East Melbourne Historical Society
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Don Juan House was built in 1873 by Joseph Thompson with the winnings when the horse Don Juan won the Melbourne Cup in 1873. Don Juan House was a 2 storey dwelling of 14 rooms, stable and coach house. It was demolished to build the Masonic Centre.
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Masonic Centre incorporating Dallas Brookes Hall Formerly: -1868: St Johns Scotts School 1868-1874: East Melbourne Common School 1874- : Presbyterian Ladies College
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Newspaper clipping about the sale of a penthouse at Eastbourne Apartments, 300 Albert Street, East Melbourne. Compares the apartment with other luxury apartments in the area, especially the penthouse at 150 Clarendon Street.
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Newspaper clipping about some of the well known personalities who have bought apartments at Eastbourne, 300 Albert Street, East Melbourne. They include Paul Keating and Peta Credlin.
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A black and white photograph of the house at 314 Albert Street, East Melbourne in the 1950s. The house at that time was the headquarters of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Copied from the CSIRO website. No details given.
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Original 8 room wooden house with kitchen and stable built in 1855. Replaced in 1862 by present 2 storey brick house built by David Mitchell for Hon James Francis - Premier and Treasurer of Victoria who occupied the property 1855-1884. Used as Library for CSIRO from 1979
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Pair of brick houses each of 7 rooms and stable built in 1856 by Robert White for John A Porter - owner. John A Porter was a manufacturer of billiard and bagatelle tables. 334 was occupied in 1875 by Henry Eyles Turner,
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BW photo of 340-342 Albert Street. Shows pair of two storey Victorian houses. Reprint. C. 1963.
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Built 1880 pair of 2 storey brick houses for A Goldberg, Builder Wm Murtrie and architect A Williams. Classified by the National Trust of Victoria in 1975 - see index card for citation.
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Built in 1870 by James Sutherland for Frederick Wilkinson - owner. Architect - Leonard Terry Occupied: 1870-1885 - Frederick Wilkinson 1885-1889 - W G Howitt, surgeon
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Built 1902 by F E Shillabeere for the Sisters of St. Joseph. Architect Keogh and Austin
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Built 1873 by Beardale and Glencross for Thomas Anthony - timber merchent. see index card for descriptive notes.
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Two houses: the two-storey one on the left was built in 1909 in the garden of the three storey house on the right which was built in 1873. For over fifty years they were together known as Wellpark, a boarding house or guest house. Later one became a restaurant and the other was c...
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Newspaper clipping about a new development that will take place at 364-370 Albert Street, East Melbourne. The plans were modified from the original application and approved after a VCAT hearing. The article also mentions other major developments in the area, many of which were ob...
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Built 1908 brick dwelling by Rockington and Sinclair for the Rev Dr. Lewellyn Bevan. Grainger, Kennedy and Little - Architects.
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Advertisement for a block of new apartments underway. The address is given as 370 Albert Street but the development spreads behind the houses at 364 and 366 Albert Street.
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Burlington Terrace was built in 1867 by H P Harris of Queen Street for himself. It consisted originally of 16 two storey town houses which extended round the corner into Lansdowne Street. Architect - Charles Webb. Classified by the National Trust of Victoria in 1974 - citation se...
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Newspaper clipping about about the purchase of the property at 392 Albert Street, East Melbourne.
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Built 1869 by McElraney for Sanders and Levy. Architect Charles Webb. Two 3 storey brick houses. Classified by National Trust of Victoria 1974. Occupied 402 - N L Levy, 404 - Louis Sanders. Sanders and Levy were partners in Leviathan Clothing, Melbourne
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Plans and auction brochure for 1 December 1954.
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Built 1868 by William Martin for Julius Harris and Jacob Mathews.
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First part built by Corben and Stuart in 1874 for the Victorian Academy of Arts, Main buildind erected by Wm Massey in 1893 for the Victorian Artists Society. Architect R Speight Jnr. Classified by the National Trust of Victoria 1980.
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Halfway House was constructed in 1860 for Hector Liardet who later established Vauxhall Gardens next door - see index cards for press cuttings and further information. Building demolished in 1920 for extension of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
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St Peters Church - foundation stone laid by Supt. Latrobe in 1846. Bulit by Webb, Brown & Co.