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William Dickie's house, 22 Brougham Street, North Melbourne

Butler, Graeme17/01/1985
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Title:
William Dickie's house, 22 Brougham Street, North Melbourne
Date of work:
17/01/1985
Reference number:
BIF-NORTH 101324
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNESurvey image shows weatherboard clad hipped roofed and verandahed double-fronted evidently Edwardian-era house using a late Victorian-era suburban Italianate style - attached report image shows older house with concave verandah?Report researched is inconclusive but does not account for the greater setback shown on the 1896 Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Detail Plan, meaning a different house also occupied by Dickie.See survey image at https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ARCENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=746823___________________________City of Melbourne Maps 2024Now Two storey brick apartment building of five units. Built and subdivided in 1988.___________________________Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of WorksDetail Plan 1896 shows a different house set further back than 1983 as 22 with no verandah - a central porch, lawn either side of asphalt pathway - rear wash house and fowl house, rear verandah.___________________________PROBATEPROV: 6/201 Robert Dickie: Grant of administrationGiven name : Robert ; Family name : Dickie ; Residence : Hotham ; Occupation : Plumber ; Nature of grant : Administration ; To whom committed : Janet DickieDate of grant: 4 Apr 1867 ; Date of death: 6 Mar 1867Part of record series: Probate and Administration Files ( 28 ).PROV: 168/388 William Dickie: Grant of probateBEFORE THE REGISTRARThe 18th day of December 1919UPON APPLICATION this day made by the proctor for the applicant upon reading the sever•affidavits of MaryHannah Dickie and Walter Coates Glover sworn and filed herein THIS COURT doth order that Probate of the Vill of William Dickie late of Brougham Street North Melbourne inthe State of Victoria Plumber deceased be granted to Mary Hannah Dickie at the same place, Widow the executrix named...Real Estate £3600, personal £679, granted 21 Jan 1920Part of Crown Allotments 12 and 13 Section 9 City of Melbourne Parish Of North Melbourne having a frontage of 36' 6" to Little Collins Street by a depth of 76' 9"Part rof Crown Allotment 5 Section -9 City of Melbourne Parish of North Melbourne having a frontage of 20 feet to Ridgway Place by a depth of 56 feet with brick factory thereonPart of Crown AIlotment 20 Section 25 City of Melbourne Parish of North Melbourne having a frontage of 12' 7" to Little Lonsdale Street by a depth of 67 feet with brick factory thereonPart of Crown Allotment 14 Section 54 at West Melbourne Parish of North Melbourne having a frontage of 29' 6" to Roden Street by a depth of 106 feet witb brick dwelling thereonCrown illotment 11 Section 86 town of Melbourne North Parish of Jika Jika having a frontage of 66 feet to Brougham Street by a depth of 136' 7"... With weatherboard dwelling theron value £500.___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE):1919William Dickie, of Brougham street, North Melbourne, plumber, who died on November 25, left a will dated September 10, 1908, real estate valued at £3,600 and personal property valued at £679 to his widow.___________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA or MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL189322 Dickie, William24 De Gruchy, Mrs ElizbethDryburgh 8t.1920, 191022 Dickie, William24 Rose, Mrs AmeliaDryburgh st
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Record number:
1340693
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