Gilbert
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 072, 074, 076 - Burchett
1886. Vacant land. Owner: Miss Cornwall.
1886. MCC BR: A.J. Muller of Hawthorn to build terrace of three 3 and 4-story houses, corner Simpson Street. Messrs. Tappin, Gilbert and Dennehy - architects.
1887-89. Owner - Miss Cornwall. 1889 occupier mentioned: Miss McCartney.
1888. Described in the 'Building and Eng'g Journal' as 'Royal East Melbourne Coffee Palace'.
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Mary Gilbert: Melbourne's First Mother
There has been much publicity lately about the large imbalance in the numbers of statues of men as opposed to women in Melbourne. A google search puts it at 580 to 10! One of these ten statues is in the Conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens, hidden away amongst the foliage.
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