Hawthorn Real Estate Advertisement #1 (1872)
Plan of St. James’ Park, late the Burwood Hill Estate, formerly the property of the late Sir James Palmer: to be sold by auction on the 26th & 28th. October 1872 by Knipe George & Co. estate salesmen, George Coppin, vendor.
Surveyed by Nathaniel Munro, authorized government surveyor, 164 William St. Sept 21st, 1871.
“Note all dimensions are in feet, all the groves are 66ft. wide”;
Bounded by: Hawthorn Road — Brooke’s Grove — River Yarra (Horticultural Government Gardens) — Isabella’s Grove — Shakespeare’s Grove — Coppin’s Groves.;
Shows numbered and measured allotments, church, school, car and bus stand, stables, other building outlines, railway, Scott’s nursery, conservatory, bridges, and some named owners with building outlines.