Webster, Walter (1832-1890)

Mr. Webster was a native of Ceres Fifeshire Scotland and his wife Agnes Lonie (or Lowrie) was from Cupar Fifeshire Scotland. Agnes arrived in Melbourne in 1854. They married in Melbourne in 1857 just after Walter’s arrival in the same year and Agnes gave birth to 9 children in Melbourne.

The twenty-five-year-old Walter left the UK around 1857 on board the vessel ‘Matoaka’ for a better life in the Port Phillip district. Agnes who was only 20 years of age according to ships records, arrived on board the ‘Back Eagle’ in October 1854 along with her two sisters Celia, 18 and Margaret, 15.

The Webster family lived in Raglan Street Hotham which runs between Errol and Leveson streets (now known as North Melbourne) in the 1860’s and the family later resided at ‘Edenside’ Princes street in Flemington prior to Walter’s death in 1890.

Walter Webster, a wheelwright in Scoltland by trade, became a master builder during his life in Melbourne.

Significant building works carried out by Walter Webster are listed below.

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Building ID Owner Suburb Building State Building Type Builder Build Date (YYYY MM DD) Melbourne Council Notice of Intention to Build number
77467 McFarland, Thomas West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Nth Melbourne 1858 12 23 957
74193 Crutch, – Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Nth Melbourne 1860 06 2 333
72534 Hamilton, – West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter 1862 03 8 88
77115 McClelland, John West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1864 02 5 71
77116 McClellan, John West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Raglan St 1864 05 12 241
71879 Williamson West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Melbourne 1864 08 22 417
71880 Bridge, – Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Melbourne 1864 09 16 452
71110 Young, George West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter 1864 10 11 493
72599 McKenzie, Alexander West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1865 03 11 752
76979 Burton, – Melbourne VIC Factories Webster, Walter 1865 07 19 979
77436 Young, George West Melbourne VIC Houses; alterations Webster, Walter – Hotham 1865 11 24 1213
74793 McHarg, Andrew Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Raglan St Hotham 1866 03 5 1366
72142 Wilkinson West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter 1866 04 10 1428
72624 Hamilton, Daniel West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter 1866 04 4 1417
71353 Bamber,- Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1866 07 7 1546
71355 Stewart, John Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1866 08 17 1624
71354 Bamber,- Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1866 08 6 1606
77124 Moonie, James West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Carlton 1867 11 5 2294
72151 Young, George West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter 1868 08 6 2744
72117 Walker, James West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Nth Melbourne 1869 03 19 179
71208 Mullin,- West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1869 05 10 3209
71790 Jenkins, David West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Raglan St Hotham 1869 08 23 3409
72685 Young, George West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1869 08 6 3369
77215 Stevenson, Thos. West Melbourne VIC Houses; alterations Webster, Walter – Hotham 1869 09 17 3468
78007 Currie, D – Currie & Richards – Elizabeth St Carlton VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Preston 1874 10 27 6119
82899 Webster, Walter Parkville VIC Houses Webster, Walter 1876 07 29 6843
82797 Lennon, Hugh Parkville VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Park St Hotham 1877 04 5 7150
82905 Knox, – Parkville VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Park St 1877 08 7 7295
77314 Haddon, – West Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Southgate St Carlton 1878 11 2 7815
73803 Fitzsimmons, * Melbourne VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Hotham 1879 02 3 7888
82829 Bowan, T Parkville VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Southgate St Hotham 1879 10 11 8138
82858 Webster, Walter Parkville VIC Houses Webster, Walter – Southgate St Hotham 1880 10 1 8533
82748 St George’s English Church Trustees Carlton VIC Houses; Religious Buildings Webster, Walter – Manningham St 1882 05 30 9224

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

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