Robertson
East Melbourne, Berry Street 016 - Burchett
1888: Owner E. G. Ovey
1889 occupied by:
16 Berry St - Benjamin Vaughan
18 Berry St - Dr. James Alexander Robertson
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 044 - Burchett
1885. MMM BR: Langford and Hutchison of 191 Bridge Road, Richmond to build Villa Residence for David Benjamin of Little Collins Street West. Nahum Barnet - architect. Brick, 9 rooms.
1886. Benjamin: owner. M. Susman: occupier.
1979. Owned by Mr. W.D. Hazelton for about 60 years, who has lived next door at 38 Hotham St.
(also refer to No.38 data).
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 101, 103, 105 - Burchett
1858. Edward Delbridge for Henry Budger - 3 houses.
First Directory Entry: James Born, Robert R. Rogers, George Robertson.
1861. Henry Budger - owner of all three 2-storey houses. Occupiers: J.A. Bourke. H.R. Rogers.
G. Robertson.
1868-1900. Occupier at No.101 Miss Eliza Hume.
(Note: First photo dated 1973, second one 1978.)
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 141 - Burchett
1872. MCC BR: Joseph Hewitt to build 4-room cottage for Mr. Jack.
1874. Wm. L. Jack - owner. J.C. Robertson - occupier. Brick, 4 rooms.
1890. 7 rooms noted.
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George Robertson of Melbourne 1825-1898 Pioneer Bookseller & Publisher
A biography of George Robertson of Melbourne. (Not to be confused with George Robertson of Sydney (1860-1933.) Robertson arrived in Melbourne aboard the Great Britain in 1852. He quickly opened a shop in Russell Street before moving to Collins Street, between the Athenaeum and the Baptist Church.
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Girls' Training Home for Domestic Service
Brochure, not dated but c.1910. The institute was founded in 1883 and effectively closed in 1939. The brochure is yellowed with age and moth or insect eaten. It is about 25cm wide by 20cm high. The middle page is actually 50cm wide but is folded in to the centre on both sides to match the front and back pages.
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Gone to War as Sister: The Cost to Nurses' Health
One of 16 illustrated panels prepared by Janet Scarfe and volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition, Gone to War as Sister, commemorating the lives and work of the many women who served as nurses in the First World War and had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.
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