Historical information
Photocopy of a short newspaper article from the Southern Cross, dated 18/06/1986, about Thomas Watt, who built Glen Huntly in 1855, one of the first substantial homes in the area. Refers briefly to the suburb’s residential and commercial development and includes a photograph (60mm x 145mm) of the exterior of Glen Huntly house and two photographs (37mm x 57mm) of the surrounding suburb.
The file also includes a copy of a one page letter to the Historical Society of St Kilda from Nancy Renfree, dated 11/02/2000, about her great-grandfathers Thomas Watt and Henry Bunn, giving brief biographical information about both.
Subjects
- glen huntly,
- glenhuntly,
- watts thomas,
- wilson john w,
- pioneers,
- huntly street,
- grange road,
- glenhuntly road,
- glen huntly road,
- architects,
- caulfield,
- station place,
- glenhuntly traders’ association,
- murray street,
- holy cross church,
- ricketson henry,
- glen eira,
- caulfield military hospital,
- caulfield,
- roads board,
- bunn henry,
- hotham street,
- ripponlea,
- weatherboard buildings,
- renfree nancy
