carriage Works
- - William Rowe - Blacksmith and Wheelwright, Thornbury
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- Brickworks
- - Alexander Marshall
- - Clifton Brickworks
- - Fitzroy Steam Brick Pipe Tile and Pottery Works
- - Glen Iris Brick Company
- - Johann Gottleib Arndt
- - Northcote Brickworks
- - Northcote Tip
- - Oakover Road from St. Georges Road to Gilbert Road
- - Percival Humphrey Brewster
- - Separation Street, Northcote
- - South Preston Patent Brick and Tile Company
- - Thomas Weatherhall
- - Walkerden Brickworks
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- General Stores
- - Businesses and shops in High Street Preston
- - Alberto Sanguinetti
- - Allchin's General store
- - Bastings' General Store
- - Edward Wood
- - Fern Confectionary Palace
- - Harvey's Grocery Store, Preston
- - Hubert Leslie Wood
- - Neelands Timber Merchants
- - Pile's Grocery Store, Preston
- - Shops and businesses of Northcote
- - Shops and businesses of Preston
- - Stephenson's Grocery Store, Preston
- - Wood Family's General Store
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- Manufacturing
- - Businesses and shops in High Street Preston
- - Alfred Hurlston - Miller
- - Amcor - The Australian Paper and Pulp Company and Mill
- - American Carriage Company
- - Atyeo and Sons - Stonemasons
- - Benjamin Easter Johnson
- - Dr. Joseph Brown AO, OBE
- - Frederick Walker
- - From Cornflakes to Beaufort gun turrets
- - George Hatfield
- - H. R. Crapper
- - Hamilton's Soap Company
- - Hat Mills on Heidelberg Road
- - J. M. Howard - Bootmaker
- - Joshua Pitt
- - Kinsella Farm Tobacco
- - Melbourne Vinegar Company
- - Munro and Gillies Timber Merchants
- - Myrl Shoe Factory
- - Northcote Biscuit Company
- - Northcote Felt Hat Manufacturing Company
- - Northcote Shoe Factory
- - Oakover Road from St. Georges Road to Gilbert Road
- - Platypus Sporting Goods - 422A Plenty Road Preston
- - Rhodes and Heron, mechanical repairs 1925 -
- - Sterling Soap Company
- - Sutton's Tool and Gauge Company
- - Thomas William Mason
- - Universal Carriage Works
- - W. J. Inglis Store
- - William Shade - Ironmonger
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- Meat Processing
- - Businesses and shops in High Street Preston
- - Alexander's slaughter house - 50 Oakover Road Preston
- - Butchers shops - 721 High Street Reservoir
- - Catherine Oliver - Butcher
- - Hutton's Bacon Factory
- - John Howse - Butcher
- - Oakover Road from St. Georges Road to Gilbert Road
- - Thomas King - Butcher
- - W. A. Tacey - Butcher
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- - William Paterson
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- - William Watson
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- - Chinese Market Gardens
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- - Edward Wood
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- - Horace Bastings
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- - Jacob Borkheim - Murder - Part 1
- - John McNamara - Baker
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- - Mary Cunningham's Coffee Haven
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- - Mr. Turner - Chemist
- - Ralph Hadly Nelson
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- - Preston Market
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- - Samuel Leakey Bartlett
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- - William Shade - Ironmonger
- - William T. Clapham - Butcher
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- Tanneries
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- - Bubonic Plague
- - Bullen's drain
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- - James Lambert
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- - Parkside Tannery
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- - Sir Herbert Horace Olney
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- - Thomas Broadhurst
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- - Beaumont Estate Northcote
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- - Broomfield Estate, Fairfield
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- - Charles Showers
- - Church of Christ, Preston
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- - Fern Confectionary Palace
- - From Cornflakes to Beaufort gun turrets
- - Gibb Brothers - Ironmonger and produce suppliers
- - Gibson's Paddock Land Sale
- - Harry Albert Norris
- - Hat Mills on Heidelberg Road
- - Huttonham Estate Preston
- - James Seaver McFadzean
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- - Lady Gladys Nicholls
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- - Mount Grand View Estate Preston
- - Mount View Estate Northcote
- - Mt Bischoff Estate, Preston
- - Normie Rowe
- - Northcote Swimming Baths
- - Northcote Tip
- - Oakbell Estate, Preston
- - Pender's Grove Estate
- - Post Office Paddock Estate, Preston
- - Preston Cycling Club
- - Preston Heights Estate
- - Preston Poultry Farm
- - Preston Proclamation Arch 1926
- - Preston School of Design Library
- - Preston Skating Rink
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- - Regent & Clara Street, Preston Land Sale
- - Regents Park Estate
- - Rona Estate
- - Rose, Shamrock and Thistle Hotel
- - Roslyn Estate Preston
- - Rubie Agnes Thomson
- - Sargent's Cakes
- - St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Thornbury
- - The key of South Preston
- - The Northcote Dramatic Society
- - The Olympic Twin Drive-in
- - The Sansonetti Family
- - The Skyline Drive-in
- - Thornbury Hygienic Library
- - Thornbury Park Estate
- - Town Hall Estate, Preston
- - Twomey’s Garage break in
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- - Joan Clinnick
- - June Phyllis Meadows Burr
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- - Merv Lia
- - Mr & Mrs Dennis
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- - Mrs C Jones
- - Mrs. Bade
- - Mrs. Edna Daniels
- - Myra Bostock
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- - Joan Clinnick
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- - Plaza Theatre
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- - Preston Heights Estate
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- - Thornbury Park Estate
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- - Sir Andrew Clarke
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