University of Melbourne Student Union

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    Map of the University Grounds
    (1900)
    Notable features include the National Museum which became the Union in 1910; the site which housed the Union cafeteria from 1921 until 1938 when the new building was opened; and the old quadrangle which housed the first Union rooms and the Princess Ida Parlour.
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    The Melbourne University Union
    (1884)
    Copy of report of 26 July 1884 general meeting of the Melbourne University Union. Meeting discussed among other things plans for a new building to be erected on University grounds for use by the Union. Research materials assembled for 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    The University Council
    (1884)
    Copy of press report of the University of Melbourne Council meeting at which it was agreed that Professor Nanson's vacated house in the quadrangle be handed over to the Melbourne University Union. Research materials assembled for 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    Professor Nanson's House
    (1884)
    Copy of press report of the University of Melbourne Council meeting at which it was agreed that Professor Nanson's vacated house in the quadrangle be handed over to the Melbourne University Union. Research materials assembled for 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    Melbourne University Union
    (1884)
    Copy of press report of the opening of the first permanent home for the University of Melbourne student union in the rooms "lately in the occupation of Professor Nanson". Includes description of the rooms in the quadrangle and a call for the donation of pictures and books toward the formation of a union library. Research materials assembled for 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    Two Meetings of the Committee of the University Union
    (1884)
    Minutes of two meetings of the committee of the University Union held on 3 July and 11 August 1884. Committee members discussed among other things the problem of "quarters for the Union".
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    Meeting of the Committee of the University Union
    (1884)
    Minutes of the first meeting of the committee of the University Union held at the Oriental Hotel on 23 May 1884. Committee members discussed among other things the problem of "quarters for the Union".
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    Meeting of the Committee of the University Union
    (1884)
    Minutes of a meeting of the committee of the University Union held at Gunster's Cafe on 4 June 1884. Committee members discussed among other things the problem of "quarters for the Union".
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    Haunts of the Dons: A Postcard c 1895
    (1895)
    A copy of this postcard was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    The National Museum - East elevation c 1870
    (1870)
    A copy of this photograph was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery. Exhibition caption card reads: "Today only a fragment of the 1863 Museum survives. On the outside a pointed window of the east elevation can be seen, at the north end by the stage dook entrance to the theatre, and inside, the upper part of some of the pointed windows of the east elevation can be seen, and touched, within the duplicating room off the first floor Farrago office."