This building was owned and lived in from about 1918 by Mrs. Jane Craine and from 1939 by Mrs. Violet Shepherd. Mrs. Craine had a confectionery store, which she ran with the assistance of her daughter Lottie, and under Mrs. Shepherd it became a greengrocery as well as a confectionery store. It was afterwards used as a private residence, and for a brief period in 2016-2017 it was the site of the 'Linton Bazaar'. Note: A photograph in the LDHS collection (Registration no. 2017-230), understood to have been taken c.1939, shows a substantially different facade. This photograph was taken by Gary Hunt in 2014.One of three colour photographs printed on a single sheet of photographic paper. The photograph shows a small weatherboard house with two gables built at different angles. The house is painted a light brown colour and with a red corrugated iron roof. The smaller section of the house on the right of the photo has a bull-nose verandah. A paling side-fence with a gate is to the side of the house.houses, buildings, 81 sussex street linton, jane craine, violet shepherd

The Bennett Bros Garage operated in Linton from the 1930s-1950s. The building is at 79A Sussex Street. Next to the garage building can be seen the building at 81 Sussex Street. In the first half of the twentieth century, it was a shop and residence and operated as a greengrocery and confectionery store.Colour photo which shows a brick building in a somewhat dilapidated condition, with windows and doors boarded up. The building has a tiled roof.bennett bros garage, shepherd's greengrocery and confectionery store, jane craine's confectionery shop, 79a sussex street linton, 81 sussex street linton

Jane Craine, née Shimmins, migrated to Victoria with her husband William Craine in 1862/63. Jane's and William's seven children were all born in Linton. After her husband's death in 1908, Jane and her daughter Lottie ran a small confectionery shop at what is now 81 Sussex Street.Enlarged black and white copy of original photograph. Photograph shows an older woman wearing a striped blouse and a long, dark skirt. She has her hands folded across her waist. The photograph was taken outdoors in front of a lemon(?) tree.On back: "Jane Craine / 1840-1925/ Lived Linton 1863-1925 / Wife of William / Mother of Paddy".jane craine