| Also known as | Meadowbank House | Source: source: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197450819 |
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| Constructed | (1st) 1865. (2nd) aft 1940 | |
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| Builder | (1st) Robert McKenzie. (2nd) unknown |
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Land Details
- 1895 MMBW map
- Compiled Crown Record Plan
- 1858 Government Land Sale
Building Details
Notice of Intent to Build.
Date: 15/4/1865
Registration number: 820
Fee paid: £1.0.0
Type: Four room cottage [home later enlarged] [with its own private rear garden]
Builder: Robert McKenzie, Collingwood
Owner: Mr. Crocket, Waterloo Road, Collingwood
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Subsequent Building Alterations
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Architectural Features
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Heritage Significance and Listings
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The desirable and historic Victorian double fronted home of the Crocket and other families, built by Robert McKenzie, was demolished after 1940 and replaced by a two storey commercial building built boundary to boundary. |
Owners
| From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
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| to date | Private | 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 |
| 25/11/1858 | Mr. John Walker and Mr. James May, first Crown land purchasers | source: Hatcher Index |
Residents
| From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
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| to date | Private | source Hatcher Index | ||
| 1925 | 1940 | Miss. Lilias Martin | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
| 1920 | 1920 | Albert E. McLaughlin | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
| 1915 | 1915 | Mrs. Anna Thomas (house number changed to 71) | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
| 1910 | 1910 | James Fowler | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
| 1900 | 1905 | Crocket, Mrs Elizabeth | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin | |
| 1879 | 1895 | Thomas and Elizabeth Crocket | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197447742 | source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin |
Social History
1872 The Age
Marriage.
BARBOUR— CROCKET.— On the 4th March, at the residence of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. S. Laishley, Robert, second son of Mr. John Barbour, and grandson of the late John Barbour, Esq., of the Whitelaw, Ayrshire, to Agnes, third daughter of Mr. Thomas Crocket, of the Viotoria Railways, late of Meadowbank, Edinburgh. Home papers please copy.
source: The Age
Context and Streetscape
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This property sits 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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Other Information
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