Debney
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 044, Chandos
Description:
Symmetrical single storeyed, double fronted house, with a central tower and return verandahs each side.
History:
David Benjamin, estate agent and brother of Sir Benjamin Benjamin, never lived in the house, it was an investment property from day one.
Frederick William Debney
A scanned copy of a typescript of the life of Frederick William Debney by Margaret Brookes, his grand-daughter. Debney and his wife lived at Chandos, 44 Hotham Street, East Melbourne between 1910 and 1919. When they lived there they formed the 'Chandos Club' where their friends and members met once a fortnight to give papers, recite, sing and perform.
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