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| Constructed | 5/08/1884 |
| Style | Victorian : 1840-1890 |
| Architect | |
| Builder | Taylor, R – Spencer Street West Melbourne |
Timelapse Building Images
Land Details
- 1895 MMBW Map. source: http://maps.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
- 2. Compiled Crown Record Plan showing Mr. Barrett was the first crown land purchaser of lot 14, section 56. source: http://maps.melbourne.vic.gov.au
Building Details
Notice of intent to build.
Street address: Hawke
Application number: 1009.
Application date 5/8/1884
Owner & Builder: R. Taylor, Spencer Street, West Melbourne. (Robert Taylor lived at number 1 Linton Terrace which was later renumbered 596 Spencer Street, after the 1885 Sands & McDougall Melbourne Directory, page 55)
Application Fee: 3.10.0
Type: two 8 room two story houses, with a private back yard garden. (127 & 129 Hawke Street)
Source; Burchett Index.
Other significant building works carried out by Mr. R. Taylor will be updated here soon.
(Mr. Robert Taylor was one of the 11 member committee for the creation of the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve in 1892 from a report in the North Melbourne Advertiser. Committee members from Hotham Council included the Mayor Cr. Costello, Councillors John Barwise, James Henry Gardiner and Thomas Fogerty)
Source: North Melbourne Advertiser, 14/10/1892, page 3.
The two houses at 127 and 129 Hawke Street were still under construction in 1885 when Council recorded rates.
Source; Melbourne Council Rate Book 1885, Public Records Office of Victoria.
Subsequent Building Alterations
Architectural Features
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Gate
Cast Ironphotographer Stephen Hatcher
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Fence
Brickphotographer Stephen Hatcher
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Fin Wall
Brickphotographer Stephen Hatcher
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Building Ornamentation
Concretephotographer Stephen Hatcher
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Building Ornamentation
Concretephotographer Stephen Hatcher
Heritage Significance and Listings
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Owners
| From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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| 1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
| 1968 | 1974 | Ostaldo & Ercole Cerrati | Hatcher Index | |
| 1959 | 1966 | Carlo Pallozzi & Giovanni Delgrosso | Hatcher Index | |
| 1955 | 1958 | Nicola & Michele Guida | Hatcher Index | |
| 1954 | 1954 | Helen Teller | Hatcher Index | |
| 1912 | 1953 | John Henry Dott | Hatcher Index | |
| 1908 | 1911 | Sarah Taylor | Hatcher Index | |
| 1894 | 1907 | Robert & Sarah Taylor | Hatcher Index | |
| Mr. Barrett | Compiled Crown Record Plan | |||
| abt 40 thousand years earlier | 1835 | Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoria | Hatcher Index |
Residents
| From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
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| 1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
| 1968 | 1974 | Ostaldo & Ercole Cerrati | Hatcher Index | |
| 1960 | 1967 | Giovanni Delgrosso & Carlo Pallozzi | Hatcher Index | |
| 1955 | 1958 | Nicola & Michele Guida | Hatcher Index | |
| 1954 | 1954 | Helen Teller | Hatcher Index | |
| 1950 | 1953 | Katherine Hawkins | Hatcher Index | |
| 1947 | 1949 | Henry & Katherine Hawkins | Hatcher Index | |
| 1943 | 1946 | Eric George Perry | Hatcher Index | |
| 1941 | 1942 | Arthur Thomas Perry | Hatcher Index | |
| 1939 | 1940 | James Patrick Kelly | Hatcher Index | |
| 1936 | 1937 | Patrick Fowler | Hatcher Index | |
| 1935 | 1935 | William Timms | Hatcher Index | |
| 1934 | 1934 | Muriel Neylow | Hatcher Index | |
| 1932 | 1932 | Anna Rowlands | Hatcher Index | |
| 1927 | 1931 | Hannah Broadhead | Hatcher Index | |
| 1924 | 1926 | Ester Barton | Hatcher Index | |
| 1921 | 1923 | William Connlly [sic] | Hatcher Index | |
| 1919 | 1920 | Herbert Jackson | Hatcher Index | |
| 1916 | 1918 | Arthur Cunningham | Hatcher Index | |
| 1915 | 1915 | Harold Brown | Hatcher Index | |
| 1914 | 1914 | Michael Canny | Hatcher Index | |
| 1911 | 1913 | Michael J McGrath | Hatcher Index | |
| 1909 | 1910 | William Spencer | Hatcher Index | |
| 1908 | 1908 | Robert King | Hatcher Index | |
| 1907 | 1907 | Andrew Brown | Hatcher Index | |
| 1904 | 1906 | William Spencer | Hatcher Index | |
| 1900 | 1903 | Archibald Walter | Hatcher Index | |
| 1899 | 1899 | Archibald Luff | Hatcher Index | |
| 1894 | 1898 | John & Mary Cody | Hatcher Index | |
| 1890 | 1891 | Mrs. Hughes | Hatcher Index | |
| 1986 | 1889 | Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews | Hatcher Index |
Social History
John Cody, (1841-1916) son of John and Anastasia Cody, (nee Walsh) of Mullinahone, Tipperary, Ireland and wife Mary (1858-1931), daughter of Andrew and Alice Lawrence, (nee Direen) lived at 129 Hawke Street, West Melbourne with their children, Anastasia, Alice, John, Honoria, Mary and Andrew Cody.
Source: Sands & McDougall Melbourne directory 1895, page 32. Additional information from the Cody family.
John and Mary Cody, (nee Lawrence).
“John and Mary Cody” Stewart and Co., 286 Bourke Street c 1900.
Source: City of Melbourne Libraries, donor was Tom McCarthy.
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/ARCENQ/15010465/17802273,2
The children of John and Mary Cody, (nee Lawrence).
Source: Births, Deaths & Marriages Victoria.
https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/
1901. Mr. J Cody was a keen breeder of birds, having won a prize in cocks with a specimen of fair size, good plumage, and shown in good condition.
Source: Melbourne Weekly Times, 24/8/1901, page 43.
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Context and Streetscape
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North and West Melbourne Heritage Precinct and the HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct) This property resides within the municipality of the City of Melbourne.
We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation.
source: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/history-city-of-melbourne.pdf
historical map source: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/maps/maps-melbourne-city-suburbs
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This streetscape contains a mix of Victorian and later era buildings that form a well preserved group from a similar period or style and because they are socially and historically significant buildings for the early development of North & West Melbourne in their own right. |
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