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Place

East Melbourne, Grey Street 025, Airlie

East Melbourne

  • 25 Grey Street

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Surnames

Date built
1872
Builder
Trinnick & Timmons
First owner
Peter Daly, detective constable

Description

Two storey, single fronted house with verandah and balcony. The cast iron ornamentation has been removed. The front fence is not original.

History

Peter Daly was a member of the Detective Police Force. He built the house in 1872, but died only two years later. His will describes the house as four rooms and a kitchen. His wife continued to live there until her own death in 1914. Her death notice in the Argus states that she died at her residence, Airlie, Grey Street, East Melbourne

Sources

City of Melbourne Rate Books, 1873 Albert Ward No. 151 (first entry)
Burchett Index: City of Melbourne Notices of Intent to Build, 4 Sept 1871, Reg. No. 4539.
Will of Peter Daly, 11/610, PROV VPRS 7591, P0002, 13; Statement of Assets, VPRS 28, P0002, 22.
Argus, 28 July 1914, p. 1

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East Melbourne, Grey Street 025, Airlie
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