This story begins with three Brooklawns: two houses in St Kilda and the tiny village in Ireland after which they were named; and the mother and daughter who owned them and lived in them. In March 1875, the Victorian colonial government confirmed the, until then uncertain, dimensions of the Albert Park reservation in the St Kilda Advertiser, (48). But then it made the bombshell announcement that it would sell the St Kilda Road frontage for house lots. This then unprecedented appropriation of parkland is a tactic that continues today, as Albert Park and Royal Park residents are well aware. The central block of three between Union Street, and Queens Terrace (now Queens Road) and Queens Lane was granted to G. Godfrey in November1875. In 1879 it...
The Robert Augustus Henry L’Estrange (1858-1941) was in Bournemouth, England (1900 to 1902). This ma...
Building a new suburb is increasingly seen as creating a “place” as well as a set of hou...
For more than a century Port Arthur historic site has attracted visitors curious to see the former c...
As the terminus of the first passenger railway constructed in Victoria, St Kilda Railway Station is ...
Summerland Mansions (boldly embossed on the second floor balustrade), could not be anywhere in Victo...
In 1853, the St Kilda Pier and Jetty Company was formed to profit from pier fees exacted from users ...
The suburb of St Johns Park was part of the traditional land of the Cabrogal people, a subgroup of t...
In early 1867, George Butler Bond and his wife Rebecca sold their mining, toll-bridge and hotel busi...
In early 1867, George Butler Bond and his wife Rebecca sold their mining, toll-bridge and hotel busi...
The Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole provides a focus for tourism in the Lake District Nati...
In August 1888 Sir Frederick Darley purchased over 11 acres of land adjacent to Echo Point in Katoom...
\u27This is like home, like England\u27, proclaimed the Duchess of York in 1927 on her visit to Mena...
There is no clear evidence for the name or names of the particular bands of the Eora people who live...
Situated on the corner of Queen and Albert Street, Brisbane. The Australian Hotel was where the inau...
Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica is said to be the birthplace of Jamaican tourism. When Captain Lor...
The Robert Augustus Henry L’Estrange (1858-1941) was in Bournemouth, England (1900 to 1902). This ma...
Building a new suburb is increasingly seen as creating a “place” as well as a set of hou...
For more than a century Port Arthur historic site has attracted visitors curious to see the former c...
As the terminus of the first passenger railway constructed in Victoria, St Kilda Railway Station is ...
Summerland Mansions (boldly embossed on the second floor balustrade), could not be anywhere in Victo...
In 1853, the St Kilda Pier and Jetty Company was formed to profit from pier fees exacted from users ...
The suburb of St Johns Park was part of the traditional land of the Cabrogal people, a subgroup of t...
In early 1867, George Butler Bond and his wife Rebecca sold their mining, toll-bridge and hotel busi...
In early 1867, George Butler Bond and his wife Rebecca sold their mining, toll-bridge and hotel busi...
The Lake District Visitor Centre at Brockhole provides a focus for tourism in the Lake District Nati...
In August 1888 Sir Frederick Darley purchased over 11 acres of land adjacent to Echo Point in Katoom...
\u27This is like home, like England\u27, proclaimed the Duchess of York in 1927 on her visit to Mena...
There is no clear evidence for the name or names of the particular bands of the Eora people who live...
Situated on the corner of Queen and Albert Street, Brisbane. The Australian Hotel was where the inau...
Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica is said to be the birthplace of Jamaican tourism. When Captain Lor...
The Robert Augustus Henry L’Estrange (1858-1941) was in Bournemouth, England (1900 to 1902). This ma...
Building a new suburb is increasingly seen as creating a “place” as well as a set of hou...
For more than a century Port Arthur historic site has attracted visitors curious to see the former c...