Lonsdale House or Dr Fitzgerald's later Miss Samsing's private hospital, 472-474 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Lonsdale House or Dr Fitzgerald's later Miss Samsing's private hospital, 472-474 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1887;ASSOCIATIONS: Fitzgerald, Dr Thomas;DESIGNER: Tayler. Lloyd;BUILDER: Dight, W HPeriod: VictorianNotable features 1985: 1. Acquired for part of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald's Rostella Private Hospital. 2. Gateway to 'Rostella' part of the fence (Rostella demolished)___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 81,100;___________________________Yuncken Freeman Architects P/L 1976.. Historic Buildings Preservation Council MelbourneCBD Study Area 5 (source 81,82)3 storey rendered brick, double storey balconies, balustraded parapet, cast iron laceworkBasically intactHistoric Basis- acquired by Sir Thomas Fitzgerald in 1887 and used as part of his private hospital which included Rostella (now demolished). The terraces are built on the site of the former Presbyterian Church manse which together with the church proper stood on the site of the existing ABC car park and brick offices.Part of Law Courts precinct._______________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX76329 Tayler. Lloyd; Fitzgerald, Dr Melbourne VIC Houses; alterations Dight, W H - 84 Napier St Fitzroy 1887 01 17 2600_______________________________________NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VIC) B6622A rare pair of 3 storey terrace houses built by Sir Thomas Fitzgerald in 1887 as his private hospital. His house included Rostella, which stood on the adjacent site.Classified: 06/06/1994___________________________Victorian Heritage Inventory H7822-1148WAVERLEY TERRACE1886 - terraces built on part of the site of former Presbyterian Manse. Site acquired by Sir Thomas Fitzgerald in 1887 who used the terraces as part of his private hospital.1905 - three-storey buildings, Royal Navy Office; one- and two-storey outbuildings at rear.___________________________Doncaster and Templestowe Historical Society web pagehttps://dt-hs.blogspot.com/2017/07/tullamore.html..Tullamore (The Eastern Golf Club) - 459 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster.Sir Thomas Naughton Fitzgerald (1838-1908), surgeon, and claimed to be “unquestioned leader of the medical profession in all the Australian colonies” last century, (74) was the first owner of this residence built for him in 1886-87.(75) Its site had been purchased the year before from the developer, Frederick Burkamp.(76) In 1890, Fitzgerald’s Doncaster property was described in district rate records as a twelve-roomed brick house on 74 acres in Doncaster Road and had the huge valuation for house and land of 600 pounds.(77)The site was originally part of Robert Campbell’s subdivision of the Carlton Estate and comprised allotments purchased by David Mitchell (Madame Melba’s father) and James Smith.(78)Fitzgerald named his Doncaster property Tullamore after his birthplace in Ireland. He arrived in Melbourne in 1858 and soon embarked on a distinguished medical career. Opening in private practice in Lonsdale Street, Fitzgerald became senior surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital. In 1884, the first clinical lectureship in surgery was created for him by the University of Melbourne at the Melbourne Hospital. In the same year, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. In May 1897, Fitzgerald was knighted, the first Australian to be honoured for eminence in the medical profession. He was president of the Medical Society of Victoria in 1884 and 1900, of the surgery section of the first International Medical Congress in 1887, and of the Australasian Medical Congress in Sydney in 1889.(79) (80)Fitzgerald and his wife, Margaret, enjoyed an affluent lifestyle. They lived in an Italianate town house, Rostella ,in Lonsdale Street (now demolished) and spent weekends and holidays at Tullamore, their country home. Fitzgerald also bred horses at Tullamore, racing them under the name of T. Naughton. The stables at Tullamore survive. He was surgeon for many years to the Victorian. Racing Club. Other interests included a collection of paintings of which “Chloe”, which once hung at Rostella, has been a notable feature of Young and Jackson’s Hotel in Melbourne for many years. Fitzgerald died in 1908 on a trip to Cairns and was buried with R.C. rites in the Melbourne General Cemetery.The second owner of Tullamore in 1909 was William Stutt,(81) (1827-1912), MLA and hotelkeeper...___________________________e-Melbournehttps://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00341b.htmChloeAn 1875 nude by the French academic painter Jules Lefebvre, Chloe has been the pride of Young & Jackson Hotel since 1909. Chloe reached Australia in 1879 and graced the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition. Loaned briefly to the Melbourne Public Gallery in 1882 by its new owner, Dr Thomas FitzGerald, its propriety was vigorously debated. Tall stories, tributes and the sneers of art critics accrued over the years. Melburnians' sentimental regard for the painting earned it heritage protection in 1989. In 1995, as the centrepiece of a National Gallery of Victoria exhibition of French art, Chloe's aesthetic quality was reaffirmed.STEPHANIE HOLT___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1868Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) Thu 16 Jan 1868 Page 6https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174536916DR. FITZGERALD.The usual weekly meeting of the Hospital Committee, held yesterday, the secretary intimated in the politest manner possible that Dr. FITZGERALD was in attendance to explain his extraordinary conduct in ordering such an enormous quantity of bottled porter for his patients. The DOCTOR was led in handcuffed, guarded by twelve troopers and two hospital nurses; he looked calm and collected, and gazed defiantly on the amount of local tyranny that was collected round the board, and nodded affectionately to Mr. GIBBS.….(he stated) " ...if the hospital could not afford fourpence a day for porter, it would be better that the number of patients be at once reduced.".1890https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221184472... members of the Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia, practising in Victoria, presented Dr. T. N. Fitzgerald, F.R.C.S.I., with his portrait, painted in oils by Signor Catani....1908THE LATE DR. FITZGERALD.The funeral of the late Dr. T. N. Fitzgerald took place to-day, the body having been brought from Queensland by steamer, and was largely attended by representative citizens..1909https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241958216SIR THOMAS FITZGERALD'S ESTATEMessrs Sydney C. Arnold and Co. offered at auction to-day, on behalf of the National Trustee Company, "Rostella," the palatial brick residence in Lonsdale street, opposite the Supreme Court, and other adjoining properties belonging to the estate of the late Sir Thomas Fitzgerald. There was a good attendance at the sale. The residence of the late eminent surgeon was not sold, but two of the adjoining properties were disposed of at satisfactory prices. A two-storied brick residence, No. 456 Lonsdale street, containing six rooms, on land 25 ft 2½ in x 144 ft 11in, bringing in a rental of £72 3s a year, was bought by Mr A. Rogers, M.L.A., for ₤1110, and a brick cottage, No. 473 Mint Place, on land 60 ft 3½ in x 150 ft 6½ in, was bought by another purchaser for £1030. A bid of £775 was made for the leasehold of Lonsdale House, now occupied as a private hospital, but the lot was passed in..1912https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241497514"Lonsdale House" HospitalIn the notice of the death of Dr. G. C. Rennie, published- yesterday, It was erroneously stated that, after the death of Sir Thomas N. Fitzgerald, Dr. Rennie 'conducted the private hospital in Lonsdale street with which Sir Thomas had been associated for years. The hospital in question at "Lonsdale House" has been for years most successfully con ducted by 'Miss H. R. Samsing. Dr. Rennie merely attended patients there at times.1934The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 24 Mar 1934 Page 4https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10921469ILLUSTRIOUS NAMES IN MEDICINE MELBOURNE HOSPITAL'S RECORDBy EDWARD AXFORDA Disciple of ListerDr. Fitzgerald, afterwards Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, was, In his time, probably the most noted member of the medical profession in Australia. Born in Ireland, he had acted as dresser for the famous surgeon of Dublin, Mr. Butcher. He came to Melbourne in 1850 and, although aged only 20 years, so pronounced were his abilities that he was appointed house surgeon to the Melbourne Hospital and was elected full surgeon two years later. His accuracy in diagnosis and his brilliance and dexterity as an operator attracted widespread attention. His influence on the development of surgery in Australia was immeasurable.The late Sir George Syme, who was once his pupil, said that to his teaching, his help, and his example he owed more than he could ever express. Dr. B. T. Zwar, in his historical sketch of "The Melbourne Hospital and the Development of Surgery in Victoria," says, "It was universally acknowledged that his passing removed the most notable figure that yet had graced the medical profession in Australia." He was a great follower of Lister, and he devised a series of subcutaneous operations to avoid the risk of surgical infection - then one of the inexplicable mysteries of surgical science, to the elimination of which Lister applied his great talents. Many of his special operations for club-foot, cleft palate, lengthening of tendons, and treatment of neuralgia by injection became established the world over. The earliest outstanding medical graduate of the University of Melbourne and student of the clinical school of the Melbourne Hospital was the late Sir Harry Brookes Allen, who qualified In 1875. To his ability and personality must be given a great deal of the credit for bringing the medical school to its present high state of efficiency and renown. He was professor of anatomy, dean of the faculty of medicine, and later professor of anatomy and pathology at the University, training, in these capacities, many of the leading doctors in the State. He was honorary director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, from 1916 until 1010, and a tablet to his memory acknowledges the notable services of a man "to whose inspiration the institution owes its origin." A later generation of noted physicians who graduated in Melbourne, and who obtained their clinical teaching at the Melbourne Hospital, included Dr. John F. Wilkinson, who graduated in 1885; Dr. George Howard and the late Dr. William R. Boyd (1886), and Sir Richard Stawell (1887). Among the surgeons who graduated in Melbourne were the late Dr. Frederick Dougan Bird, who became lecturer in surgery in 1895, and who was a surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital, and the late Dr. William Moore, who was a surgeon at the Hospital, and who after- wards occupied a seat on the committee…___________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1893456 Schram, C., boardinghouse464 Fitzgerald, T. N., surgeon472 Lonsdale House (private hospital)-Davis, Miss A
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