East Melbourne, Hotham Street 079
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One of three similar double fronted houses, single storey to the street but with a two storey section at the rear.
The builder of the house and its first owner was Thomas Murray. The house was initially built with six rooms but by 1888 had increased to eight rooms. Murray owned the house until his death in 1892. According to the Inventory of Assets in the probate papers, as well as the eight rooms the house had a bathroom, pantry and outhouses and was let at £6.10.0 per month. He left the house to his wife, Janet, who owned it until her death in 1911. William Henry Campbell, surgeon, was a tenant in 1888. He died the same year and his family remained there for at least two more years. (see below).
Owners:
1883-1892: Thomas Murray. He, with Peter Hill, formed the firm Murray & Hill, contractors and joiners. They specialized in high grade work and amongst their achievements are the Customs House and the Mint in Melbourne. Murray was a prominent member of the Cairns Memorial Church and when the church needed enlarging in 1888 he supervised the work in a voluntary capacity. He died in 1892 leaving £3,000 to the church to complete the spire, which, however never happened.
1892-1911: Janet Murray
Occupiers:
1885: J. Corlett
1887: John Teare
1888: William Henry Campbell, his wife, Sarah Jane, and daughter, Charlotte. Dr Campbell arrived in Victoria in 1841, and was one of the earliest members of the medical staff of the Melbourne Hospital. He was remembered fondly for the annual appeal which he made to the community to contribute a store of tobacco in order that the aged inmates of the Benevolent Asylum and the Immigrants' Home might enjoy their Christmas,
1888-1890+: Sarah Jane Campbell and daughter, Charlotte.
1900: Florence Carver
?-1949: Benjamin Gibbons, engineer and son of Sydney Gibbons, was living there at the time of his death in 1949. (For more about Sydney Gibbons see Building History for 15 Gipps Street)
City of Melbourne Rate Books, Albert Ward, 1885, No. 259 (earliest entry) Burchett Index, City of Melbourne Notices of Intent to Build, 15 Nov 1883, Reg. No. 581 Probate Papers in the Will of Thomas Murray, File No. 50/526; VPRS28, P0002, 350. Argus, 23 Apr 1888, p.8, Obituary; 8 Dec 1888, p.12; 14 Oct 1949, p.10; 3 May 1951, p.14
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