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Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] No 8 Collins Street
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1970 16:14:55 +1000
In-Reply-To: <DCF14310-1E03-11B2-8C76-00306548CA56@mac.com>

Sorry the reference is 5 squares across and 7 down

On Thursday, January 1, 1970, at 03:56 PM, wrote:

> Hello Bryan
>
> Allotment 18, Block 5 refers to the south-east corner of Elizabeth and
> Collins streets where the ANZ Bank is located at 301 Collins Street
> today. The Allotment and Block numbers are those given at the time of
> the original town survey of Melbourne.
>
> See
>
> http://xena.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi/map_view.cgi?initview=yes&get_title=964595118&;
> client=melbourne_historical&image=27m_30_5.sid&browse_by=TITLE
>
> on the Melbourne University Library Web Site.
>
> The area you are looking for is 4 across and 7 down on the interactive
> map called "A plan of Melbourne Port Phillip from actual survey" by
> Williamson, J., 19th cent.
>
> Regards Jeff Arnold
>
> On Saturday, June 22, 2002, at 11:56 AM, Bryan James wrote:
>
>> Hello Listers,
>> I recently posted an enquiry seeking information on the exact location
>> of property described in my great grandfather's estate as being at No
>> 8 Collins Street East and being "part of allotment 18 Block 5 having a
>> frontage of 25 feet to Collins Street by a depth of 86 feet 9 inches"
>> and given an estimated value of ten thousand pounds in 1878.
>
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