JOLIMONT SQUARE
95-133 WELLINGTON PARADE SOUTH AND CHARLES STREET AND PALMER STREET AND AGNES STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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Statement of Significance
This place is included on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, for its potential to contain historical archaeological remains associated with the settlement and growth of early Melbourne. Under the terms of the Heritage Act 2017 there is protection for all historical archaeology sites and objects in the state.
Please visit the Heritage Victoria website to find out more about the Heritage Inventory.
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JOLIMONT SQUARE - History
Sir Charles Palmer in September 1857 obtains building permit for land he has purchased from Latrobe. Prefabricated houses completed in December 1858. Palmer sells in 1871? - 1871 auction notice for Palmer’s house in Hawthorn, and ‘5 comodious residences on 2 acres on highest point of Jolimont’. Palmer has links with architect Charles Vickers. (Prof. Miles Lewis: http://fmpro.arbld.unimelb.edu.au/melbmansions, entry for Invergowrie.)
Archaeology
Cess pits. 1870s ban on pits. Public Health Amendment Act 1867 – two years before Mornington was built. Night soil man and 2 pan system, replace soiled pan with a clean one each night. Holes in walls for pan system bricked up after sewering introduced. Cesspits used until late 1860s(?) at Jolimont Square until replaced by night soil service. Cesspits may be located close to location of subsequent closets (marked ‘C’ on MMBW plans). Each of the prefabs had two closets, but Mornington had only one. Check sewerage indicated on MMBW – closets without sewerage may be the original cesspits. Cesspits at Little Lonsdale street were squared bluestone lining to a square pit, with a later barrel dropped in and the cavity filled with rubbish.
Heritage Inventory Description
JOLIMONT SQUARE - Heritage Inventory Description
Heritage Inventory Significance: Historical association with Charles La Trobe. Archaeological significance - deposits associated with early occupation.
Informant: Dianne Mobbs
Recorded by: Cath Snelgrove, from notes by HAU. Date Recorded: 1992
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NEW CHURCH TEMPLEVictorian Heritage Register H0852
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TERRACEVictorian Heritage Register H0851
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VICTORIAN ARTISTS SOCIETYVictorian Heritage Register H0634
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