
Also known as | Boland’s row house | Source: Hatcher Index |
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Previous Address | ||
Constructed | 6/2/1860 | |
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Architect | ||
Builder | Edmund Boling, Melbourne |
Timelapse Building Images
Building Details
A wooden house with a side and rear open garden space.
Notice of Intent to Build.
6th Feb 1860, Registration number 79.
Fee paid: £1.0.0
Builder: Mr. Edmund Boling. (suspect name should be Edmund/Edward Boland)
Owner: Mr Edmund Boling.
Abbotsford St, Lot 7 section O. (suspect sect O should be sect Q)
1863 Sands & McDougal directory shows E. Boland residing next to Wiliam Rogerson. Later rate records show the Rogerson’s lived at number 51 Abbotsford Street.
Other significant building works carried out by Edmund Boling/Boland can be viewed here.
Burchett Index
Subsequent Building Alterations
Edmund Boling or Boland’s historic wooden house was sadly demolished sometime in the mid 1900’s and have since been replaced with a factory which has been converted into flats that has no front or back garden space.
Architectural Features
Heritage Significance and Listings
Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes |
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The modern low-rise repurposing of this ‘interwar’ era industrial building into residences is a useful display of sustainability and it demonstrates appreciation for maintaining and blending existing valued architecture. However, the lack of provision for open garden space on this site was a mistake, it could have been incorporated in the overall design to be a truly effective outcome for all stakeholders. |
Owners
From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
1964 | 1973 | Alexander George Ellenford | Hatcher Index | |
1958 | 1963 | John Henry Rotherford | Hatcher Index | |
1949 | 1957 | David & Charles Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1928 | 1948 | Harriett E Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1920 | 1927 | Rodgerson Estate | Hatcher Index | |
1916 | 1919 | B & W Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1914 | 1915 | William A Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1913 | 1913 | Kate Flanagan | Hatcher Index | |
1910 | 1912 | Flanagan’s Trust | Hatcher Index | |
1899 | 1909 | Michael Heffernan | Hatcher Index | |
1872 | 1898 | William Heffernan | Hatcher Index | |
1860 | 1871 | Edward Boland | Hatcher Index | |
William Rogerson (crown land purchaser) | 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 | Hatcher Index |
Residents
From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
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1975 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
1960 | 1974 | All Red Carrying Co P/L | Hatcher Index | |
1956 | 1958 | Indo Tyre & Rubber Co P/L | Hatcher Index | |
1949 | 1955 | David & Charles Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1944 | 1948 | William Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1943 | 1943 | Elizabeth Maud McDonald, William Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1942 | 1942 | Daniel Joseph Triffle | Hatcher Index | |
1939 | 1941 | Elizabeth Maud McDonald | Hatcher Index | |
1929 | 1937 | May Newnham | Hatcher Index | |
1926 | 1928 | William H Newham | Hatcher Index | |
1916 | 1925 | B & W Rogerson | Hatcher Index | |
1913 | 1914 | Charles S Smith | Hatcher Index | |
1911 | 1911 | Fred Hossack | Hatcher Index | |
1910 | 1910 | Godfrey L Kusel | Hatcher Index | |
1909 | 1909 | Isabel Hockey | Hatcher Index | |
1899 | 1908 | Michael Heffernan | Hatcher Index | |
1872 | 1898 | William Heffernan | Hatcher Index | |
1862 | 1871 | Edward Boland | Hatcher Index |
Social History
Edward Boland owned 53 Abbotsford street West Melbourne from 1860 to around 1871.
Sands & Madougall directory

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Context and Streetscape
Precinct |
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The current 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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Zoning |
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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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Streetscape |
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This streetscape contains a collection of historic Victorian buildings and later buildings. The Victorian homes are socially and historically significant buildings for the early development of North & West Melbourne in their own right. |
Other Information
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