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Lisrona Cottage, 45 Waterview Street
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45 Waterview Street, Balmain NSW 2041
45 Waterview St, Balmain NSW 2041, Australia
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Cover photo: Lisrona Cottage, 45 Waterview Street — Date unknown
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- House typeCottage
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The story of this house
Lisrona CottageShipwright James Jackson bought the land in September 1877.
Peter Reynolds’s narrative dates his weatherboard Lisrona Cottage to 1879, although the journal’s summary table gives 1877.
The building year therefore remains qualified.
Jackson died at the house in 1922.
His wife remained until her death in 1927, and their daughter Theresa Josephine subsequently lived there until 1935.
The neighbouring 45A was a later, separate house built in 1929.
Peter Reynolds, “From Cooper Street to Waterview Street: Waterview Estate 1835–1970, Part 3”, Leichhardt Historical Journal 24, pp.
81–82 (PDF pp.
83–84).
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- September 1877 — Jackson purchases the land
James Jackson purchased lots 4–5 fronting Waterview Street.
- September 1877 — Jackson purchases the land
James Jackson purchased lots 4–5 fronting Waterview Street.
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