Garden Avenue
East Melbourne, Art Deco buildings
Newspaper article about an important group of late 1930s apartment buildings in George Street and Garden Avenue, East Melbourne, designed by Illiffe Anderson.
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East Melbourne, Wellington parade 042
Description:
Large two storey brick house with balconies and verandahs
History:
On 11 January 1864 A Stombocco gave notice to the Melbourne City Council that he would build for Benoni Salway a villa in Wellington Parade opposite the Police Barracks gates. By 3 November the same year the Salway family had moved in and Mrs Salway gave birth to a son at the house they named Torrington Villa.
Sale of Nauruan hostel
Newspaper clippings about sale of Art Deco building on corner of Garden Avenue and Wellington Parade which was owned and used by Nauru as a hostel for Nauruans seeking medical treatment in Melbourne.
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