Cooke
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180, Stanford House
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.
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.
East Melbourne, Grey Street 114
Pre-fabricated timber house
This house was one of two similar pre-fabricated houses imported from New Zealand as an investment by Henry Cooke.
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
Newspaper clipping - historical article centering on 180 Clarendon Street.
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Mr. Cooke's House
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.
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Victorian Historical Journal June 2010
Articles and reviews on a variety of aspects of Victoria's history.
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