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East Melbourne, Albert Street 042 - Burchett

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 042 - Burchett

Built 1887 by W H Pearce for James de Lacey - owner. Architect - Messrs Blackwell and Dalton. James de Lacey lived in this 2 storey res. on and off for 50 years. 1978 - occupied by Mrs S C de Lacey Lowe - grand daughter of James de Lacey.

East Melbourne, Albert Street 070 - Burchett

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 070 - Burchett

Date 1883. Norman Hitchcock built a 7 room villa for J Woods - owner. (this could have been James Woods - architect - practising in Collingwood in 1877) Occupied 1885 by James Travis. Villa noted for cast iron lace ref. "Ornamental Cast Iron in Melbourne"

East Melbourne, Albert Street 083, Albert Heights

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 083, Albert Heights

A series of photos showing the building at 83 Albert Street, East Melbourne from the internal courtyard. A screenshot from Google maps is also included to illustrate the unusual layout of the building. The building was constructed in 1962 as 14 apartments. In the 1980s it was con...

East Melbourne, Albert Street 097 - Tunbridge Manor

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 097 - Tunbridge Manor

Colour photo shows a three storey block of interwar flats. The facade is symmetrical. The two top, outer windows are of unusual shape, the sides being angled inwards from about half way up. The central entry with window above leads the eye upward to a stepped parapet, giving a se...

East Melbourne, Albert Street 174, 176

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 174, 176

1863 a small cottage was on the site and was occupied by Bates Cocoa Works. Later extended to a factory having a 66ft. frontage to Albert Street and employing 50-60 hands milling Maizena, Mustard, Cocoa, and Dandelion Cocoa. Demolished in 1892/3 and absorbed into the Brewery.

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