Oliver’s Paddock Estate, Northcote. Also known as the “Central Northcote Railway Station Estate”. This subdivision went on sale from May 19, 1888. Street names are a little different today. Railway Parade is now Herbert Street, Station Grove is now Turnbull Grove, Station Avenue is now Claude Street and Hawthorne Road has dropped the e. The Northcote State School (No. 1401) at the botton of the map, now Northcote Primary School, is still going. It opened on May 1, 1874.
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You can get a full sized copy of the above image from SLV here (Tif, 8600 x 6596, 162m). Here’s Oliver’s Paddock highlighted on Google Maps. Zoom in (bottom left) or open in a new tab (top right).
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