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Former Francis family house at 34 Johnston Street, Annandale
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34 Johnston Street, Annandale NSW 2038
34 Johnston St, Annandale NSW 2038, Australia
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Cover photo: Former Francis family house at 34 Johnston Street, Annandale — Date unknown
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- House typeCottage
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- Current statusUnknown
The story of this house
This entry concerns the former house at 34 Johnston Street, not the later apartments.
Gwen Ashton recalls visiting her great-aunt Elise Francis there in 1926, shortly after the death of Elise’s husband Henry Burdett Francis.
Her recollections describe a two-storey house with gardens, a summerhouse and former coach accommodation.
After Elise’s death in 1929, the house was divided into four flats; the journal captions date the conversion to the 1930s.
An editorial note records demolition in the late 1960s and replacement by a block of brick home units.
The photograph shows the earlier house during the Francis family period.
Source: Gwen Ashton, “Recollections of 34 Johnston Street, Annandale”, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.
11 (1982), pp.
3–5; the demolition date is in the captions/editorial note.
Journal pp.
3–5
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- 1926 — Gwen Ashton visits the Francis home
Ashton recalls her first visit to her great-aunt Elise Francis at 34 Johnston Street in 1926.
- 1929 — Death of Elise Francis
Ashton records Elise Francis’s death in 1929.
- 1930s — House converted to four flats
The photograph caption dates conversion to the 1930s; Ashton describes four flats and the portions occupied by Myee and Sidney.
- Late 1960s — Historic house demolished
The editorial note records demolition in the late 1960s and replacement by a block of brick home units.
- 1926 — Gwen Ashton visits the Francis home
Ashton recalls her first visit to her great-aunt Elise Francis at 34 Johnston Street in 1926.
- 1929 — Death of Elise Francis
Ashton records Elise Francis’s death in 1929.
- 1930s — House converted to four flats
The photograph caption dates conversion to the 1930s; Ashton describes four flats and the portions occupied by Myee and Sidney.
- Late 1960s — Historic house demolished
The editorial note records demolition in the late 1960s and replacement by a block of brick home units.
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