Mouchette
Berthe Mouchette
Newpaper clipping about new premises for the Alliance Francaise in St Kilda. The Alliance Francaise was founded by Madame Berthe Mouchette who when she first arrived in Melbourne lived at 128 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, where she taught art in a studio behind the house.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 128, 130, 132, Nepean Terrace
Description:
A terrace of three two storey houses in Regency style. The brick facade is unpainted and there is a timber verandah.
History:
This regency style terrace, with its distinctive timber verandah, was built in 1863 for Henry Dyer, lime and cement merchant, as an investment. Dyer lived with his family around the corner at 121 Powlett Street.