Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and suburban directory for 1885. (Melbourne : Sands & McDougall, 1884)
The 1885 edition of the Melbourne Directory, published during the land-boom, had
bound in at the front, a Pamphlet of useful information for persons wishing
either to build, borrow or invest, by the Universal Building Societies. (1884)
This included a series of plans and coloured elevations by the Melbourne
architects N. Billing & Son, 78 Collins St. West, of homes ranging from the
“Wooden house to be built for £100”, to the “Two semi-detached brick residences
to be built for £1400.”
The copy on display is open at the “Brick dwelling to be built for £850” and the
“Brick dwelling to be built for £1100”.
