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AINSLIE, Margaret
The Ainslie family were natives of Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland.
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Bid Time Return
First of two volume memoir by Fairlie Taylor. Taylor started work as a teacher in regional Victoria. In 1933 she became Victoria's first full-time teacher-librarian at Presbyterian Ladies' College, East Melbourne and later at Methodist Ladies' College. This volume covers the period 1887-1919.
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DAVITT, Ellen
Ellen Davitt is best remembered as a pioneer educationalist in her role as the first superintendent of the Model School, East Melbourne, which once stood on the island site now occupied by the Royal College of Surgeons. She and her husband, Arthur, who held the senior position of principal, resided and worked at the school from its foundation in 1854 until 1859.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 340, 342
Matching pair of two storey houses with verandahs below, no balcony.
340 Albert Street was built as a family home for Abraham Goldberg while its neighbour, 342, was an investment property, probably leased as a lodging house. Between 1881 and 1891 Mrs Muir ran the East Melbourne School at 342.
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. 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.
East Melbourne, Grey Street 129
Large two storey house with a timber verandah and balcony. The verandah has a railing supported by balusters, and above is an arched frieze of trellis. The balcony railing has two dimensional rather than turned supports, and the timber brackets and frieze are of simple pierced design.
Edwin Richard Elliott had been postmaster in Beechworth and circa 1865 he moved to Melbourne and bought a house at what is now 137 Grey Street, East Melbourne. This house he called Grafton Villa. He then purchased the vacant block next door at 129 Grey Street. He commissioned Crouch & Wilson to design a new residence for him.
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 080, Sydenham House
Two storey free standing house. Symmetrical with arched windows, no verandah.
In 1855 Roberts applied to erect a corrugated iron house, described in the rate books as three rooms and a kitchen. In August 1857 Lloyd Tayler, architect, called for "tenders for additions to the dwelling house of Mr. William George Roberts, at East Melbourne". This resulted in a brick cottage behind the iron house. In 1879 Mrs.
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 115, Amorique
A large weatherboard house with a cedar shingle roof (later covered by iron).
Robert Elwall Jacomb, the first owner of the house, was the official assignee. It was to him that an insolvent's assets were transfered, or assigned, for distribution to creditors. Jacomb built this house as an investment while he, himself, lived in Powlett Street. In 1861 Mrs.
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 101, Magnolia Court
A two storey, freestanding house with a modern extension to the southern side. Now a boutique hotel. A For Sale notice in the Argus, 4 June 1881 states the following: The house contains on the ground floor - drawingroom 22ft. 6in. x 15ft. 2in., inclusisve of bay window, with handsome cornice, centre flower, marble mantelpiece, and gasalier; diningroom 18ft. 10in. x 15ft.
Charles Smith, the first owner of the house, owned a timber yard and saw mill in Albert Street, East Melbourne, in the 1850s-70s. He never lived in the house. He was the uncle of Helen Macpherson Smith, philanthropist. See Catalogue Reference below.
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 129,131,133,135, Lawson Terrace
A terrace of four two storey houses. The balconies have cast iron balustrades and friezes but posts are of turned timber and timber arches sit below the friezes.
This terrace of four houses was built for R Scott, Esq. The architect was Geo R Cox who advertised for tenders on 13 May 1867. The builder selected was W Murdoch. On 14 Oct 1867 R Scott advertised ‘HOUSES in Lawson terrace, Powlett-street, near Grey-street, seven rooms, kitchen, bath, washhouse, every convenience’.