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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 089, 091

East Melbourne

  • 89 Simpson Street
  • 91 Simpson Street

Surnames

  • Clayton
  • Johnston
  • Vestris
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Date built: 
1870
Builder: 
G.K. Johnston, East Melbourne
First owner: 
G[eorge] K. Johnston, auctioneer
Description: 

A pair of single storeyed cottages, with cast iron verandahs.

History: 

Built for George Keane (or Kane) Johnston,auctioneer, on land he had purchased in the crown land sales of June 1854.

Owners and occupiers: 

89
c.1872-1880: Herman Vestris

91
c.1874-1881: James R. Clayton

Sources: 

Burchett files, East Melbourne Library

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