
Also known as | Milton Hall and later Parkside | Source: https://www.hothamhistory.org.au/product/at-home-on-hotham-hill-a-portrait-of-a-nineteenth-century-entrepreneur/ |
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Previous Address | 519 was also known 285 Dryburgh Street, Hotham before street renumbering. | Source: from the 1895 MMBW map |
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Style | Victorian, Late: 1875-1901 | |
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Timelapse Building Images

Education Department Study Set 36 Photo 3. Corner of Curran and Dryburgh Streets. (No 519 Dryburgh Street). North Melbourne.
source Education Department of Victoria
Building Details
Subsequent Building Alterations
Architectural Features
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Hardware
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Hardware
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Windows
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Lacework
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Building Ornamentation
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Heritage Significance and Listings
Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes |
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Find Guy Murphy’s book about 519 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne at the link below. www.hothamhistory.org.au/product/at-home-on-hotham-hill-a-portrait-of-a-nineteenth-century-entrepreneur/ |
Owners
From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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to date | Private | source: Hatcher Index | ||
1974 | Mr. Hugh A. O’Neill | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225955668 | source: Hatcher Index | |
18/10/1867 | Mr. William Davis, first 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 | source: Hatcher Index |
Residents
From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
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to date | Private | source Hatcher Index | ||
1974 | Hugh A. O’Neill | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | ||
1955 | 1970 | Mrs. Margot Pretty, Apartments | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
1954 | lmre Cserey and Frank August Doczy | source: The Argus | ||
1922 | Mr. E. J. and Mrs. Mylrea | source: The Argus | ||
1950 | 1950 | Alexander Madison, Apartments | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
1935 | 1946 | Mrs. E. J. Ringrose, Apartments | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206809010 | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin |
1930 | 1938 | Charles Henry Ringrose and Elizabeth Ringrose | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205197721 | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin |
1925 | 1925 | Raymond Stephens | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
1915 | 1922 | Mr. E. J. and Mrs. Mylrea (number changed to 285) | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4699917 | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin |
1909 | 1910 | Thomas Pitt, Esq. | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196138352 | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin |
1903 | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197908625 | source: The Age | ||
1900 | 1900 | Joseph P. Hayes | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
1890 | 1895 | Percy Jenkins | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
1885 | Robert Langford, auctioneer, commission agent and Hotham Lord Mayor | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin |
Social History
View the March 2022 Zoom talk given by Guy Murphy for Hotham History Project about the book he wrote AT HOME ON HOTHAM HILL, at 519 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne.
At Home On Hotham Hill
play VIDEO Part 1
At Home On Hotham Hill
play VIDEO Part 2, research process
Guy Murphy, author

1954 The Age.
source: The Age

1938. The Age.
source: The Age

source: The Argus

Context and Streetscape
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This property is situated 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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The controls listed below affect this property: This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.
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Other Information
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