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From: "SOMERS" <>
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] "CLAREMONT" at Chilwell
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:24:27 +1300
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Hello Jennifer again. I really appreciate your information
thanks........... It seems still some work to be done on this one!
Kindest regards and thank you
Sandra

----- Original Message -----
From: "JenniferBantow" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] "CLAREMONT" at Chilwell


> Claremont 143 Noble Street Newtown, constructed 1857-58 for William
> BLAIR, architect Andrew McWILLIAMS. The villa is a distinguished
> Italianate style and one of the most notable of the houses
> constructed in the 1850s in Geelong. Important historical
> associations with C J DENNYS prominent Geelong woolbroker who
> acquired the house in 1876, and the GRAY family who lived there from
> 1901. (From Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study Vol 3
> published by the Geelong Regional Commission, written by Allan
> Willingham 1986)
>
> Jennifer
>
> >Hello Listers
> >
> >Can anyone please tell me anything about "Claremont" at Chilwell (now
> >Newtown).
> >
> >Some of my family lived there (and I think may have had it built) and
> >therefore looking for any further information. A google search showed
> >perhaps a Heritage Home in Geelong but not sure if this is the same
place.
> >Does the property still exist?
> >
> >"Happy researching and sharing"
> >Sandra Murphy
> >Kerikeri Bay of Islands NZ
> >NZSG #19772
> >
> >
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