Donaldville / Llewellyn (29 Albert Street) — 29 Albert Street (architectural detail). Photograph date unknown. Bruce Crosson, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 25, printed p. 46 (PDF p. 50).Print options & photo selection
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Donaldville / Llewellyn (29 Albert Street) — 29 Albert Street (architectural detail). Photograph date unknown. Bruce Crosson, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 25, printed p. 46 (PDF p. 50).
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29 Albert Street, Leichhardt NSW 2040
29 Albert St, Leichhardt NSW 2040, Australia
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Cover photo: Donaldville / Llewellyn (29 Albert Street) — 29 Albert Street (architectural detail). Photograph date unknown. Bruce Crosson, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 25, printed p. 46 (PDF p. 50). — Date unknown
Year built1903
Timeline entries6
Memories0
Photos1
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- House typeCottage
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The story of this house
Donaldville / Llewellyn (29 Albert Street)Dobroyd painter John McDonald bought the land at 29 Albert Street in May 1902.
In 1903 he built a two-storey house of face brick with a tiled roof, moved in, and named it Donaldville.
In October 1912 McDonald sold to railway employee Llewellyn Emlyn Treharne.
The Treharnes lived there in 1913 and renamed the house Llewellyn.
Later tenants listed in the journal include John McPhee in 1914, Ernest R.
Long in 1915–1920, Edgar Taylor in 1923–1924 and Dominic Wells in 1925–1926.
Missing directory listings do not establish that the house was vacant.
The journal’s December 1926 transfer sentence names McDonald after describing Treharne’s ownership.
That attribution is unresolved here and has not been turned into a timeline event or a new person connection.
The later account records a sale by Mrs Treharne to Sydney John Elley and Ellen Jane Elley in October 1949, followed by their sale to Antonio and Mario Aiello in August 1954.
In December 1959 Mario’s half-share passed to Giuseppina, Antonio’s wife.
Bruce Crosson’s photograph records part of the frontage and verandah, rather than the whole house.
The caption identifies Federation Filigree styling and surviving cast-iron verandah decoration.
Peter Reynolds, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.
25, Flood’s Estate: Sections 3–4, Part 3, printed pp.
45–46.
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- May 1902 — John McDonald purchases the land
Painter John McDonald bought the land at 29 Albert Street.
- 1903 — John McDonald builds Donaldville
John McDonald built the two-storey face-brick house, lived there, and named it Donaldville.
- October 1912 — Llewellyn Emlyn Treharne purchases Donaldville
John McDonald sold the house to railway employee Llewellyn Emlyn Treharne.
- 1913 — The Treharnes rename the house Llewellyn
The Treharnes occupied the house in 1913 and renamed it Llewellyn.
- October 1949 — Sydney and Ellen Elley purchase the house
Mrs Treharne sold the house to Sydney John Elley and his wife Ellen Jane Elley.
- August 1954 — Antonio and Mario Aiello purchase the house
The Elleys sold the house to Antonio and Mario Aiello.
- May 1902 — John McDonald purchases the land
Painter John McDonald bought the land at 29 Albert Street.
- 1903 — John McDonald builds Donaldville
John McDonald built the two-storey face-brick house, lived there, and named it Donaldville.
- October 1912 — Llewellyn Emlyn Treharne purchases Donaldville
John McDonald sold the house to railway employee Llewellyn Emlyn Treharne.
- 1913 — The Treharnes rename the house Llewellyn
The Treharnes occupied the house in 1913 and renamed it Llewellyn.
- October 1949 — Sydney and Ellen Elley purchase the house
Mrs Treharne sold the house to Sydney John Elley and his wife Ellen Jane Elley.
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