Where is hotham hill victoria

There are fascinating descriptions of the typical experiences of immigrants leaving England for Australia in the s, of how colonial society could allow talented individuals of any background to aspire to public office.

The author skilfully builds the narrative by steps as he traces the rise and rise of Langford in his political career, which culminated in his unsuccessfully standing as a parliamentary candidate, for which he campaigned in A councillor on four municipal councils, he was never voted out of office. She appears to have been the perfect complement to Robert during his career in public life, a capable and generous hostess.

Beginning his business career as a market stallholder at the Melbourne fish markets, Langford diversified into land speculation in the Gippsland Lakes and elsewhere during the boom years of the late s and early s. The designer may have been George Johnson, who designed town halls at Hotham North Melbourne in , Daylesford , Collingwood , Fitzroy , Maryborough and Northcote The book also examines a series of other buildings erected by the Langford family along Curran Street during the s.

He moved from Hotham to a larger property in Hawthorn in , and to Rosenberg House at Riddells Creek near Romsey in the early s, later becoming mayor there. Langford was very community-minded. He was a generous patron of the North Melbourne cricket and football clubs.

In he presented a silver cup to the junior cricket clubs for use in competition, known as the Langford Cup. The township was rapidly filled up by residents who were mostly gold rush immigrants. On 30 September , it became the Borough of Hotham by severance from Melbourne city council. The area of the borough was a little over acres 2 sq km. In the present town hall at the corner of Queensberry Street was built, two years after Hotham was raised to the status of a town.

Soon after becoming a town, Hotham was described in the Victorian municipal directory ,