Murray & Hill | Melbourne Streets

The business partnership of Murray & Hill was carried on by Mr. Thomas Murray and Mr. Peter Hill.

Thomas Murray was born 27^th September 1826 in Glencairn, Dumfries shire Scotland to parents John Murray and Agnes Rule. He married Janet Hill, she was born in 1822 at Ruthwell, Dumfries shire Scotland to parents Robert Hill and Mary Porter. They arrived in Port Phillip prior to the birth of their only child Mary Ann Murray in 1856 at Collingwood. Thomas died while onboard the R.M.S. ship “Ormuz” to England, in the Gulf of Aden. Thomas and Janet lived at 112 Albert Street East Melbourne.

Peter Hill was born on 29 March 1825 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, the son of Margaret Bell and James Hill. He married Mary Inglis on 15 January 1853 in Selkirk, Scotland. Mary Inglis was born in 1816 in Scotland, the daughter of John Ingles and Isabella Ballantyne. They left Scotland for Port Phillip and arrived in 1853. They had five children during their marriage. Peter died on 4 October 1910 in Kew, Victoria.

Thomas Murray with Peter Hill, formed the firm Murray & Hill, contractors and joiners. They specialised in high grade work and amongst their achievements are the Customs House and the Mint in Melbourne. Murray was a prominent member of the Cairns Memorial Church, corner of Hotham & Powlett Streets, East Melbourne. When the church needed enlarging in 1888 he supervised the work in a voluntary capacity. He died in 1892 leaving £3,000 to this church to complete the spire, which, however never happened.

Other significant building works carried out by Murray & Hill are listed below.

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Building ID	Architects	Owner	Suburb	Building State	Building Type	Builder	Build Date (YYYY MM DD)	Registration no
13840	Irwin & Stevenson	Watson, Mrs		VIC	Funerary; Garden & Street Architecture	Murray & Hill – 244 Victoria Pde East Melbourne		3338
73686		Buckley & Nunn	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses; alterations	Murray & Hill – Melbourne	1864 07 20	363
77668		Globe Hotel	Melbourne	VIC	Hotels	Murray & Hill – Melbourne	1864 10 22	519
81460		Murray & Hill – 82 Cambridge St Collingwood	East Melbourne	VIC	Factories	Murray & Hill	1864 11 23	580
81123		Murray & Hill, Victoria Parade	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill	1866 08 28	1636
81104		Hutcheson	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill	1867 01 10	1829
77441		Harper, Robert & Co	West Melbourne	VIC	Factories	Murray & Hill – Melbourne	1867 04 24	2012
81312		Todd, A C	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses; alterations	Murray & Hill – 244 Victoria Pde. E Melb	1868 03 21	2521
85977		Watson, Mrs	Fitzroy	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 244 Victoria Pde East Melbourne	1869 07 16	3338
73320	Barry, J M	Buckley & Nunn	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses; alterations	Murray & Hill – 244 Victoria Pde, East Melb	1869 10 20	3520
81478		Murray & Hill	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 240 Victoria Pde	1870 02 24	3760
81039		Jones, Mrs	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill	1870 05 23	3923
81504		Murray & Hill	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 244 Victoria Pde	1870 11 19	4214
82752		Dempster, A	Carlton	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1872 07 9	4905
73766	Barry, J M	Buckley & Nunn	Melbourne	VIC	alterations	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde, East Melb	1873 03 3	5289
73769	Terry, Leonard	Monster Clothing Co	Melbourne	VIC	alterations	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1873 07 4	4569
73773	Smith & Johnson	Buckely & Nunn	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1873 08 22	5549
77496		Smith & Son	West Melbourne	VIC	Factories	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde East Melb	1874 02 27	5791
74817	Smith & Johnson	Taylor & Buckland	Melbourne	VIC	Office Buildings	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1875 06 21	6376
74505		Mackennel, S	Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Parade	1876 09 13	6925
81439	Wharton, George	Aitken, Thomas	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill	1877 12 31	7455
74533	Terry & Oakden	Melbourne Club	Melbourne	VIC	Clubs; alterations	Murray & Hill	1879 03 22	7937
73321		Buckley, Mars	Melbourne	VIC	Shops	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1879 07 7	8031
81482	Wharton, -	Aitken, Thomas – Victoria Pde Brewery	East Melbourne	VIC	Factories; alterations	Murray & Hill	1879 09 18	8119
74536	Terry & Oakden	National Bank	Melbourne	VIC	Banks	Murray & Hill – 260 Victorian Pde East Melb	1879 12 24	8211
81218	Terry & Oakden	Morris, W E	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1880 07 15	8436
73811		Buckley & Nunn	Melbourne	VIC	Office Buildings	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde East Melb.	1881 05 30	8804
80909	Terry & Oakden	Ramsay, Robert	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses; alterations	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1881 07 8	8844
76852	Smith & Johnson	Buckley & Nunn	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde East Melb	1881 08 4	8877
81052		Dagg, –	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill	1882 03 29	9149
74828	Laurence, W	Australian Land Mortgage and Finance Co	Melbourne	VIC	Banks	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Parade	1883 07 25	398
81407		Hill, Peter	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1883 10 18	543
81231		Murray & Hill	East Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Murray & Hill – 260 Victoria Pde	1883 11 15	581

Table source: https://www.mileslewis.net/australian-architectural/

Main source: Public Records Office of Victoria, BDM Victoria and the Melbourne edition of the Sands & McDougall directoy.