
Also known as | Sturgess Terraces (1-11) | |
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Previous Address | 4 Miller Street before 1889 | Source: Sands & McDougall directory |
Constructed | 14/10/1873 | |
Style | Victorian, Mid: 1860-1875 | |
Architect | ||
Builder | William Sturgess, 20 Milton Street West Melbourne |
Timelapse Building Images

photographer, Graeme Butler
Building Details
Notice of intent to build.
Street: Miller & Curson (sic)
Number: 5634. Date 14/10/1873
Owner & Builder: William Sturgess, 20 Milton Street West Melbourne. (20 Milton St no longer exists)
Fee: 8.15.0
Type: Four 1-story, One 2-story houses. (All with a private back yard gardens)
(We believe the notice meant to say “Four 2-story & One 1-story houses”)
Other significant building works carried out by William Sturgess can be found here.
Burchett Index
Subsequent Building Alterations

New concrete verandah floor.
The original cast iron style lacework on the upper balcony that was removed in the 1950’s have since been restored.
Architectural Features
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Doors
TimberSue Scarfe photographer
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Hardware
Other metalSue Scarfe photographer
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Fence
Cast IronSue Scarfe photographer
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Path
TerracottaSue Scarfe photographer
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Windows
GlassSue Scarfe photographer
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Lacework
Cast IronSue Scarfe photographer
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Lacework
Cast IronSue Scarfe photographer
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Chimney
BrickSue Scarfe photographer
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Fin Wall
ConcreteSue Scarfe photographer
Heritage Significance and Listings
Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes |
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How is it significant? Why is it significant? |
Owners
From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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1974 | to date | Private | Hatcher Index | |
1961 | 1974 | Romeo Barrasso | Hatcher Index | |
1959 | 1960 | Romeo Barrasso & Enrico Minichiello | Hatcher Index | |
1955 | 1958 | Vincent, Connie & Spiro Micallef | Hatcher Index | |
1950 | 1954 | Doris Maie White (grand daughter of William & Fanny Sturgess) | Hatcher Index | |
1914 | 1949 | Sarah Folland | Hatcher Index | |
1912 | 1913 | Mrs Folland | Hatcher Index | |
1892 | 1911 | John Studley Folland (husband of Elizabeth Sturgess) | Hatcher Index | |
1873 | 1891 | William Sturgess | Hatcher Index | |
1858 | 1872 | John Austin Keens (crown land purchaser) | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7305206 | 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 | |
1959 | 1974 | Romeo Barrasso | Hatcher Index | |
1955 | 1958 | Vincent, Connie & Spiro Micallef | Hatcher Index | |
1942 | 1954 | Mrs Annie Josephine Crowle | Hatcher Index | |
1941 | 1941 | Patrick O’Sullivan | Hatcher Index | |
1936 | 1940 | Mrs Louisa K Brander | Hatcher Index | |
1935 | 1935 | Miss Mary Lucas | Hatcher Index | |
1913 | 1932 | Jeremiah Sheehan | Hatcher Index | |
1907 | 1912 | Richard Llewellyn | Hatcher Index | |
1906 | 1906 | Elizabeth White | Hatcher Index | |
1904 | 1905 | John Arthur | Hatcher Index | |
1899 | 1903 | George Tootell | Hatcher Index | |
1898 | 1898 | Charle Moss | Hatcher Index | |
1896 | 1897 | Ambrose Moore | Hatcher Index | |
1892 | 1895 | Miss Roberts | Hatcher Index | |
1888 | 1891 | George Russell | Hatcher Index | |
1886 | 1887 | William Douglas | Hatcher Index | |
1883 | 1885 | Robert Thompson | Hatcher Index | |
1879 | 1882 | Robert & Mrs Peacock | Hatcher Index | |
1877 | 1878 | William Vance | Hatcher Index | |
1876 | 1876 | Richard Whitelaw | Hatcher Index | |
1875 | 1875 | William Davies | Hatcher Index |
Social History
1931 Voters Roll – Jeremiah & Margaret Sheehan nee O’Reilly and family

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Robert Peacock was born in 1832 at Scoonie, Fifeshire Scotland to parents Robert Peacock and Elizabeth Millar. He married Christina Sands in Kirkcaldy Fifeshire in 1852 and they both decided to emigrate to Port Phillip, seeking better life opportunities. Christina was born in Kirkcaldy to parents John Sands and Jean Pratt. Robert, aged 21 and Christina, aged 23, arrived in 1853 onboard the ship ‘Sophia Burbidge’.
Robert and Christina had ten children, eight daughters and two sons, and lived at 7 Miller Street West Melbourne (previously 4 Miller Street before 1889 street renumbering), as well as 65 Queensberry Street Hotham in the mid 1870’s and 14 Scotia Street North Melbourne in the mid 1850’s.
Robert was listed as an Engineer on the Port Phillip shipping arrivals manifest. He was also secretary of the M.U.I.O.O.F Loyal Alliance Lodge number 4551.
Robert and Christina’s third daughter Christina Peacock married John Marshall at their home at 7 Miller Street West Melbourne in 1879. Marshall was born at Greenock, parish of Govan, Glasgow in Renfrewshire, Scotland. He arrived in the Port Phillip district sometime after 1861 with his parents John and Susan Marshall nee Davie.
the Peacock family.
The Argus

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Elizabeth Sturgess was born around 1861 in Victoria and inherited 7 Miller Street after her father William Sturgess passed in 1891. She married John Studley Folland in 1891. He was born in January 1865 in Torrington, Devon, his father, John, was 26 and his mother, Mary, was 29. He married Elizabeth Sturgess in 1890 in Victoria. They had two children during their marriage, William and Doris Folland. John died in 1956 in Box Hill, Victoria, at the age of 91.
the Folland family
Context and Streetscape
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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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Streetscape |
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This streetscape contains a collection of historic Victorian and Federation buildings. The homes are socially and historically significant buildings for the early development of North & West Melbourne in their own right. |