Avoca Street South Yarra Within walking distance of the Botanic Gardens, Avoca Street is one of South Yarra’s best locations. Despite a number of apartment blocks springing to life during the 1960’s and 70’s architecturally Avoca Street remains graceful with a mix of luxury mansions, Victorian terraces and contemporary homes alongside the apartment blocks. Originally…
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Leopold Street South Yarra In 1885 nine and a half acres of land between Fawkner Park and The Royal Botanic Gardens was subdivided in order to finance a mansion at the southern end of the street overlooking Fawkner Park. The owner of the land was the Emerald Hill real estate agent William P Buckhurst who…
Punt Road South Yarra Punt Road is one of Melbourne’s most clogged arterials linking the north to the south and has long been the subject of strong debate with opinions divided, should the road be widened, should there be permanent clearways, should it stay as it is? The current overlay in place between Alexandra Parade…
Park Street South Yarra One of the oldest streets in South Yarra, architecturally Park Street is also said to be the most interesting. One of the earliest subdivisions building began on the west side of Park Street in the early 1850s. By the 1880s during the boom much of the earlier more simple houses were…
Cassell Street South Yarra Cassell Street is named after The Hon. James Horatio Nelson Cassell, a collector of customs for the Victorian Government. Originally bushland, Cassell purchased lot 33 in the early 1850s where he built “Hawksburn House” which was located on the intersection of what is now Cassell Street and Hawksburn Road. “Hawksburn House”…
Daly Steet South Yarra The low-lying land and buildings of Daly Street South Yarra were originally owned by D.B. Daly, a landlord who didn’t spend much time in the area. Daly had a heavy mortgage load and carried out few repairs on the buildings in the area which had become known as a slum. In…
Coolullah Avenue South Yarra Coolullah Avenue is a cul-de sac located on the west side of Williams Road just south of the Toorak Road intersection. The area was first offered for sale as part of lot 30 at the crown land Auction in June 1849 and the allotment was 20.8 hectares. In 1851 James Horatio…
Kensington Road South Yarra At the June 1840 land sales 21 acres were purchased by Mr Charles Williams at $66 per acre. When Charles Williams died his executors sold his property to George Mercer, managing director of the Port Phillip Bank for $1600 on 6th December 1843. Originally Kensington Road was named St. Edmunds Road…
The first sale of Crown lands in Prahran, 1840, Lot 8 (20 acres) was purchased by George Augustus Robinson, who had been appointed Chief Protector of the Aborigines. Upon this site he built a house of stone, employing Aborigines to carry the rough stones up the steep hill from the Yarra Bank. The name of…
Tree lined Rockley Road runs off Toorak Road opposite the Toorak/South Yarra Public Library. Rockley Road began its days in 1908 as part of the subdivision of the Little Rockley Estate. Little Rockley was one of four early houses built in the area on an elevated site overlooking the Yarra River, Rockley Road was created…