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Historic people · 47 Waterview St, Balmain NSW 2041
John Burgess
Co-commissioner and resident · 1893–1905; recorded resident 1897
Their story
John Burgess was the lighthouse keeper at Montague Island and husband of Isabella Alicia Burgess. The couple built Alicia Villa in 1893 and lived there in 1897. The house was sold to James Scott in June 1905.
Sources
Peter Reynolds, Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 24 (2014), From Cooper Street to Waterview Street: Waterview Estate 1835–1970: Part 3, printed pp. 58.
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