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East Melbourne, Powlett Street 132, 134, 136, 138

East Melbourne

  • 136 Powlett Street

Subjects

Image
138 and 132-136 Powlett Street. Burchett Open full image ↗
Acquisition number
1532
Catalogue number
emdf0319
File name
DF0319
File location
Digital archive

Photo shows on the left 138 Powlett Street, known as The Opera House because of its unusual curved balcony. On the right is a terrace of three houses numbered 132-136 Powlett Street. The frieze to the upper balcony of No 136 has been removed. It has since been restored.

Item type
Photograph
Building name
The Opera House
Photographer
Winston Burchett
Date of publication or creation
1974c

History of item

This photo is part of a collection of photos taken by Winston Burchett during research for his two books: East Melbourne Walkabout (1975) and East Melbourne 1837-1977: people places problems (1978)

Owner of original
East Melbourne Library

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