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Burchett index cards
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Burchett index cards
A box of index cards used by Winston Burchett to record his basic research on East Melbourne. There are 1,954 cards containing handwritten and typed notes as well as photographs taken by Burchett. There are some panoramic photographs taken from the top of the Hilton Hotel and the...
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 005, 007, 009, 011, 013, 015, 017 - Burchett
Date 1880 William Pearce built 3 cottages for himself, 1885c, he added 4 more cottages to the east side of the block. Pearce occupied one of the cottages until 1919. In 1975 no. 9 was occupied by R.G. Kermode
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 028 - Burchett
Hoddle Street between Albert St and Victoria Pde St John's R.C. church Church built 1901 Celtic Cross & Irish Round Tower Old Gothic church opened 1866 New church foundation stone laid 1924 Mrs Koch of Gipps Street claims her mother told her a relative Richard Dennehy was archite...
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 034, 036, 038, 040 - Burchett
Date 1870 W J Parlett built 4 terrace houses for Frances de Lacey - owner. no. 36 occupied by Thomas de Lacey in 1887.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 035 - Burchett
Date 1914. Built by R Werner for Abraham Howgate - owner. 1925 owned by F H Humffray and named "Camees"
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 041 - Burchett
Built 1874c. for Charles Richards - owner. Occupied 1878 - Rev. Joseph J Thornton, 1889 - Mrs Arch Kennedy, 1890 - Mrs Elizabeth de Able.
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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.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 054, 056, 058 - Burchett
Date 1871. Built by William Ford for himself. George Brown was the architect. owned in 1871: 54 Albert St - George Lansdowne 56 Albert St - William Ford 58 Albert St - George Brown
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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"
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 074 - Burchett
Built 1866 by A Schulty for C Liebman - owner A 1867 directory lists C Liebman as a professor of music
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 078, 080, 082 - Burchett
Built 1870 for Wm. Pearce - owner, 3 brick cottages. Occupied 1875: 78 Albert Street - Wm Pearce 80 Albert Street - ? 82 Albert Street - Taylor (Note:- some information on this card is indecipherable.)
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 103 - Burchett
1853 Wooden house built by Andrew Murray for self, 1858 Robert Jones made additions. 1872-1925 Occupied by Andrews family. 1926c. Demolished to be replaced by Morwong Flats.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 128, 130 - Burchett
Built 1879 two 2 storey houses for Thomas Wright. 1888 occupied by: 128 Albert Street - Lydia Robinson 130 Albert Street - Lewis Bernard
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 132, 134 - Burchett
Built 1870, two 2 storey houses for Wm Lansdowne - owner. Occupied 1870 by: 132 - R Lumsden 134 - Mrs Dunn
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 204, 206, 208 - Burchett
Built in 1859 three 2 storey houses for W.G.Spriggs - owner. Built by Robert Huckson. 1861 owned by W.G. Sprigg, occupied by: 204 - A. Schulkraft 206 - F. Cook 208 - Richard Wade 1868-1881 204 was occupied by William Sprigg 1979 became Clarendon Medical Centre
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 254 - Burchett
Built 1872 by John Wright for Alfred Kirkby - owner. Architect W T Gore. 18 room mansion overlooking Fitzroy Gardens. 1981 bought by the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as their headquarters.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 260, 262 - Burchett
1871 two 2 storey houses 260 and 262 were built for Messrs Mixner and Campbell, lime merchants. Architect was Crouch and Wilson. Campbell lived in 260 and Mixner in 262. No. 262 was demolished to make way for the Masonic Centre.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 268 - Burchett
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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East Melbourne, Albert Street 300 - Burchett
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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East Melbourne, Albert Street 314 - Burchett
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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East Melbourne, Albert Street 332, 334 - Burchett
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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East Melbourne, Albert Street 340, 342 - Burchett
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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East Melbourne, Albert Street 348 - Burchett
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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East Melbourne, Albert Street 362 - Burchett
Built 1902 by F E Shillabeere for the Sisters of St. Joseph. Architect Keogh and Austin