Seaholme Estate Land Sales 1920
In the 1880s, developers purchased land in Altona for housing, marketing the estate as a seaside resort. To help promote and attract people to the area, they built the Altona Pier and extended the Williamstown railway line from the Williamstown racecourse to the beach. While some housing blocks were sold, most were left undeveloped. By 1891 there were possibly five new houses, and much of the estate's land was still being used for dairy or agriculture due to the real estate depression in that started in 1891. Parcels of the Altona Bay Estate land were later sold to another developer and were subdivided into more than 3000 lots.
The area east of Millers Road was named Seaholme. The first auctions were held in 1918 although development could not be described as rapid. By the 1930s there about 400 houses built in Altona and on the Seaholme Estate was still noted as “a shop and 29 dwellings.”
This artwork contains these streets: Millers Road, Esplanade, Beach Street, Queen Street, High Street, Seaview Crescent, Central Avenue, Civic Parade, Acacia Avenue, Wattle Grove & Waratah Street.
Interesting promotion of the Wonder Building Material ‘Solomit’, which is the stitched straw thatching material often seen in early beach housing.
In the 1880s, developers purchased land in Altona for housing, marketing the estate as a seaside resort. To help promote and attract people to the area, they built the Altona Pier and extended the Williamstown railway line from the Williamstown racecourse to the beach. While some housing blocks were sold, most were left undeveloped. By 1891 there were possibly five new houses, and much of the estate's land was still being used for dairy or agriculture due to the real estate depression in that started in 1891. Parcels of the Altona Bay Estate land were later sold to another developer and were subdivided into more than 3000 lots.
The area east of Millers Road was named Seaholme. The first auctions were held in 1918 although development could not be described as rapid. By the 1930s there about 400 houses built in Altona and on the Seaholme Estate was still noted as “a shop and 29 dwellings.”
This artwork contains these streets: Millers Road, Esplanade, Beach Street, Queen Street, High Street, Seaview Crescent, Central Avenue, Civic Parade, Acacia Avenue, Wattle Grove & Waratah Street.
Interesting promotion of the Wonder Building Material ‘Solomit’, which is the stitched straw thatching material often seen in early beach housing.
In the 1880s, developers purchased land in Altona for housing, marketing the estate as a seaside resort. To help promote and attract people to the area, they built the Altona Pier and extended the Williamstown railway line from the Williamstown racecourse to the beach. While some housing blocks were sold, most were left undeveloped. By 1891 there were possibly five new houses, and much of the estate's land was still being used for dairy or agriculture due to the real estate depression in that started in 1891. Parcels of the Altona Bay Estate land were later sold to another developer and were subdivided into more than 3000 lots.
The area east of Millers Road was named Seaholme. The first auctions were held in 1918 although development could not be described as rapid. By the 1930s there about 400 houses built in Altona and on the Seaholme Estate was still noted as “a shop and 29 dwellings.”
This artwork contains these streets: Millers Road, Esplanade, Beach Street, Queen Street, High Street, Seaview Crescent, Central Avenue, Civic Parade, Acacia Avenue, Wattle Grove & Waratah Street.
Interesting promotion of the Wonder Building Material ‘Solomit’, which is the stitched straw thatching material often seen in early beach housing.