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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 157

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 157

Photo shows the house at 157 Gipps Street, East Melbourne. It focuses on the front door which is recessed well beyond the front wall of the house. The large room with bay window on the right of the photo was added at a later stage.

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 159, Little Parndon

Photocopy of page from Richmond and East Melbourne Sketchbook, drawings by Arno Roger-Genersh and text by Brian Carroll. Drawing of house. Brief history of Little Parndon, 159 Gipps Street, and original owner, Eugene von Guerard, and later owner, Lord Casey.

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 159, Little Parndon. 2013

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 159, Little Parndon. 2013

A series of 16 photos taken at the time the house was open for inspection prior to sale. The house had been owned by Lord and Lady Casey. Lord Casey died in 1976 and Lady Casey in 1983. From that time until 2013 the house remained in the hands of the Trustees of Lady Casey's esta...

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 173 - Burchett

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 173 - Burchett

Built 1860 by George Black for Charles James Hodgson. 2 Storey stone house of 8 rooms. thought to be the oldest surviving house in Gipps Street. occupied 1862 by Frederick Haller and later in 1870 by Dr. John Singleton, doctor, social worker and reformer who later had his surgery...

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 179 - Burchett

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 179 - Burchett

Built 1861 by S Ward for John Thomas Greenwood a 2 storey brick house in Italianate manner. Sold 1869 to Rev David Nimmo, pastor of the Congregational Church, who extended the house for sister to conduct a Ladies College, Ormiston House. Sold again 1871 to Robert Ramsay MLA.

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180 - Burchett

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180 - Burchett

Built 1864 for Samuel Ramsden - a fine brick and stone mansion of 20 rooms. Ramsden lived in the house 1864 - 1876 and his widow until 1886. Ramsden operated the Carlton Flour Mills and in 1868c established a paper mill on the Yarra bank near Princes Bridge. House demolished in 1...

East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180, Verona

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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180, Verona

A pencil sketch of Verona, on the corner of Gipps and Clarendon Streets. It is viewed from the Fitzroy Gardens across Clarendon Street. The sketch is from an album of 24 sketches from around Melbourne and Victoria by K Kennedy and dated 1876. It is inscribed 'Mr Ramsden's East Me...

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