ST VINCENTS PUBLIC HOSPITAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
18-35 VICTORIA PARADE FITZROY, YARRA CITY
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Statement of Significance
The site has the potential to contain significant historical archaeological features, deposits and/or artefacts which relate to the historic occupation of the allotments on the corner of Victoria Parade and Nicholson Street from at least the late 1840s.
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ST VINCENTS PUBLIC HOSPITAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - History
J.T Hughes and J. Hoskings purchased Lot 48 in 1840 in 1840 where St Vincent's Hospital and the development site now stands. Part of the block became canvas town in the 1840s; a place where new arrivals and the poor could pitch their tents and live rough until they found more suitable accommodation. During the 1840ss, all or part of Lot 48 was purchased by John Bear. Newspaper articles reference this area as Mr Bear's Garden when discussing the western end of Victoria Parade during the 1850s (e.g. Melbourne Daily, 11 March 1851). After his death in 1851, Bear's Fitzroy land was subdivided and put up for auction. By 1880, the corner of Nicholson Street and Victoria Parade remained vacant, with terrace houses constructed further east.
1889, the Australasian Secular Association constructed the Hall of Science (now Brenan Hall) as a meeting place and lecture hall for the Freethought/Secular Movement in Victoria. By 1904, the building was referred to as Austral Hall and was used as a skating rink. St Vincent's Hospital aquired the building in 1913 where it was used an outpatient's hall.
in 1898, most of the land between Regent Street and Nicholson Street was occupied. Five terrace houses ran from the empty Nicholson Street corner block. The Hall of Science, called Lyceum in this plan, was sandwiched between the five terraces and another two terraces to the east. Alongside this on the Regent Street corner stood a larger building called York House, built in the 1870s. York House and the adjoining two terraces were demolished to make way for Druids Wing which was officially opened in 1919. In 1934, the remaining terraces along Victoria Parade were demolished to make way for the construction of the Aitkenhead Wing and Daly Wing which were officially opened in 1960.ST VINCENTS PUBLIC HOSPITAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - Interpretation of Site
1. Tent City Pre-Gold Rush (1836m beginning Melbourne's colonial settlement - 1840s) 2. Mr Bear's Garden (1840s-1851) 2. Terrace Subdivision, York House and Brenan Hall (1850s-1900) 3. Early St Vincent's (Druid Wing) to the construction of Aikenhead wind (early 1900s-1960) 4. Modern St Vincent's Hospital (1960-present) There is sufficient historical evidence that the development site will retain archaeological remnants of its 19th occupation. This is likely to be greatest beneath Brenan Hall (Phase 3) as the only extant heritage building but could also include the cess pits associated with the terraces (No 1 to 9) as shown on the MMBW work plan. The potential for archaeology is dependant on the impact of the Aikenhead Building.
Heritage Inventory Description
ST VINCENTS PUBLIC HOSPITAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - Heritage Inventory Description
The site is located at the south-eastern end of Nicholson Street, at its junction with Victoria Parade and consists of current and former buildings related to the St Vincent's Hospital, incorporating addresses no. 27, 31 and 35 Victoria Parade. It is located directly to the east of the Carlton Gardens and directly north of Melbourne's Hoddle Grid. The entire area is covered by buildings, former buildings and other hard surfaces.
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