Businessmen
East Melbourne, George Street 192
Description:
Large double fronted, single storey house
History:
This house, first known as Zeta, was built by W. J Fowles of Canterbury for Henry Charles Slocombe and his second wife, Beatrice May, in 1908. Henry’s first wife, Beatrice Cecelia, had died in 1904 after only two years of marriage.
George Robertson of Melbourne 1825-1898 Pioneer Bookseller & Publisher
A biography of George Robertson of Melbourne. (Not to be confused with George Robertson of Sydney (1860-1933.) Robertson arrived in Melbourne aboard the Great Britain in 1852. He quickly opened a shop in Russell Street before moving to Collins Street, between the Athenaeum and the Baptist Church.
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