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Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Villa Maria, Ballarat circa 1940
... ...Joshua Gregory...The tower was added by Joshua Gregory, a well-to-do grocer originally from Hertfordshire. ...The tower was added by Joshua Gregory, a well-to-do grocer originally from Hertfordshire. ...
The villa was built by mining speculator, Mr Fortune and it became know as 'Fortune's Folly'. The tower was added by Joshua Gregory, a well-to-do grocer originally from Hertfordshire. The Sisters of Mercy acquired the building in 1902. villa maria, melbourne road, fortune street, joshua gregory, sisters of mercy, building, public
