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Harper
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6 records and collections
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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, Gipps Street 165, 167, 169 - Burchett
Built 1871 by James Harper, Builder, for the Rev James Caldwell. Three 2 storey brick houses. Notable for the coach house entrance at 165. Rev James Caldwell lived at 18 Gore Street, Fitzroy and was minister at the St. Georges Presbyterian Church, Collingwood.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 165, Hope Terrace
One of a row of three, two-storeyed houses, of which No. 165 possesses a porte cochere (i.e. a porch, large enough to accommodate wheeled vehicles). The row is decorated to present a single identity, i.e. the parapet is plain, and unbroken over the three houses and there is a cen...
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 171, 173 - Burchett
1870. MCC BR: James Harper for John Armstrong 2 cottages. 1872. John Armstrong - owner. Occupiers: No.171 Amos Bigland. No.173 James Barton. 1874. Each of brick, 4 rooms.
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St. John the Evangelist Church East Melbourne. Memories of Yesteryear: May 1 Reunion 1994
A booklet compiled for the 1994 reunion of past and present members of the St John's Parish, East Melbourne. It contains some extracts from the 1979 reunion booklet; reprints of previously published material; and some original stories and memoirs. The pieces cover personalities,...
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Victorian Historical Journal June 2016
Essays on various aspects of Victoria's history. Includes two articles which have some relevance to East Melbourne 1. Empires of Leaves: Tea Traders in Late Nineteenth-century and Edwardian Melbourne by Peter Griggs. Tea merchants Robert Harper (Jolimont Terrace c.1870s), James G...