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The streets surrounding the Gardens on the north, south and east sides are naturally 

 held in high esteem as places of residence, and some handsome mansions have been 

 erected in Clarendon Street and Jolimont more particularly. The Palace of the Kpiscopal 

 Bishop occupies a fine position in the former. It stands in the midst of some spacious 

 grounds, and when it was first erected it was essentially a country house, but is now in 



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the heart of a populous neighbourhood. At the corner of the Wellington Parade that 

 is to say, at the southern extremity of Clarendon Street, which forms the eastern 

 boundary of the Fitzroy Gardens the largest private residence in Victoria has just been 

 erected for Sir W. J. Clarke, Bart. ; and in Albert Street, on the north side of the 

 Gardens, is the Presbyterian Ladies' College, the architecture of which recalls something 

 that is common alike to some of the old Scottish ma'nor houses and to many of the 

 chateaux in the Valley of the Garonne, in the south-west of France. 



The suburb of Jolimont, separated from the Fitzroy Gardens by the \Yellington 

 Parade, is built upon the grounds attached to the modest wooden cottage which served- 

 as the abode of Governor Latrobe. Subsequently the cottage became the residence of 

 Dr. Perry, the first Episcopal Bishop of Victoria. Jolimont was originally excised from 

 an extensive reserve which had received the name of the Richmond Paddock, but is now 

 known as Yarra Park. It constitutes one of the principal playgrounds of the city and 



