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Location128 Aphrasia Street NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY LevelIncl in HO area contributory |
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Contributory Significance- Newtown West Heritage Area
History/Notes Annie Watson Hibbins (nee Hair) was born in Geelong in 1892, the
daughter of Robert and Euphemia (nee Nicholson) Hair. She married
Richard Hibbins (born Alexander Lead, Talbot in 1891) in 1916. They
had four children: Robert, Richard Kenneth, Margaret and Doris. It
seems that the dwelling was occupied by Mrs Hibbins' son, Richard, a
plumber, until she sold it to William Joseph McNeill, retired farmer
of Aphrasia Street, in 1925. He in turn sold it to Miss Sylvia Beryl
Palmer in 1927. The existing timber dwelling mostly reflects its original interwar
Bungalow design in the gabled roof forms clad in corrugated sheet
metal, gable infill, broad eaves, timber framed double hung windows
and front door opening. The projecting minor front gable on the east
side was originally part of the front verandah and it has been
infilled with a bank of timber framed double hung windows at the
front, aluminium framed windows on the side, and weatherboard wall
cladding. There are two storey additions at the rear but the original
single storey portion is the dominant feature when viewed from
Aphrasia Street. There is an introduced high capped timber fence. References:
The land at 128 Aphrasia Street formed lot 10 of the
Devon Estate advertised for sale by public auction on 30 March 1912.
The estate had earlier been owned by Lloyd Hooper, grocer. The First
World War appears to have delayed much of the building development as
part of this subdivision. The land was owned by James Maddern,
gentleman, in 1912. He sold it to Robert Hampton in 1920 and he in
turn sold it to Mrs Annie Hibbins in 1923. She had this house builtby
Denno and Neunhoffer at this time.
Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Indexes,
Dept. of Justice.
Certificates of Title, vol. 2785, fol. 924, vol.
3639, fol. 657.
Newtown Rate Books, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925,
1935, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Newtown Building
Permit, 6 December 1922, City of Greater Geelong.
'Richard
Hibbins', Ancestry Message Board online at http://boards.
tiscali.ancestry.co.uk/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=8470&p=localities. oceania.australia.vic.general
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