Hi All, We now have a great resource tool within the LM collection a 1946 Sands & McDougalls Directory. It was the internet of its day, a vast web of information compiling the names of Melburnian householders in enormous annually published volumes. If you would like to find out more and see some more of them the City Of Melbourne have a exhibition on. Page Not Found The Lost World of the Sands and McDougall’s ‘Directory’ of Melbourne 20 August - 20 December 2014Founded in 1857, the Directory of residents, trades and streets lasted until 1974. It remains much-used by historians and genealogists, but also contains many lost and unexpected treasures. Page Not Found explores how each Directory is a story of lost Melbourne, for every years volume records the massive changes this city has undergone. The exhibition is curated by arts journalist Andrew Stephens and features illustrations by Oslo Davis. issuu/cityofmelbourne/docs/cg_pnf_catalogue_issuu melbourne.vic.gov.au/citygallery/exhibitions/pages/pagenotfound.aspx
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:08:06 +0000
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