Historical information

Sales plan for land in the suburb of Highett, titled Railway Reserve, incorporating properties along Wolseley Street, Livingston Street, Highett Road and Worthing Road.

Significance

The developing urban area of Highett within the City of Kingston. This land sale pamphlet illustrates the subdivision of land within the municipality and the changing demographic of the district as new houses and shops are constructed close to infrastructure.

Physical description

Colour pamphlet advertising thirty eight shop and villa sites for sale at the Railway Reserve, Highett. Incorporates a map of the reserve with properties available on Wolseley Street, Livingston Street, Highett Road and Worthing Road.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten in grey pencil: assumed sale price recorded on subdivisions 1-7, 10, 22, 23 and 34
Handwritten in grey pencil on subdivision 4: C. Nevill / City of Melbourne bank
Handwritten in grey pencil across subdivision 7: 49'
Handwritten in grey pencil across subdivision 21 and 22: 134'
Handwritten in grey pencil across subdivision 25 and 26: 200'
Handwritten in grey pencil across subdivision 36 and 37 and both top and bottom: 120'
Hand drawn in blue pencil: outline of subdivision 4
Hand drawn in blue pencil: outline of subdivisions 7, 23, 28, 37, 38 along left hand side, subdivisions 38, 37 and 36 on Wolseley Street, subdivisions 30 and 29 along Wolseley Street, subdivisions 29 and 24 along the middle of the plan, subdivisions 24 and half of 25 along Livingston Street, half of subdivision 20 along the middle of the plan, subdivisions 21 and 22 along the Right of Way between Livingston Street and Highett Road, and along the right hand border of subdivision 7.
Handwritten in ink adjacent to the subdivision plan, updside down, in the bottom right hand corner: 276 / 54 / 280 / 45 / 320 / 202 / 200 / 134 / horizontal line / 11/14
Handwritten in ink adjacent to the subdivision plan, updside down, in the bottom right hand corner: 1714)2200(15 / 1714 / horizontal line / 486