Amorique
115 Hotham Street, Henri Lamande with motor cycle and kangaroo
Scan of original photograph printed on post card. Picture shows rear patio of Amorique with Henri Lamandé adjusting the front wheel of a shiny new Abingdon motorcycle. A kangaroo, with its back to the camera, is also studying this very fine machine.
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Amorique, 115 Hotham Street, East Melbourne
Colour photo of Amorique, a timber framed weatherboard house at 115 Hotham Street. The building was demolished in 1979 to be replaced by a block of flats called Amourique (note the change in spelling).
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 115 - Burchett
Original name: 'The Oaks'.
1853. MCC BR: Jacomb for self wood house.
1854. Name mentioned: Wilkinson, 10 rooms.
1861. Hy. Bridger - owner. Mrs. Sheils- occupier, she conducted Ladies School here for 15 yrs.
1863 and 1870. Names mentioned: F. Jacomb - owner. Mrs. Sheils - occupier.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 115, Amorique
A large weatherboard house with a cedar shingle roof (later covered by iron).
Robert Elwall Jacomb, the first owner of the house, was the official assignee. It was to him that an insolvent's assets were transfered, or assigned, for distribution to creditors. Jacomb built this house as an investment while he, himself, lived in Powlett Street. In 1861 Mrs.
For King and Country - Henry Joseph Lamande - 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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