Warehouses, later Government Labour Bureau, WOMANS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION also Stott House, 138-140 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Warehouses, later Government Labour Bureau, WOMANS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION also Stott House, 138-140 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 104022
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-19454th land sale John Allison. Subdivisions, lanes by 1840.1877 - 1 storey house, yard, shed.1888 & 1905 - 2 x 3 storey buildings..DOVE, H P. 1876. PLANS OF MELBOURNE: EXECUTED FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES.87- masonry detached house and yard with rear timber shed..MAHLSTEDT AND GEE 1888. STANDARD PLANS OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNEplan book compiled by Mahlstedt and Gee, surveyors and draughtsmen, Melbourne and Sydney, January 1888.Map 6, block 7a - 2x 3 storey masonry, corner to Olivers Lane with windows87, 89 - 20' and 19' 9 inches frontage-.STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIAImage 1950-60s shows as in 1985A C Cooke 1882 panorama shows four storey building on site.Rudd, Charles,1887 Panoramic view of Melbourne from Government House Tower, … shows similar building.CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWContributory to Flinders Lane East Precinct138-140 Flinders Street, a former eight storey office from the 1880s is refurbished into apartments but is still legible as a nineteenth century building for the lower floors.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1892https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8430760Government Labour BureauTHE GOVERNMENT LABOUR BUREAU.OVER 3,000 APPLICATIONS.Business at the Government Labour Bureau in Flinders street east yesterday was conducted with its customary briskness, and when the office closed 743 men had been registered for the day, bringing up the grand total to 3,325. As yet there is no sign of any decrease in the applications, though it is probable that today or to-morrow will show some sign of lessening pressure..1893Girls' Leisure Hour Club at 140 Flinders St…also 1896 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193980740.1894https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60670748WOMANS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION….All friends and workers will be glad to know that the headquarters of the W.C.T.U. are removed to a large and commodious building, 138 and 140 Flinders-street, near Russell-street. It has long been felt that a change was needed, and that the home in Russell street was inadequate to the work growing upon us on every side. The delegates who came up to the Convention were all in sympathy as regard the want of larger quarters, and after careful consideration the committee, on receipt of an advantageous offer from the owner of the building in Flinders street- decided to accept the offer, and are now installed in the new quarters, where they hope to be able to organize more efficiently so as to carry on the onerous work of the Union …...DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL188087 Sloane, James89 Grant and Co, boot factory.188587 Gregory, Josiah(91 Smith).1889140 French Club- Halasy, Victor manager.1893136 Vacant140 Government Labour BureauOliver's la-Frame, T., & Co, box manufacturersGerard, Mrs CatherineMitchell, David, builder and contractor142 Vacant144 Stern, Abraham, job warehouseman148 Duke of Wellington hotel-Ware, FielderRussell st.1900, 1910138-140 WOMANS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION and refreshment rooms- Kirk, Mrs M E sec.1915, 1920138-140 Ritter, R., & Co, picture frame mfs,
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