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East Melbourne, Morrison Place 014, 016, 018 - Burchett

Used to be Brunswick Street.
1867. MCC BR: Peter Cunningham 2 houses for Geo. White.
1869. Name mentioned for No.18: G. White.
1872. Names mentioned for No.14: Richard H. Thatcher. For No.16: Joseph French.
1873. (Name mentioned for No.12: Alexander Blyth.)
1883-9. At No.16: Hon. Peter Lalor. Eureka Leader, Speaker of House. Died here 1889.

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That was Then, This is Now

If you stand on the corner of Powlett Street and Wellington Parade looking east, there’s the 7-Eleven store, the dry cleaner, a couple of cafes, the Il Duca restaurant and, at the end of the line, the Post Office, an unassuming, utilitarian modern building.

Park House, Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, c.1878
Hugh Junor Browne and sons. National Library of Australia
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