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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 166 - Burchett
1867. MCC BR: Thos. W. Stewart. 4-room house with stabling.
1870. Thos. Stewart - owner/occupier.
1872-81. Names mentioned: Thos.W. Stewart, contractor. Thos. Skinner. Was numbered as 38a.
1895. Name mentioned: Mr. Henry Wood. Was then numbered as 91c.
1896-1901. Name mentioned: Mrs. Grace Wood.
1902-10. Name mentioned: Timothy Ryan.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 168, 170 - Burchett
1863. Robert Richardson for self two 2-storey houses.
1866. Richardson - owner of both. Occupiers: Umphelby, a wine merchant of 60 Collins Street. P. Whiteston.
1870. Macgregor - owner of both. Occupiers: Davis. Robert Ramsay, solicitor, later M.L.A.
Photo shows No.168 as right most terrace and No.170 to its left.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 172 - Burchett
1859. Robert Johnston for self. Was a builder.
1860-83. Robert Johnston - owner/occupier. Brick house, 7 rooms, outhouse.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 175 - Burchett
1866. MCC BR: P.J. Reid to build 12 room house for Mr. Occleston. Architect: Edward Poulton.
1868-78. Thomas Joseph Occleston - owner/occupier. Was a cork merchant of 8 1/2 Little Collins Street.
1891-1903. Name mentioned: Ormond.
1904-08. Barnet Glass (1908 was first reference to 'Hotham House').
1915-30. Ms. Alice Shepherd MM.
1935-74. Frederick Pemberton.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 183 - Burchett
1860. MCC BR: Wm. Sturgess to build house for Patrick McFarland.
1861. McFarland - owner/occupier. 12 rooms.
Note: Slate roof and chimneys of original house can be seen behind new facade.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 189 - Burchett
1880. Murray and Hill to build house for W.E. Morris. Architects: Terry and Oakden.
1885. W.E. Morris - owner/occupier. Brick house, 10 rooms.
1890. C. Langford to make additions for E.W. Morris.
Note: Part of original house appears to exist behind new facade and red brick extension on east side - note old chimneys.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 191, 193 - Burchett
1906. MCC BR: Murray and Crow builders, 2 residences for Rudolph Oehr. Mr. R.J. Oehr was choir master at Cairns in 1900.
1907-30. Names mentioned: No.191 Mrs. Mary Oehr. No.193 Rudolph Oehr.
No.193 Trinity Vicarage. No.193 is right hand terrace in photo.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Place - Burchett
Site is in lane off Hotham Street (formerly Fitzroy Street). Stewart later built and owned Cyprus Terrace in front.
1853. MCC BR: Thomas W. Stewart, of Collingwood, to build house for self.
1862-69. Directory shows as 5? Hotham Street.
1870. H.W. Stewart - owner/occupier. Off Powlett Street, brick 4 rooms.
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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 Mercy Hospital. Otherwise the cards are specific to individual houses, buildings, or terraces.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Road 110 - Burchett
1869. MCC BR: Little and Bayne to build for Mr. A. Britton.
1870. Alexander Britton - owner/occupier. 3 rooms.
1880. Alexander Britton - owner/occupier. 6 rooms.
Note: Photo shows No.110 as left-most house.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Road 124, 126 - Burchett
1869. MCC BR: Robert B. Davies to build for self.
1870. Davies - owner/occupier. Brick, 5 rooms.
1880. R.B. Davies. Brick. 7 rooms.
1890. D. Stephens to build additions for R.B. Davies.
Note: No.124-6 is the right hand house shown in the photo.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Road 106 - Burchett
1864. MCC BR: Geo. Freeman to build 2 houses for Beryl French.
1866. French - owner. Occupiers of the 2 houses: Edward John Blaxham and Thomas Gamson(?).
1977. Only northern house of pair left.
Note: No.106 is shown on the photo as the right-hand house.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Road 128 - Burchett
1870: MCC BR: Henry Smithhurst to build cottage for Mrs. Law.
1871. Mrs. Jane G. Law - owner/occupier.
1872-5. Mrs. Law - owner. Thos. Kelly - occupier.
1880. Mrs. Law - owner/occupier.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Road 140, 142 - Burchett
No.140 possibly old No.44.
1883. MCC BR: Hood and Kells to build villa residence for Mr. T.J. Jackson.
1884. Thomas Jackson - owner/occupier.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 054, 056 - Burchett
Was originally No. 19, on the west corner of Charles Street.
1868. Name mentioned: George Wragge - chemist.
1869. MCC BR: Paton and Pepper to build house, corner Charles Street, for Mr. G. Shaw.
1870. Geo. Shaw - owner/occupier. Brick, 8 rooms.
1870-81. George Shaw - merchant of Flinders Street. Then moved to 103 or 113 Wellington Parade.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 050 - Burchett
1878. MCC BR: G.W. Freeman to build house for George Walstab. Mr. Lloyd Taylor, of Little Collins Street to be architect.
1880. Geo. Walstab - owner/occupier. Brick, 10 rooms. Name also mentioned Hurtle Fisher, as occupier.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 058, 060 - Burchett
1868-9. Hon. G.V. Smith PMG, lived in Jolimont 1870-95.
1870. MCC BR: Thos. Davison to build a 10-room cottage for Mr. G.V. Smith. Rated in same year.
1871. Directory reference: Studio used by Sir John Longstaff, can be seen from Palmer Lane. Refer second photo.
1880. Smith - owner/occupier.
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 208, 210, 212 - Burchett
Classified by the National Trust - see index card for citation.
Built 1856 by Robert Huckson for Charles Lister.
Names mentioned:
Frances Wallen, William Pole, M.B. Jackson, G.C. Levey, Louis Ah Mouy, Kong Meng, L. Collins, Chas. Russell, H. Marks, Moses Fink, John Wilton, Richard Goodhind, Henry B. Wilson, L.J. Godfrey, E.A. Spowers, Osgood, Pritchard
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 062, 064 - Burchett
1873. MCC BR: Geo. Billson to build for self 2 cottages. Names mentioned in Directory: Geo. Billson, David Watterson.
1874. Names mentioned: Geo. Billson, Mrs. Buckley.
1880. Geo. Billson - owner both cottages. Occupiers: Mrs. Matilda Gumwood, M.A. Macdonald.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 066, 068 - Burchett
1866. MCC BR: John McIntosh for Henry Apperly 2 cottages.
1868. Apperly - owner of both cottages. Each brick, 5 rooms.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 078, 080
'Park Terrace' consisted of 5 houses originally.
1871. MCC BR: Neil Hutton to build 5 houses for W. Murphy, corner Agnes Street.
1873. Occupants: James A. Devenish, Andrew Scott, Charles Bright, Alexander Cumming, John McA Wright.
1880. Wm. Murphy - owner. Each brick and 7 rooms. Occupiers - Mrs. Thompson, Miss Barlow, G.H. Fisher, S. Black, H. Keffel.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 086, 088 - Burchett
1864. MCC BR: John Holmes to build for John Sinclair a cottage.
1866. John Sinclair - owner/occupier.
1867. MCC BR: David Hughes to build house for Mr. Sinclair.
1870. John Sinclair - owner/occupier, brick 4 rooms. J. Fraser - occupier, brick 7 rooms.
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 214, 216, 218, 220 - Burchett
Built 1915 by W Machin for Richard Cox Thomas.
Architect - P Hudson
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 222 - Burchett
Built 1913-1919c by D Stewart for Michael Sexton
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 226 - Burchett
Built 1911 by W H Bullows for Margaret E Leslie. Architect - H W & F B Tompkins
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 228, 230 - Burchett
1913 W H Cooper to build brick dwelling for Elsie Patterson
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 002, 004, 006, 008, 010 - Burchett
1869c Peter McOwan built 5 cottages for self.
Occupants between 1872 and 1900:
Peter McOwan
T. Thompson
Charles H. Smith
James Park
Thos. Beeson
Mrs. Sterling
Horne
T. Naylor
Susan Naylor
F. Matthews
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 012 - Burchett
1868. MCC BR: Thos. Newton to build house for A. Leslie. Architect: Crouch and Wilson.
1870. A. Leslie - owner/occupier. Stone, 10 rooms.
1908c. Name mentioned: Rev. C. Hay Hunter.
1981. House sold.
Recorded National Trust.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 002 - Burchett
1870. Names mentioned: J. Sharp - owner, 8 rooms and grounds. Mrs. Sharp - occupier.
1870c-1901. Name mentioned: John Sharp - Timber merchant.
1877. MCC BR: John Sharp to build on his allotment. Architect: Jas. Gall, Princes Chambers, Swanston Street.
1878. John Sharp - owner/occupier, 14 rooms.
1902-8. Name mentioned: Mrs.Argus Sharp.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 018, 020 - Burchett
No.18 was previously No.34 and No.20 was No.32.
1859. MCC BR: Hornby and Pigdon to build 2 dwelling houses for Chas. Ebden.
1860. Occupants listed: Woodville and Jones.
1861. Chas. Ebden - owner. Occupiers: No.18 Woodville. For No.20 Francis James, till 1876. He was Commissioner for Audit.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 014 - Burchett
1869. MCC BR: James Greenlaw to build 2-storey dwelling for D. Gibson. Architect: W.H. Ellerker(?).
1870. David Gibson - owner/occupier. Brick, 8 rooms.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 016 - Burchett
No.16 originally No.36.
1890. 'Argus' Tender 18.2.1890: Architects Oakden, Addison and Kemp, 2 houses for Hon. David Moore.
1890. MCC BR 3.3.1890: W.B. Bland to build house for David Moore.
1891. Vacant.
1892. Occupier: Frank G. Duffy - later Sir Frank G. Duffy. Chief Justice of Australia.
1977. V.F.A. House.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 022 - Burchett
No.22 was previously No.28.
1882. MCC BR: William Rankin to build dwelling house for W. Kirkby. Architect: Mr. C. Webb.
1885. Kirkby - owner/occupier. Brick, 10 rooms. Kirkby was a wine and spirit merchant at 300 Flinders Street. He appears to have previously owned and occupied No.20, listed as such in 1880. Refer entry for No.20.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 024, 026 - Burchett
No.24 was previously No.26 and No.26 was No.24.
1864. MCC BR: Wm. Thomas to build 2 houses for G.A. Mouritz. Architects: Smith and Watts.
1866. G.A. Mouritz - owner both houses. Brick, 10 rooms. Occupiers: No.24 Hastings Cunningham and No.26 James Balfour, who occupied till 1880c.
1868c. Occupier for No.24: John McIlwraith J.P.
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East Melbourne, Darling Street 018 - Burchett
Was Police Station on this site until 1956 when it moved to Wellington Parade.
Names mentioned:
J. Fielding, Thos. Wright, Thomas A. Fielding, Robert Richardson, John Gardiner
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East Melbourne, Darling Street 028, 030 - Burchett
1885 workshop/stables for J P Brown. Brown was a cab proprietor who lived at 40-42 Grey Street with extensive coach house and stables.
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East Melbourne, Darling Street 032 - Burchett
Built 1870 by Abraham Priest
Other occupants: William Bawders, John Teasdale
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East Melbourne, Darling Street 024 - Burchett
Built 1872 by Geo W Patterson a 4 room house
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 028, 030 - Burchett
No.28 was old No.20 and No.30 was No.18.
1865. MCC BR: George Luxworth to build 2 houses.For Mr. Hetherington and Mr. Bruce.
1866. Charles Hetherington - owner/occupier. Brick, 6 rooms. John Bruce - owner/occupier. Brick, 6 rooms.
Note: Left house No.30 in photo.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 032 - Burchett
Was Lot 43.
1868. MCC BR: P.J.Reid to build dwelling for Mrs. Lush. Architect: James Gull.
1870. Mrs. Lush - owner/occupier. Brick 7 rooms. Lush family in occupancy to 1886c.
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Jolimont, Jolimont Terrace 040, 042 - Burchett
No.40 originally No.4 and No.42 was No.6.
1881. MCC BR: James Garton to build for self two 2-storey houses. Mr. Gall of Collins Street - architect. Brick, 10 rooms.
1881. Name mentioned: Jas. Garton J.P.
1885. James Garton - owner of both houses. Occupiers: James Garton, for the other J. Inglis.
James Garton of Garton's Horse Bazaar, 227 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.
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East Melbourne, Lansdowne Street 012, 014 - Burchett
1857. MCC BR: No.12. W.B. Luscombe (?) for self, stone and brick house.
1857. MCC BR: No.14. Mr. Liddiard to build for J. Thorne. Front portion of 2-storey house.
1864. No.12. Names mentioned: C.T. Young, Richard Ikin (?).
1868-89. No.14. James Thorne, Professor of Music.
1889-95. No.14. Mrs. James Thorne.
1896-1905. No.14. Louis J. Thorne, Music teacher.
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East Melbourne, Lansdowne Street 015, 017, 019, 021, 023, 025, 027 - Burchett
See Albert Street entry. Nos.384-400.
Classified National Trust.
Nos.15-17 shown on first photo and Nos.19-27 in second one.
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East Melbourne, Morrison Place 010, 012 - Burchett
Part of Eye and Ear Hospital.
1874c-1890. George Woinarski, Mining Agent and Broker.
1888. No.10. Note stating: Terrace house built.
1890. Both houses. Fred Wood - owner. G. Woinarski - occupier.
Recorded National Trust. Citation Dec. 1974.
Note: No.10 shown in first photo and No.12 in second one, extreme right.
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East Melbourne, Morrison Place 014, 016, 018 - Burchett
Used to be Brunswick Street.
1867. MCC BR: Peter Cunningham 2 houses for Geo. White.
1869. Name mentioned for No.18: G. White.
1872. Names mentioned for No.14: Richard H. Thatcher. For No.16: Joseph French.
1873. (Name mentioned for No.12: Alexander Blyth.)
1883-9. At No.16: Hon. Peter Lalor. Eureka Leader, Speaker of House. Died here 1889.
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East Melbourne, Morrison Place 020, 022 - Burchett
Originally called Brunswick Street.
1887. Michael Kelly to build two 2-storey houses for Mr. R. Stone. Architect: Mr. Dunn.
1888. R. Stone - listed as owner/occupier both properties. Each of brick, 9 rooms.
1889. Names mentioned: No.20. Rev. William Cuttle and No.22 Frederick W. Pleydell.
National Trust Classification. Citation: 1974. Part of Eye and Ear Hospital.
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East Melbourne, Morrison Place church
On corner Albert Street and Morrison Place (formerly known as Brunswick Street).
1872. MCC BR: G.T.W. Freeman, of Richmond, to build church for Trustees of the Swedenborgian Church.
Now store room for the Eye and Ear Hospital.
(Note: The street number was probably No.6 Morrison Place.)
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Jolimont, Palmer Street outbuild - Burchett
Outbuildings at rear of flats. Said to date from Bishop Perry's occupancy 1852c.
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Jolimont, Palmer Street 001, 003, 005 - Burchett
1888. MCC BR: F. McIntosh to build three 2-storey houses for Mr. T. Care.
1890. Occupiers: No.1 Mrs. Catherine Beaton. No.3. Edward C. Whitty. No.5. George E. Pearce.
Note: Terrace dated on building. Photo shows No.1 From left.
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Jolimont, Palmer Street 007 - Burchett
1886. MCC BR: F.H. Shackleford to build brick house, 7 rooms with bath and wash (house?) for M. Harwood.
1886-1910? Mrs. J.H. Harwood.
1889. M. Harwood - owner/occupier.
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