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East Melbourne, Punt Road 1035, 1037, 1039

Description: 

Three terrace houses built in a stepped arrangement to accomodate the steep slope of the site.

History: 

The first house on this allotment was a remnant of the old Mounted Police Barracks.  It and the hospital, which became the Berry Street Babies’ Home, were the only two buildings to remain after all the others were cleared in preparation for the subdivision and sale of the site in 1881.

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Jolimont, Jolimont Street 066, 068

Description: 

Originally a pair of two single storey cottages now combined into one office building, with parking below.

History: 

'Henry Apperley was a sculptor who worked on the London Houses of Parliament prior to emigrating to Australia in 1854 as part of the gold rushes. He worked in Melbourne producing sculptures and in 1868 moved to Sydney where he worked on the Rookwood Mortuary Station.

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