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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.
W. Owen. Wholesale Tobacconist. Sports Depot. Plate 398 Chuck Photo Series.
w. owen, owen's sports store, sturt street, building, commerical
H.F. Hutton Watchmaker & Jeweller. Photograph of H.F. Hutton. Plate 390 Chuck Photo Series.
h.f. hutton, henry f. hutton, sturt street, building, commerical, manufacturing
Plates 384-385 Chuck Photo Series.
w.h. blezard, building, shop, persons, costume
Plate 38? Chuck Photo Series.
carthew's butchery, w.j. carthew, sturt street, building, commerical, shop
Plumber & Gasfitter. Kitchen Range & Stove Manufacturer. Plate 379 Chuck Photo Series.
s. mciver, mair street, building, persons, manufacturing
Paperhangings. House & Sign Decorator. Artist Materials. Plate 378 Chuck Photo Series.
a. ruddock, sturt street, building, shop, commerical
Horse Bazaar. Omnibus Depot. Wedding Carriages for Hire. Livery, Bait, Stables, Horses, Buggies, Drags. Pic-nic Parties & Others. Plate 375 Chuck Photo Series.
w. reid's livery stables, armstrong street, persons, vehicle
Direct Importers. Drapers. Chuck Photo Series.
harry adair & co., bridge street, building, commerial, persons
Carriage & Coach Builders. Steam Coach Factory. Plate 369 Chuck Photo Series.
w. leach & son, albert street, creswick, building, persons, vehicles, manufacturing
Butter Merchants. Produce Merchants. Plate 365 Chuck Photo Series.
bray & fitzgerald, bridge street, building, persons, commerical, shop, costume
Show Room Sturt Street. Plate 364 Chuck Photo Series.
singer sewing, sturt street, shop
Plate 363 Chuck Photo Series.
adam scott, bridge street, building, persons, costume, commerical
Establishments at 47? Main Street and ?? Bridge Street. Plate 362 Chuck Photo Series.
f. allen, main street, bridge street, building, commerical, manufacturing, shop
Plate 361 Chuck Photo.
doveton woollen mills, manufacturing, building
Cash Grocer. Tea Merchant. Produce Merchant. Plate 358 & 359 Chuck Photo.
a. smith, wills street, building, person, commerical, shop
Cash Grocer. Plate 356 Chuck Photo.
w.a. mcnamara, bridge street, commerical, shop
Plate 353 Chuck Photo Series.
shadlaw, thos. dickenson, sebastopol, private dwelling, house
c. morris & son, mair street, building, vehicle, public
davies franklin cycle co, sturt street, vehicle
Household Furnishers. Plate 346? Chuck Photo Series.
a. susman & co., bridge street, commerical, public, person
Tanks All Sizes Cheapest in Ballarat. Plate 345 Chuck Photo.
frank penhalluriack, main street, building, commerical, manufacturing, persons, costume
Tailors & Drapers. Plate 344 Chuck Photo Series.
alex miller & sons, bridge street, commercial, shop, persons
Spouting Ridging, Corrugated Iron Curved, Hot Water Systems, Stoves and Ranges. Second store in Sturt Street.
middleton & morris, buildng, persons, shop, commerical, sturt street
Plate 324 Chuck Photo
mcmanamny's general store, humffray street, building, shop, persons
Ironmonger and Plumber. Plate 322 Chuck Photo Series.
r. ramsay, bridge street, building, commerical, shop.
Jane Fitzgibbon, Proprietress. Cobb & Co. Booking Office. Plate 321 Chuck Photo Series.
provincial hotel, jane fitzgibbon, lydiard street north, building, hotel, public, irwin's provincial hotel
Plate 320 Chuck Photo Series.
kerr bros., globe foundry, mair street, building, manufacturing, persons
Family Grocer and Provision Merchant. Scrubbo Soap. Plate 318 Chuck Photo Series.
w.m. gray, peel street, wills street, building, shop, persons
Established 1858. Plate 317 Chuck Photo Series.
w. porter & co., lydiard street, railway boot arcade, interior, commerical, shop
Produce Store. Steam Chaff Cutting Mills. Plate 316 Chuck Photo Series.
c. roswell and son, skipton street, building
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