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Fancy goods shop & residence, 309 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
Fancy goods shop & residence, 309 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 103613
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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General notes:
Period: EdwardianConstruction date: 1902-3.ASSOCIATED RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM citesHBPC CBD Area Study (77): 60: intact exterior, shown Mahlstedt c1910, cites RB1903 Gipps Ward; previously occupied by shop from c1858 owned by Moses Rintell and then the Cohen Bros, Saith occupied upper level; Israel Pollock , dealer, occupied it and later William Young's oyster saloon. Recommendation: not for HBR.CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSBuilding Permit Application 1902, 8658Architect: WH Smith,(Building Permit Application 27/3/1913 brick factory 67-69 Lt Lonsdale st, rear, for Michael Bacash, architect W Smith, M Kingswell =B).NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VIC)National Trust of Australia (Vic), Central Activity District Heritage Shopfronts, CAD Shopfront Survey 2000: Graded B, cites this shopfront: ceramic tile stall board, gilding metal glass frame, leadlight over display window. Possibly original with building due to stylistic similarities.Statement of Significance`A fairly elaborate Edwardian shopfront, probably original with the building. The leadlight highlight includes Art Nouveau coloured glass motifs, rare in the CAD.'.LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX`W.H. SMITHtenders wanted - erection of 3 -storey factory, Lonsdale St., Melbourne for A. Skeen.Australasian Builder and Contractor's News 26.5.1888'.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)`The Argus' Wednesday 26 February 1902: notice of probate for Mary Ann Marks of 289 Exhibition St to go to Margaret Ann Kliuda Bukhsh of the same address..STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIAState Library of Victoria collection:Books by Khuda Bukhsh, S. (Salahuddin), 1877-1931 on Indian and Islamic culture, 1912, 1927`Essays Indian and Islamic' / by S. Khuda Bukhsh. -London : Probsthain 1912; THE AWAKENING OF ISLAM essays.WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA, 2021Wikipedia: `Indian Australian'`The first Indians that arrived in Australia were predominantly Punjabis from the Punjab region in north-western India, religiously, they were predominantly Sikhs and Hindus. Between 1860 and 1901, more Indians arrived and worked as agricultural labourers, hawkers and domestic help. A number of Indians also worked in the gold fields.Migration from India was curtailed after the Australian Government introduced the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, but following India's independence from Britain in 1947, the number of Anglo-Indians and Indian-born British citizens immigrating to Australia increased'
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Research and reports
Record number:
1207323
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