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Timelapse Building Images
2001
Royal Flagstaff:14 storey and two 4 storey buildings containing 145 residential apartments. Built 1996.
source: Melbourne Council archive
LaTrobe Street, West Melbourne in 1882
Signed and dated in image l.l.: A.C. COOKE DEL 1882
Printed below image l.r.: Sands and McDougall, Printers, Melbourne.
Title printed below image l.c.
Printed below image l.l.: Supplement to “The Illustrated Melbourne News”, April, 1882.
Published in: The Illustrated Melbourne News, April 1882.
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/41180
section of original image, source: State Library of Victoria
Land Details
- current map
- 1895 MMBW Map
- Compiled Crown Record Plan showing Mr. James Linacre was the first crown land purchaser in 1850.
- 1850 Government Crown Land Sale
Building Details
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Subsequent Building Alterations
The original historic 1850s Victorian dwelling has since been demolished.
This site and other surrounding historic buildings and their land now contains an apartment complex called Royal Flagstaff: 14 storey and two 4 storey buildings containing 146 residential apartments built 1996.
http://maps.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
Architectural Features
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Heritage Significance and Listings
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The two-storey Victoria era dwelling on this land no longer exists, it was demolished to make way for 146 residences. |
Owners
| From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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| 1934 | to date | Private | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1918 | 1933 | Southern Cross Manufacturing Company | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1913 | 1917 | Mary Stewart | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1906 | 1913 | Stewart estate | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1874 | 1906 | John Stewart | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1861 | 1873 | Charles Barber | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1850 | James Linacre, 1st crown land purchaser | source: Hatcher Index | ||
| abt 40 thousand years earlier | 1835 | Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoria |
Residents
| From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
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| 1934 | to date | Private | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1933 | 1933 | Laurence Galea | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1927 | 1932 | George Edwards | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1921 | 1926 | Ernst T. Gunton | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1920 | 1920 | Bernard Crane | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1918 | 1919 | Mrs. Ethel Kelly | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1916 | 1917 | Mrs. Margaret Everett | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1909 | 1915 | Mrs. Ada or Ida Lett | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1898 | 1908 | James Hamilton | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1895 | 1896 | Mrs. Mary Tointon | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1895 | 1895 | Thomas Phillips | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1892 | 1894 | Mrs. Briggs | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1892 | 1893 | Mrs. Jane Buzza | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1890 | 1890 | Henry Rogers | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1880 | 1890 | Mrs. Elizabeth S. Turner | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1885 | 1885 | P. Mackle | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1876 | 1879 | David Lyall | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1874 | 1875 | Mrs. Fitzpatrick | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1872 | 1873 | Thomas Fitzpatrick | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1870 | 1872 | Henry Sellwood | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1869 | 1869 | Thomas Jennings, Sergeant H.M. 61st Regiment Foot | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1868 | 1868 | John Hayes | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1866 | 1866 | Smith & Scott | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1859 | 1863 | James and Mary Parham nee Grady and family | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1853 | 1858 | William McKay | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1851 | 1851 | Frances Malpas, son of the Rev Joseph Henry Malpas Vicar of Awre Glostershire | source: Hatcher Index |
Social History
TOINTON.— In loving memory of our dear mother, who departed this life on the 2nd February, 1896, at Latrobe-street, West Melbourne. R.I.P.
—Inserted by her loving family, William Henry, Alfred, Amy and Mary Tointon.
source: The Age
James and Mary Parham – background
James Parham married Mary Grady (or O’Grady) in Victoria in 1857. They moved to Latrobe Street, West Melbourne in 1859 and raised a family.
Mary gave birth to their three children, their first was also named Mary, born in 1859, James born in 1861 and Annie Parham born in 1862.
James Parham was a Melbourne butcher and sausage maker in partnership with James Ward. Their premises were located in Butcher-alley off Bourke Street, Melbourne until 1861, prior to their partnership being mutually dissolved.
Information sourced from Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Trove, Council Rate Book records and the State Library of Victoria.
Context and Streetscape
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This property resides within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. |
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