599 King Street

599 King Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
Photographer, Sue Scarfe, September 2024

Also known as
Previous Address 281 prior to 1889 when the streets were renumbered Source: Sands and McDougalls directory 1865, page 34
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Architectural Features




  • Doors
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    photographer Sue Scarfe


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    photographer Sue Scarfe


  • Photographer, Sue Scarfe, September 2024


  • Photographer, Sue Scarfe, September 2024


  • Photographer, Sue Scarfe, September 2024


  • Photographer, Sue Scarfe, September 2024


  • Photographer, Sue Scarfe, September 2024


  • Photographer, Sue Scarfe, September 2024



Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes

Owners

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Residents

From To Resident More Info Data Source
to date Private (house 599) Hatcher Index
1974 Apartments in (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1960 1970 Hayes, Mrs E. M. apartments in (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1955 Apartments in (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1950 Smethurst, Maxwell (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1940 1944/5 Farrugia, Joseph (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1935 May, J. H. (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1925 1930 Ellis, Henry (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1920 Oliver, Mrs J. S. C. (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1905 1915 Oliver, Thomas (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1900 Oliver, Thomas & James Oliver (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1895 Oliver, James (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1889 1890 Oliver, Thomas (house 599) Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025

Social History

Note the house number for James Oliver, carpenter is shown as 281 in 1865, he was in the exact same house, so what’s changed you may ask?
The streets of Melbourne were officially re-numbered in 1889.

Sands and McDougalls directory 1865, page 34


Long time resident of the area James Oliver who lived at 599 King Street died in 1902.

Age, 2/5/1902



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