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AGE, THE Elizabeth St building (the first site) BLOCK 44
ALMANACS
see here
ALLOTMENTS of crown land suburban sales see here
AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS see here
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BANK OF VICTORIA aka VICTORIA BANK? are they the same? current site 251 Collins Street BLOCK 53
BATMAN’S HILL WEST 7
current site: south of today’s Collins Street, Southern Cross Railway Station, at the eastern border of the Docklands precinct.
BATMAN’S SWAMP See DUDLEY FLATS
BILKING SQUARE BLOCK 32
BILL OF EXCHANGE here
–BLUE FLOW CHINA see here
BLUESTONE, see CONVICT MARKS
BOURKE ST WEST POLICE STATION BLOCK 33
~~~BOTTLES – see here
BURIED BLOCKS: see HODDLES GRID
BUTTON
from little lon collection:
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1614355
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CANVAS TOWN west side of St Kilda Rd Dec 1852-53
CENSUS – as well as rate record books:::
Despite their apparent exactness, the census statistics for dwellings and occupations are, of course, only approximate. As pointed out by Sam B. Warner in a study of Boston, USA, heads of households in the nineteenth century often regarded the gatherer of statistics as a potential tax collector and possibly therefore withheld information concerning personal property, its size and its use. There is evidence of a similar tendency in Victoria. In 1911, for example, Collingwood Council noticed that when its valuer asked householders for the number of occupants the number was commonly understated; the total was 11 per cent lower than the population according to the census, an enormous difference. If the figures given to the valuer were underestimated, then it is reasonable to suspect also that figures given to the census-taker, particularly as municipal officers were often employed as census takers. In 1857, for example, East Collingwood’s first town clerk was the local census-taker; he probably would have obtained assistance or information from the council’s rate collector, and municipal rates then were a widely resisted innovation. pp 31-33 The Inner Suburbs: The Evolution of an Industrial Area by Bernard Barrett, Melbourne University Press, 1971
—in addition to this another example of discrepancies…
…in 1937…an unusually exhaustive inspection of back yards revealed poor people living in tiny outhouses more suited as wood sheds or dog kennels…
p 33 The Inner Suburbs: The Evolution of an Industrial Area by Bernard Barrett, Melbourne University Press, 1971
[[and in a separate instance, another example…]] -likewise…some persons who described themselves as skilled craftsmen were either unemployed or were currently forced to work at another occupation. And the movement back and forth between ‘contractor’, ‘mason’ and ‘labourer’ is difficult to measure, being geared to slumps and booms.
p 33 The Inner Suburbs: The Evolution of an Industrial Area by Bernard Barrett, Melbourne University Press, 1971
CHAMBERPOTS
-identifiable by single handle. Double handle is for tureens.
-from archeology 364-378 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.:::
https://asha.org.au/news/chamber-pots/
wild rose pattern:
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1615476
CHINAWARE see here
chinoiserie see here also see chinaware
CITY CLUB HOTEL 209 Collins Street BLOCK 54
CLARENCE, THE HOTEL
CLARENDON HOTEL current site 444 Collins St formerly LAMBS INN>later SCOTTS HOTEL BLOCK 43
~~~~COAL link here. general research on coal.
COLES No. ONE VARIETY STORE
current site 236 Bourke St BLOCK 30
formerly site of Theatre Royale, & art deco Manton’s department store>1955 Coles Number One Variety store>present day Kmart
CONVICT BRANDING SYMBOL see here
CROSSLEY BUILDING, THE. 54 – 62 Bourke Street BLOCK 32
CRAIG, WILLIAMSON & THOMAS 8-26 Elizabeth Street (retail store) BLOCK 61
57-67 Little Collins Street Melbourne BLOCK 48
CRITERION HOTEL BLOCK 52
CUMBERLAND PLACE SCHOOL current site 18-28 Little Lonsdale Street BLOCK 8
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DISCOUNT BILLS see BILL OF EXCHANGE
DUDLEY FLATS aka BATMAN’S SWAMP
Dudley Flats proper was located south of Footscray Road on the banks of the 1880s Coal Canal – The ‘Batchelor Quarters’ were located on the north side of Dudley Street near a bridge over the canal, while ‘Happy Valley’ was on the east side of the canal. See wikipedia and Walking the blue lake APRIL 16, 2019 by Dr David Sornig https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/walking-the-blue-lake/
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EASTERN HILL aka PARLIAMENT HILL EAST 4 & EAST 5
EASTERN MARKET BLOCK 39
EIGHT HOUR MOVEMENT
See p208 The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria 1851-1861 by Geoffrey Serle, 1977 Melbourne University Press.
ENTERPRIZE PARK SOUTH 2 & 3
ENTERPRIZE, THE
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FALLS, THE aka FRESHWATER FALLS SOUTH 3,4,11,12
The Falls was a natural basalt ridge that ran across the Birrarung (Yarra River), dividing the river into two different ecosystems: freshwater above and saltwater below. source: The Falls Birrarung (Yarra River) https://aboriginal-map.melbourne.vic.gov.au/85
FAWKNERS HOTEL current site 419-429 Collins Street BLOCK 51
FEDERAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA BLOCK 44
FEDERAL COFFEE PALACE current site 555 Collins St BLOCK 49
FITZROY VENDETTA, 1950s
Webb St and fitz vendetta:
1950s Description of fitz vendetta saga starting at Ted Whiting‘s house which is just around the corner here: Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), Friday 3 November 1950, page 6 The Muscle Man of Fitzroy By HUGH BUGGY online here
another great article here: Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), Saturday 26 November 1949, page 28 Through the Shadows
>>FLAGSTAFF HILL NORTH 2 / NORTH 10
FRESHWATER FALLS see FALLS, THE
FROZEN CHARLOTTES
frozen charlottes. https://asiheritage.ca/portfolio-items/frozen-charlotte/
melbourne examples https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1617640
also
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/frozen-charlotte-dolls
also
https://www.brighton.ac.uk/news/2023/daughters-beach-find-inspires-sussex-parent-to-masters-degree
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‘GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION’ aka ‘GOVERNMENT BLOCK‘ site
Melbourne’s first administrative centre (the so-called ‘Government Block’ bounded by Collins, Bourke, King and Spencer Streets)
BLOCK 33 AND 41
GOVERNMENT PADDOCK aka GOVERNMENT POLICE PADDOCK aka RICHMOND PADDOCK became site of Jolimont see>>GOVERNMENT PADDOCK
GRAND COFFEE PALACE current site 111 Spring Street BLOCK 40
GRAND HOTEL current site 111 Spring Street BLOCK 40
GRID: see >>HODDLES GRID.
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>>HODDLES GRID.
I
IRON PRE FAB HOUSES 1850s
iron pre fab houses are marketed as fireproof and suprerior to wooden houses until the San Fransisco Fires prove otherwise, May 3-4 1851 SAN FRANCISCO.
See this blog:::
In the prefab world in 1849, iron houses were a relatively recent invention. The chance for gold rush profits accelerated their development, as just about every foundry, blacksmith, and roofer decided to get into the housing business.
Iron models were cheaper than wood frame houses and much easier to disassemble and re-erect in a new location, which seems like a nice back-up plan for a buyer following gold strikes. Plus, iron houses were marketed as “fire proof.”
Then the fire-proof claims took a big hit during the big San Francisco conflagration on May 3–4, 1851.Men who thought they were safe inside their fireproof buildings soon found that the doors swelled shut from the heat, trapping them in a noxious inferno. And while the structures didn’t burn, they certainly did melt. Yikes.
When all had cooled, to cut up and haul off the warped debris of an iron house cost more than building a replacement wood frame building.
—https://www.sanfranciscostory.com/gold-rush-prefab/
and also see: https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/portable-iron-houses/?ref=sanfranciscostory.com
J
JOBS WAREHOUSE 54-62 bourke st BLOCK 32
JOLIMONT ESTATE see >>GOVERNMENT PADDOCK
K
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LAKE CASHMORE
see hoddles grid/eliz street/find where this would have been… Lake Cashmore, a lake that once existed near the junction of Elizabeth and Collins Streets.
SOURCE Melbourne’s Hidden Waterways: Revealing Williams Creek by Janet McGaw and Cliff Chang, University of Melbourne
https://doubledialogues.com/article/melbournes-hidden-waterways-revealing-williams-creek/
Langlands Iron Foundry current site (partially) 556−560 Flinders Street BLOCK 57
LAMB INN – there’s three different Lambs Inns at different times in Melbourne.
LAMB INN Cnr FRANKLIN ST and ELIZABETH ST (NORTH 13)
-original proprietor:
-location:shown on 1855 Kearney map
-current site:
-articles:
‘OLD LAMB INN: NOTED HAUNT IN 60s Transformed into Bank’ The Argus Tues 17 Apr 1923 see : https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1890827
LAMB INN > CLARENDON HOTEL>SCOTTS HOTEL current site 444 Collins St BLOCK 43
LITTLE LONS – see hoddles grid
London Assurance House current site 468-470 Bourke St BLOCK 27
London Chartered Bank of Australia, The current site 401-403 Collins St BLOCK 51
LONDON TAVERN Elizabeth St BLOCK 44
LONSDALE SWAMP – East of CBD see BURIED BLOCKS
M
MANTONS DEPT STORE current site 236 Bourke St BLOCK 30
formerly site of Theatre Royale, 1933 new art deco building for Manton’s department store>1955 Coles Number One Variety store>present day Kmart
MARBLES
CLAY MARBLES
from: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/16941 ‘what are marbles made from’
Playthings recovered from the Little Lonsdale archaeological site in Melbourne, dated around 1880, include porcelain, glass and clay marbles. Clay marbles – known as commonies – were the cheapest. John Clarke recalls glass marbles that were ‘much coveted, which my parents roared with laughter at because they used to be found in the tops of lemonade bottles’. These lemonade bottle marbles, which held the pressure of the carbonated contents, were typically plain and rough to touch. Marbles made for blind baking of pies could also be used for play.
Melbourne Exhibition Building 1854-1858 [Block 03]
Melbourne Dental Hospital 1892-1897, 239 Lonsdale Street [Block 22]
Melbourne Club first site 1839 BLOCK 51
>>MELBOURNE MINT Williams St [Block 03]
MENZIES HOTEL {era?} current site 140 William St BLOCK 35
MITRE TAVERN current site 5 Bank Place [Block 43]
MOURNING
see ‘Jay’s Manual of Fashion / The London General Mourning Warehouse’ catalogue, c. 1865
https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/118855?fbclid=Iwb21leAPQtMdjbGNrA9C0qGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHrsxY4o1YDEtwaTvLX0dQsXcA3Mh0ee-YwqNOIGZukff1hVNL6GoDRd3IwZN_aem_wKrTCXKFwWznFrIMit3yZg
N
O
OLD CABIN BITTERS see here
>>OLD MELBOURNE GAOL Russell St [North 6]
~~~OYSTERS see here
P
PARLIAMENT HILL aka EASTERN HILL EAST 4 & EAST 5
PASSMORES HOTEL – aka SHAKESPEARS INN or SHAKESPEARS HOTEL see BLOCK 51
~~~~PIPES, clay pipes. see here.
pompeii ‘Melbourne’s pompeii’- see buried blocks
POLICE MAGISTRATES PADDOCK see>>GOVERNMENT PADDOCK
POST OFFICE BLOCK 29
POWDER MAGAZINE at Batman’s Hill WEST 7
PROTECTIONIST MOVEMENT
c1860s + ‘Collingwood and Richmond became the headquarters of the Protectionist movement, agitating for tariffs to protect colonial industry against foreign imports. Thus the district played a significant role in the development of Australian industry. Indeed the Richmond-Collingwood district was envisaged s the future Manchester of the southern hemisphere, with the River Yarra as its ship canal’
source: p10, The Inner Suburbs: The Evolution of an Industrial Area by Bernard Barrett, Melbourne University Press, 1971
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R
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RAG FAIR at Customs House 1850s BLOCK 59
REILLY ST DRAIN
The completed drain, about 10 ft deep, [[3metres deep!!!]]was lined with stone; it was partly fenced in, and crossed by wooden bridges. Occasionally someone fell in and was drowned’
see p 45-46 The Inner Suburbs: The Evolution of an Industrial Area by Bernard Barrett, Melbourne University Press, 1971
GOVERNMENT PADDOCK aka GOVERNMENT POLICE PADDOCK aka RICHMOND PADDOCK became site of Jolimont see>>GOVERNMENT PADDOCK
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SOUTHERN CROSS HOTEL 1982>1995 current site 131 Exhibition St BLOCK 39
SCOTTS HOTEL current site 444 Collins St formerly LAMBS INN and CLARENDON HOTEL BLOCK 43
SHAKESPEARS HOTEL current site 419-429 Collins Street BLOCK 51
ST FRANCIS CHURCH BLOCK 13
ST PATRICKS HALL current site 468-470 Bourke Street BLOCK 27
SLUMS see p 12 source: The Inner Suburbs: The Evolution of an Industrial Area by Bernard Barrett, Melbourne University Press, 1971
T
TANKARD’S TEMPERANCE HOTEL BLOCK 19
TATTERSALS HOTEL see “Advertising” The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954) 19 May 1858: <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154856738>.
THEATRE ROYALE current site 236 Bourke St BLOCK 30
first building 1855-1872 destroyed by fire
new build 1872 by George Coppin > 1933 new art deco building for Manton’s department store>1955 Coles Number One Variety store>present day Kmart
UNION CLUB, THE former site of SHAKESPEAR HOTEL current site 419-429 Collins Street BLOCK 51
UNION INN BLOCK 44
V
VICTORIA BANK I’m assuming aka BANK OF VICTORIA see BLOCK 53
W
WALLPAPER
Shadows from the Walls of Death (1874)
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kedzie-shadows/?fbclid=Iwb21leANkoG1jbGNrA2SfTmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEen3oOvbC-7rJFza6K9GHSQV14OCAI0C7iosafECgCzluZA_7TZzF83bB11DQ_aem_10bZ2AOXhCqSsthT1hMLOA
also check this out something i just found https://www.pwpcenter.org/
WEEDS common weeds/invasive species victorian era
WEEDS IN THE VICTORIAN COLONIAL GARDEN 1800-1860
by John Dwyer
https://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Weeds-in-the-colonial-garden.pdf
also
euro black nightshade berry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_nigrum
also spear thistles
https://www.sgln.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Spear_Thistle.pdf
POISON PLANTS. (1873, November 1). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 – 1918, 1935), p. 7. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197927124
SOLANUM NIGRUM. (1874, April 29). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article199380670
AN ALLEGED POISONOUS PLANT. (1896, May 13). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 6. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8901770
AN ALLEGED POISONOUS PLANT. (1896, May 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8901895
AN ALLEGED POISONOUS PLANT. (1896, May 22). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8902815
WEST MELBOURNE GASWORKS
current site: Collins Street extension in the docklands. See: The city’s light source 1st December, 2021 By Ashley Smith
https://www.docklandsnews.com.au/the-citys-light-source/
WURINDERJI
https://www.wurundjeri.com.au/
| WILLIAMS CREEK/RIVER aka THE WILLIAMS, RIVER WILLIAMS, aka RIVER TOWNEND, or TOWNEND’S RIVER see: HODDLES GRID |
WINDSOR HOTEL current site 111 Spring Street BLOCK 40
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Y
YOUNG & JACKSONS 1 swanston st BLOCK 61
Z
burrows & co 