George Grigg house, 103 Courtney Street, North Melbourne
Butler, GraemeJuly 1991
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George Grigg house, 103 Courtney Street, North Melbourne
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Grading as at 1991 : CPeriod : Mid Victorian (1889)Grantee : B Isaacs 1872___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNE.History- George Grigg, who had this house built in 1889, was a wheelwright and coach builder whose family appears to have a long association with North Melbourne. He owned and occupied the house until after 1893 when it passed into the hands of the Australian Widow Fund, no doubt one of the many Friendly Societies operating at the time.Description- A three-storeyed, polychrome brick house with a three-level, cast-iron verandah, a hipped iron-clad roof and an iron picket fence. Minimal decoration was used.Integrity - The brickwork has been painted with the polychrome being evident only in the chimney' shaft; the verandah posts have been replaced on the upper levels as has the balustrade rail and bressumers.Streetscape - A major, corner building commencing the Courtney Street residential streetscape.Significance- Architecturally, unusual for its three-storeyed, corner form; a commanding part of the streetscape; of regional importance. Historically, associated with North Melbourne's special role in the horse and allied trades.Recommendations - Repaint in typical or original colours; restore details on verandah.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory)1. RB 1889, 2390; D. 1893-94; RB 1895-96, 2328___________________________RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:.GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM 1985 Notable features include unusual form, verandah, finishes, fence___________________________Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980see https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/31242_101067__109-00213for George Thomas Grigg1917 Melbourne North MelbourneGeorge Thomas Grigg 161 Queensberry St, North Melbourne coach builder, with Isabel Matilda Grigg___________________________Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1840-1992George Thomas GriggName George Thomas GriggDeath Registration Date 1932Death Registration Place Victoria, AustraliaFatherJohn GriggMotherRickettsReference Number 1449___________________________Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997Name George Thomas GriggDeath Date 30 Dec. 1931Burial Place Victoria, AustraliaCemetery MelbourneSection FReligion MethodistTranscription In loving memory of George Thomas GRIGG born Longford, Tasmania 9 Nov 1854 died Melbourne 30 Dec 1931 beloved husband of Isabel Matilda GRIGG age 77 years also the above Isabel Matilda GRIGG born at Launceston , Tas. 28 Jun 1857 died Melbourne 22 Mar 1933, age 76 years also Ruby Alice GRIGG daughter of the above died 20 Jan 1889, age 6 months.___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE):1879The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)Saturday 26 July 1879 - Page 6POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CITY COURT. — Larceny. — ... O'Keefe, a respectable-looking man, was charged with stealing a portion of a timber jinker. Charles W. Jones, managing clerk for Messrs. James Wright and' Company, Australian Wharf, deposed that he saw a timber jinker lying in the yard at the wharf in December last, it was missed, and he subsequently saw a portion of it at a wheelwright's in Hotham. James Wright, timber merchant, gave similar evidence, and said he valued the jinker at £7. George Thos. Grigg, wheelwright at Hotham, deposed that defendant brought him the jinker to repair. ....1882The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)Tuesday 26 September 1882 - Page 2https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241184974?It will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere that two children, named George Grigg, aged three and a half years, and Wiilie Walsh aged four years, have been missing from Courtney street,' Hotham, since 9 p.m; on Monday.Information is requested to be sent to the Hotham police station..1884I GEORGE THOMAS GRIGG, having repurchased the LORRY WORKS lately sold to Mr. T. Willis, Nos. 1, 3. 5, 7, Courtney- Street, Hotham also bought his valuable STOCK OF MATERIALS.I am prepared to turn out Lorries, Drays of all kinds, Spring Carts, Canoe Front and Express Waggons, Jinkers, Timber Trucks. Farm Waggons and Drays; and trust the public will still favor me with their orders. _G. T. GRIGG..1886The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)Thursday 19 August 1886 - Page 3POLICE NEWS.HOTHAM. Denis Latham wm charged with assaulting the police. Constable Lloyd wm arresting another prisoner when Latham caught hold of Lloyd and incited the prisoner who was being arrested to resist Flood. Fined L2 or one month.J. Crawshaw was charged with uttering a forged order for £5 7s, on Fitzgerald Brothers. On the 10th Inst, prisoner called at the shop, and got clothes to the value of 35s. He presented a cheque for £5 7s, bearing the signature of George Grigg. The latter stated that the prisoner had been in his employ for 107 days, and had been drunk 87 days of the time. The cheque was valuelessPrisoner had nothing to say, and was sent up for a month..1888The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Tue 15 May 1888 Page 5https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195997493/18438532Fritz Fischer, carpenter, of Pitt-street, Carlton, sued George Grigg, coachbuilder, of Courtney street, North Melbourne, for assault. The plaintiff was in defendant's employ, and some high words passing between them during lunch hour on the 23rd March, the plaintiff was said to have threatened to throw a billy of hot tea over the defendant. Thereupon the latter ...ed the plaintiff, who is a somewhat infirm old man, with his fist. There was medical evidence that the plaintiff had had a rib broken, and sustained a severe shock. For the defence witnesses were called to show that the plaintiff was the aggressor, and that no assault had been committed. His Honor said the plaintiff had, in his opinion, been harshly and cruelly treated, and gave a verdict in his favor for the full amount claimed, £99, with £16 14s. costs..1914.The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Tuesday 14 July 1914 - Page 7THE LANDLORD ROUTED. -A WOMAN FINED.At the North Melbourne! Court yesterday, George Thomas Grigg proceeded against a manned woman named Jean Darling, for unlawful assault and using insulting wordsGrigg said that under a warrant of ejectment the police removed the furniture from a house owned by him in Collie Street, Hotham Hill, and occupied by defendant's father and mother This was on July 2 and while he was sweeping out the house after the furniture and been removed, defendant rushed in and accused him of throwing her mother's things into the street, at the same time using insulting language, and chasing him round the room with a chopper She struck him once on the arm with a chopper, and bruised himA Mrs Ramsdale rushed in, and took the chopper from Darling who then caught hold of the complainant by the coat, and gave him several punches He ran out of the house, and jumped into his buggy, and, as he drove away, defendant threw stones at himDefendant made a statement that Gngg struck her (which he denied), and said that she was going to strike him with the chopper, but did not do so She did not remember using the insulting wordsFor the assault Darling was fined 20/, or seven days' imprisonment with 10/6 costs, and for the bad language 10/, or three days, with 10/6 costs.193322 March -Stanley, 493 St. Kilda road, Melbourne, Isabel Matilda, relict of the late George Thomas Grigg, beloved mother of George Edward (Rockingham, W A ), Ernest William (Darlington, W.A.), Lavinia Matilda (Mrs J Miller, Moonee Ponds), Percy Gordon (Elwood), and Bert Victor, in her 76th year.Not just today, but every day, In silence we remember
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