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O'Donoghue's Building, 377-381 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
O'Donoghue's Building, 377-381 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 105848
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
Access restrictions:
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________See 385 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne for imageDATE: 1921;ASSOCIATIONS: James O'Donohue of Princes Hill;DESIGNER: Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Construction Company Pty Ltd. 1926;BUILDERS: Hince Brothers, N Carlton; Reinforced Concrete & Monier Pipe Construction Company Pty Ltd. 1926.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSindex cardhttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349576-006341918 Feb 1138 ₤92 alts to hotel1921 March 3226 Erection of shops and factory1926 8834 ₤1000 addition to factoryetc to 1993 77113 $70,000 demolition of parapet and separating walls and roof 377..VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-14611839 - buildings on Lot 5 may be on this site. 1880 - large building on site. 1888 and 1905 - two storey buildings, J O'Donohue, Racing Club Hotel..NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1927The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)Monday 1 August 1927 - Page 7https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3870260BOOKMAKER'S DEATH.Collapsed at Races.Just before the start of the Mount Cotterell Jumpers' Flat Race at Moonee Valley on Saturday Mr James O'Donohue, a paddock bookmaker who was operating on the race, collapsed and died. Mr. O'Donohue has been operating on Melbourne and Sydney racecourses for several years, and was a member of the Victorian Club, Tattersall's Club, and Sydney Tattersall's Club. He had interests apart from the racecourse. O'Donohue's Buildings, in Little Bourke street were owned by him, and since a visit to England and the Continent two years ago, he has been engaged in the importation of marble statuary. Mr. O'Donohue, who was married, had suffered from heart disease for several years.see The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Monday 1 August 1927 - Page 4.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1920Racing Club la379 Racing Club htl—Dallas, Geo.381 Bridson, Miss Daisy, tea rooms1930Racing Club la377-79 O'DONOHUE'S BUILDINGS-377 Saw, Mrs G., tbcnst & Ibry379 Nicholls & Rackham Pty Ltd, mchnry mrchts1935Racing Club la377-79 O'DONOHUE'S BUILDINGS-377 Lanyon, W., tailor379 Sedawie, M., boot rpr
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Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesRetail trade
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1252794
Bookmark link:
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