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East Melbourne, George Street 192

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Large double fronted, single storey house

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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.

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George Robertson of Melbourne 1825-1898 Pioneer Bookseller & Publisher

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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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