Powlett Street
Conservation
One of a series of files of research notes and photos in preparation for a submission to City of Melbourne to have included in the updated Conservation Schedule some buildings which had been omitted from the original 1983 schedule. At the same time it had been proposed to remove from the new schedule the buildings which had been given an E grading in 1983.
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East Melbourne's Best Streets
Newspaper clipping describes some of the streets of East Melbourne and their houses. Focuses on Clarendon, Hotham and Powlett Streets.
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John Ernest Plowman
Newspaper clipping about John Ernest Plowman who died in March 2004. He owned the last remaining, unrenovated boarding house in Canterbury Terrace, Powlett Street.
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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Best selling crime novel set in Melbourne of the 1880s. Part of the action takes place in Powlett Street and Fitzroy Gardens.
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Thomas Rand at The Ritz
Photocopies and transcriptions of letters to and from Thomas Rand who lived at The Ritz, 36 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne, for the year 1925-26. It seems Mrs. Rand was temporarily managing The Ritz boarding house. Two of the letters mention an offer to take over management if she wishes to give it up. Four short letters, including one draft, to a tenant at Koorine, cnr.
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