Anderson
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 132, 134, 136 - Burchett
1870. MCC BR: Robert Richardson to build for self three houses.
1871. Richardson - owner of 3 houses. Each of brick, 8 rooms. Occupiers: No.132 Van Amstel. No.134 Thos. Y. Anderson, draper, silk mercer of Bourke Street. No.136 vacant.
1977. Name mentioned: No.136 Mrs. M. Segesman.
Photo shows Nos.134-6 - the light-coloured houses.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 010. Electoral Rolls of 1903, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1934, 1936, 1939 and1945.
4 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at 10 Simpson Street,East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1903, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1934,1936, 1939 and 1945.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 054, 056, Liege Apartments
Notable features include unpainted decorative brickwork. A three storey block of flats incorporating a number of understated Moderne details into an inexpensive and otherwise generic design.
I.G. Anderson was commissioned to build this block of apartments by Liege Investments Pty Ltd, a company which had applied for registration less than a week before the building application was lodged on 12 August 1940. This was the same day the building application was lodged for 29 Hotham Street, also by Anderson.
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 181, 183
A pair of single storey terrace houses, 181 has added dormer window.
183 Simpson Street This is one of a pair, 181 Simpson Street being identical. They were built about 1881, possibly earlier. The large attic is a feature which is not often seen. The passage is also somewhat wider than is usually found in a single storey terrace house. The owner in 1881 was John Snow. From 1888-1899 it was owned by William Sweet.
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 181, 183 - Burchett
1871. MCC BR: Abraham Preest for Watkins 2 houses.
1872. Thos. Watkins - owner/occupier No.181. No.183 Pollard. Each of brick, 3 rooms.
1874. No.183 Anderson - occupier.
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 060,062,064 - Burchett
There may have been two No.12's originally. No.12a first appears in 1869 - may have been built on Anderson's stable site. (Refer 1894 MMBW plan). No.12a became No.60, No.14 to No.62 and No.16 to No.66? (should probably be No.64).
1852. Lot 15, Section 1 purchased by Solomon Benjamin.
1853. MCC BR: Wm. Anderson - builder, for self two houses and stables. (1854c-1893c).
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East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 458, Dorijo
A three storey building of rendered brick containing 12 apartments in the Art Deco style. As it faces Victoria Parade it is a symmetrical building with the main entrance at the ground floor level of the central element, and above French doors opening onto balconies. The balconies diminish in width as they progress up the building giving a sense of increased height.
History: Rupert Stanley Joseph, auctioneer, became the registered owner of the land now known as 458 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, in 1919 (Certificate of Title Vol 4196 Fol 131). In 1932, aged in his mid-50s and by then calling himself an investor, he married Doris Lilian Meinardi (Ancestry).
Eastbourne House, 62 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. Electoral Rolls 1903, 1906, 1913, 1919, 1945
1 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at Eastbourne House, 62 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1903, 1906, 1913, 1919 and 1945.
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Fire Station, Victoria Parade, Eastern Hill, East Melbourne. Electoral Rolls of 1934 and 1936
1 x A4 pages of typed notes being the names of residents living at the Eastern Hill Fire Station, East Melbourne extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1934 and 1936.
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For King and Country -William Hopton Anderson - Exhibition Panel
Illustrated panel prepared by volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition,For King and Country, commemorating the centenary of the commencement of the First World War. It is one of 16 panels, each of which provides a life story, with relevant images, of men and women who served in the war and who had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.
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