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Cooke

East Melbourne, Hotham Street 102, Quamby

Description: 

Two storey house, with verandah and balcony

History: 

 Robert McMicking, merchant, notified the council on 28 Dec 1857 that he would build a house for himself on Lot 5, Section 18. On 27 Feb 1868 new owner, Patrick Brady, announced that he would add four detached rooms to the house.

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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180, Stanford House

Description: 

A photo of c.1934 shows a large symmetrical house. The central section has a steep roof with attic windows, and is flanked by Italianate pavillions, each with a bay window.

History: 

The house is believed to be the first built in East Melbourne after the first Crown land sales of 1852 opened the suburb up to the public. It was built for Henry Cooke and was described in the 1854 Rate Books as a wooden house of 12 rooms plus a kitchen and stables, etc.

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East Melbourne, Grey Street 114

Description: 

Pre-fabricated timber house

History: 

This house was one of two similar pre-fabricated houses imported from New Zealand as an investment by Henry Cooke. Cooke, as well as being a land speculator, was the founder of The Age newspaper and an importer of paper products, anything from religious tracts to wallpaper. He was the son-in-law of the Rev.

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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 034 - Burchett

1908. MCC BR: G. Cooke for Alfred Roche a brick house.
1909. J. Smith, physicean, was the first occupier.

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East Melbourne, Vanishing Melbourne, 180 Clarendon Street

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Newspaper clipping - historical article centering on 180 Clarendon Street. It was previously known as Eaglestone Villa, Stanford House, The Arms of Jesus Babies Home, before it was demolished to make way for the Freemasons Hospital. Henry Cooke and Thomas Welton Stanford were among its previous owners. Stanford employed Louise Friedrichs as a maid.

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Holy Trinity Centenary 2007

A Talk in Commemoration of 150 years of Anglican presence and the centenary of the consecration of Holy Trinity Church

By Father John Stewart, Vicar, Holy Trinity Anglican Church East Melbourne
Director, The Living Well Centre for Christian Spirituality
Friday 19 October 2007

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Mr. Cooke's House

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Copy of pencil drawing of Mr. Henry Cooke's House, then known as Egglestone Villa. A later owner Thomas Welton Stanford called it Stanford House. Later again it was the Arms of Jesus Babies' Home. Originally a prefabricated house, believed to be the first private house in East Melbourne.

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Victorian Historical Journal June 2010

Articles and reviews on a variety of aspects of Victoria's history. This issue includes an article about Jane Cannan, 'Like an Oyster in its Shell': jane Cannan's Iron House in Gold Rush Melbourne by Crescy Cannan. Jane Cannan did several drawings of early Melbourne now in the collection of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. One is of 'Mr.

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