Carroll, James (1815-1895) J.P.

James Carroll and his wife Mary Carroll (nee Newby) arrived from England to Port Phillip between 1848 and 1855. They settled on the eastern side of Leveson Street North Melbourne near the corner of Byron Street at house number 98. Their historic Victorian era family home and their three next door neighbors historic homes have sadly all been demolished and replaced with a three storey concrete apartment block of some 23 flats in 2003. James and Mary had previously married in Liverpool England in 1848 prior to arriving in Melbourne. The marriage certificate stated James residence being Ireland while Mary’s residence being Liverpool. After arrival in Port Phillip, their children were born, they included Thomas in 1855, Sarah in 1859, Mary Jane in 1862, Lydia in 1864 and Catherine Carroll in 1868. We see from an entry in the Argus 7th October 1859 that James Carroll, was encouraged by 91 local Hothamites to run for a seat on the Hotham Municipal Council and he was successful in doing so (1). Carroll went on to serve for the Eastern Ward of Hotham Council and was a lively participant in Council business for 24 years. (2) At the time of his election …

Lyster & Cooke

The manufacture of register-stove grates and bronzed-fenders has just been introduced into the colony of Victoria by Messrs. Lyster and Cooke, of 192 Bourke-street. In the establishment of this branch of industry, although no enormous mechanical or other obstacles have had to be encountered, and no new invention has been given to the world, yet Messrs. Lyster and Cooke are entitled to credit for having overcome some difficulties, and afforded another illustration of the extent to which the colony may rely upon its own resources for the supply of its various requirements. The firm commenced business in this city about three months ago, as general ironfounders, and directed their attention to the feasibility of making register stove grates and bronzed fenders, for which description of articles the colony has hitherto been dependent upon English manufacturers.   At first their efforts met with little encouragement; they were assured by persons connected with the iron trade that such work could not be executed here, and that no sand existed in the colony possessing the requisite properties for moulding the metal used in the manufacture of the stoves. Perseverance, however, proved these to be fallacies. Messrs. Lyster and Cooke discovered that an abundant …

William Street

West Melbourne section of William Street was gazetted in 1860.

Marshall, Samuel John (1873-1944)

Samuel John Marshall (1873-1944) was an English born industrial chemist and business man who manufactured and wholesaled Rayes cough and colds Balsam from his premises at 1-11 Hawke street in West Melbourne. (1) Arriving in Melbourne sometime prior to 1892, Samuel met and married Eliza Ann Quick (2) and they had two daughters, their first child named Lilian, was born in 1893 but she tragically died just 5 months later in 1894.(3) Their second child named Amelia was born in 1895, (4). Eliza Ann Quick sadly passed away at the very young age of 24 years in Brunswick, in 1897 leaving her husband Samuel Marshall to raise their 2 year old daughter Agnes, on his own. Single parent was hard and Samuel eventually met and married Agnes Harrow Amiet, six years later in 1903. (5) They lived at Flemington Road in North Melbourne for a short time then later moved to 272 Victoria Street, opposite the Queen Victoria Market in West Melbourne. Within the space of about 17 years in Melbourne, Samuel had successfully saved up just enough funds to purchase the vacant land on the corner of Hawke and King street, known as 1-11 Hawke Street in 1920. It …

Adderley, Charles Bower (1814-1905)

Charles Bowyer Adderley was the eldest son of Charles Clement Adderley (d. 1818), offspring of an old Staffordshire family, and his wife, daughter of Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet. Adderley inherited Hams Hall, Warwickshire, and the valuable estates of his great-uncle, Charles Bowyer Adderley, in 1826. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1838.(1) Adderley Street West Melbourne was named in his honor. Source. Wikipedia, Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton.

Adderley Street

Named after Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton KCMG PC DL JP (2 August 1814 – 28 March 1905) who was a British Conservative politician. Source. Melbourne Council Street Card Number #S371, street gazetted in 1860.

Monash, Sir John (1865-1931)

One of Australia’s most famous citizens, the soldier-engineer General Sir John Monash was born in Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria, June 1865, the son of Louis Monash and his wife Bertha, née Manasse. He was born to Jewish parents, both from Krotoschin, in the Posen province, Kingdom of Prussia (now Krotoszyn in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland); the family name was originally spelt Monasch (pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable).(1) Louis and Bertha’s home was in one of a terrace of four, two story houses named Rich Hill Terrace, at number 58 to 64 Dudley Street originally built by John Harbinson, a Melbourne City Councillor and MLA, on 26th March 1862,(3) overlooking the Flagstaff Hill, so named because one of the earliest Government Houses stood on the hill and on its flagstaff a flag was flown whenever the English mail arrived in port by ship.   Source. (1) Wikipedia, Sir John Monash. (2) National Library of Australia. Early photograph of Monash. (3) PROV. VPRS 9288, unit 8, year 1862.

Bourke, Sir Richard (1777-1855)

Bourke, an Irish-born British Army officer served as the 8th Governor of New South Wales from 1831 to 1837. As a lifelong Whig (Liberal), he encouraged the emancipation of convicts and helped bring forward the ending of penal transportation to Australia. In this, he faced strong opposition from the military/conservative establishment and its press. He approved a new settlement on the Yarra River, and named it Melbourne, in honour of the incumbent British Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne.(1) Bourke learnt in 1835 that squatters were crossing from Van Diemen’s Land to Port Phillip and claimed to have a treaty with the Aboriginals, he pressed for the establishment of areas of permanent settlement there, arguing that much evil might be averted by the early introduction of official control. Meanwhile, to protect crown rights, he issued a proclamation declaring that the agreement with the Aboriginals was void, and the squatters were intruders. The Colonial Office acceded to Bourke’s request and gave him wide discretion in the form of government to be established. Bourke acted at once. In September 1836 he sent Captain William Lonsdale to Port Phillip to act as police magistrate, military commander, head of the civil administration, and protector of Aborigines. …

Street Names

The main streets of Bearbrass (Melbourne) never had a chance to assume their names organically — if they had you can bet that there would have been a Fawkner Street among them. But we might also have been endowed names like Sickle Street, Bullock-bog Road, Waterhole Road, and Stump Street, as well as the obvious Forest Street, Hill Street, Mill Street, Church Street, Docks Road and so on. When the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Richard Bourke, visited the settlement in ea. 1837, he named the streets after the usual crowd of royalty, dignitaries and Great Men — himself included. In years to come, no one was quite sure precisely which monarchs he had intended to honour and whose wife Elizabeth was. But nobody liked to ask.(1) Source (1) Robyn Annear. Bearbrass : Imagining Early Melbourne.