Tara
338 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Tara
Photo of Tara taken by John Collins in 1962. The house was demolished c.1969 and has been replaced by an office building.
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 338 - Burchett
Originally No.186 before 1890, then No.263 to 1937. Subsequently No.338.
1880. Mrs. Curtain - owner. J. Aarons - occupier.
1882. J. Templeton - occupier.
1891. H. (Henry?) McDonough - owner/occupier.
Subsequently demolished.
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 338, Tara
A double fronted symmetrical two storey house with ornate cast iron verandah and balcony with slightly projecting pedimented entrance bay.
This house was built in 1856 for Michael Curtain, J.P., who arrived in Melbourne in 1839. The architect was Patrick Scanlan who advertised for tenders in December 1855 to build a two storied house and out offices. Patrick Scanlan had recently completed St. Patrick’s College, East Melbourne, where Curtain’s sons, Patrick and Robert, went to school.
Miss Blanche Barrett at Tara
Photo shows Miss Blanche Barrett outside Tara, 338 Victoria Parade. Miss Barrett was live-in house keeper to the elderly Misses McDonough whose house it was.
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