Barkly Street
Named after Sir Henry Barkly, GCMG, KCB, FRS, FRGS (24 February 1815 – 20 October 1898) who was a British politician, colonial governor and patron of the sciences. He was Governor of Victoria from 26 December 1856 until 10 September 1863. Prior to 1857 this was known as Boundary Road as it marked the extent of the City of Melbourne's jurisdiction.
Hofwyl School (extant) 168-172 Barkly Street
James Bonwick met Alexander Gillespie on his return voyage to Australia in 1871 and offered him a job at his Hofwyl School, St Kilda.
Braemar (demolished) 56 Barkly St
A residence built in the Renaissance Revival style for Thomas and Margaret Alston. It was later used as a boarding house for St Michael's Grammar School students.
Formosa Cottage Formosa Terrace (Extant) 62-68 Barkly Street
In 1856 Paul Joske built the first residential terrace east of the Melbourne Town Reserve Boundary by locating 4 houses of the same kind on the East side of Barkly Street at a place best described by 2 Vardy's Survey (Sheet No. 1 N.W. Lots 45, 46, 47, 48). A Tender . . . 3 notice for the. building called by the architects Ohlfsen - Bagge exactly dates the construction, while the Rate Book_listing of 1857 gives some indication of its quality by valuing each house at 150 pounds(when a detached cottage- of 4 rooms might call a value of £50. (See Architectural Index notice Ohlfsen -Bagge 18.11.1856 and Vardy Survey sheets lots 58-65) SEE Howard Raggett pg 46
Response to inquiry Formosa Cottage and Formosa Terrace are on the south east corner of Barkly and Waterloo Streets. Attached is some information at the bottom of which is an extract from Vardy map. Vardy and some rate book extracts suggest the whole was owned by William Derham Clarke, a wealthy squatter related to Sir William Clarke. Liz Kelly for St Kilda Historical Society Formosa Terrace - appears on vardy maps Appears on 1890 MMBW Map Quoting "St Kilda Historical Society Inc." <