Claremont
Bessie Cornwell's drawing prize
Scan of inside cover of a copy of the Arabian Nights awarded to Bessie Cornwell for drawing in 1887 while she was a student at Claremont, 342 Albert Street, East Melbourne. The school ran for ten years between 1881 and 1891. The principal was Mrs W K Muir, the widow of Rev William Kennedy Muir who died in 1869, aged 27, after less than a year in Australia.
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 340, 342
Matching pair of two storey houses with verandahs below, no balcony.
340 Albert Street was built as a family home for Abraham Goldberg while its neighbour, 342, was an investment property, probably leased as a lodging house. Between 1881 and 1891 Mrs Muir ran the East Melbourne School at 342.
East Melbourne, Grey Street 119 Claremount
Digital copy of a coloured slide. Photo shows one of a pair of terrace-type houses with arcaded verandah recessed under the upper floor. Next door on the left is a partial view of 115 Grey Street, a blue stone house with timber verandah and convex roof. This house, built in 1854, is thought to be the oldest house in East Melbourne still standing.
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