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Shiels
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Place
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 115, Amorique
A large weatherboard house with a cedar shingle roof (later covered by iron).
Place
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, Canterbury Terrace
A row of 16 terrace houses of five bays. The two end bays each comprising two houses and the central bay of four houses are arcaded, while the intervening bays, each of four houses, have cast iron verandahs and balconies. The terrace is often described as the longest in Melbourne...
Collection item
William Shiels born 1847 Glasgow
Portrait of William Shiels, barrister, born 1847 in Glasgow. Son of William Shiels and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Burrell) who owned the James Watt Hotel in Spencer Street. He owned as investments two houses in Canterbury Terrace, Nos 88 and 106 Powlett Street, East Melbourne.