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E. A. Austin Pty. Ltd. workshop, 590-594 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985

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Creator:

Butler, Graeme (Name details)

Date of work:

1985

Reference number:

BIF-CITY 105858

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)

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UnrestrictedOpen access.

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UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Edwardian; Inter-WarDATE: 1910 ground, 1924 upper;ASSOCIATIONS: Austin, Edward Arthur;DESIGNER: Austin, Edward Arthur?;BUILDER: Austin, Edward Arthur.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1216Building shown on site, 1866. 1880 Panorama - 2 storey building.1888 - site mostly vacant, steam engine at rear. 1905 - still mostly vacant, Mooreland Smelting Works (yard)..LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 73207 Austin, Edward Arthur Melbourne VIC Factories Austin, Edward Arthur - 624 a Bourke St 1910 09 8 2171 MCC registration no 2171 [Burchett Index]. Fee 2.2.0brick workshop Little Bourke - 594.CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSIndex card1924 Aug 6646 ₤3000 addition to building1944 alts1983 change of use from factory warehouse1988 alts.MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIAseries 1, block 221910 592 one storey masonry, lantern over central ridge, E A Austin, engineer, yard at rear cnr Uniake Court1948 590-594 one storey masonry, EGA Company, reinforced concrete columns and beams, corrugated iron roof, wood truss. cnr Uniake Court.CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW…590-592 Little Bourke Street / 105858Identified in a previous heritage review (Central Activities District Conservation Study, 1985)Date of construction: 1916Explanation for exclusion:-Comparable with Contributory places in a precinct.-Does not warrant individual Heritage Overlay..NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1928NEW REGISTRATIONS...E. A. Austin Pty. Ltd., iron founders, mechanical and electrical engineers, etc. Registered office: 590 Little Bourke street. Melbourne. Capital, £10.000 in £1 shares. SubscribersEdward Arthur Austin. Clyde Victor Austin, Harold Vincent Austin, and Leslie Vernon Austin.1937Advert. AUSTIN ELECTRIC HOISTS...E. A. AUSTIN PTY. LTD.590-4 LITTLE BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE, CORRUGATED IRON.1942DRAFTSMAN, JUNIO required for drawing office engineering firm doing 100 per cent. defence orders, technical school or I.C.S. student preferred. Apply personally or by Jotter to E. A. Austin Pty. Ltd.. 189 Macaulay-road. North Melbourne1949https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/260390289How Woodvilie Prepared for New Australian Car...To serve the new presses a high-speed travelling gantry, made by E. A. Austin, Pty. Ltd.,of Melbourne.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1915King st590-594 Austin, Edward A., engineer; and Thorpe, A., brass founder1920King St590-594 Austin, Edward A. engineerThorpe, A., brass founder1935590-594 Austin, E. A., Pty Ltd, engnrs590-594 Hackett, J. E., lithographer & printer(596-600 Moreland Metal Co Ltd, metal merchants596-600 Le Bas, Edwd. & Co (Aust) Ltd, mnfrs agts)1942590-594 Austn Central Woolgrowers & Realization(596-600 Vacant)

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City of Melbourne

Topics:

Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesFederation/Edwardian styleInterwar periodWarehousesBrick

Places:

Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1253341