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Verona

East Melbourne, Clarendon Street, Verona and Fitzroy Terrace

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BW photos of Verona, corner Clarendon and Gipps Streets. Very large Victorian house. Demolished. 1902-1934. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H86.77/13. And also of Fitzroy Terrace, Clarendon Street. Clues to the dating of the pictures may be drawn from clothing of the pedestrians in two of the pictures, the growth of street trees and the progression from gas to electric power and lighting.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180 - Burchett

Built 1864 for Samuel Ramsden - a fine brick and stone mansion of 20 rooms. Ramsden lived in the house 1864 - 1876 and his widow until 1886. Ramsden operated the Carlton Flour Mills and in 1868c established a paper mill on the Yarra bank near Princes Bridge. House demolished in 1960's to make way for the Mercy Hospital.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180, Verona

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A pencil sketch of Verona, on the  corner of Gipps and Clarendon Streets. It is viewed from the Fitzroy Gardens across Clarendon Street. The sketch is from an album of 24 sketches from around Melbourne and Victoria by K Kennedy and dated 1876. It is inscribed 'Mr Ramsden's East Melb from Melb' and signed K Kennedy.

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Property Valuations in vicinity of proposed Mercy Hospital - 1951

A letter dated 26 April 1951 from C.H. Beauchamp, valuer, to Mr. Bernard Nolan, solicitor, reporting valuations of three properties on Clarendon Street from the Grey Street to Gipps Street.
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