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John Weaver white plaque

Echuca, VI, Australia

Brothel. John Weaver, builder, erected this unique building of six small rooms as a brothel in 1869. Ten years later it became part of a 13-roomed boarding house, also built by Weaver, fronting Little Hopwood Street and run by Mrs. E. Every under the name 'Australian Restaurant'. This timber buildin

g burnt in 1887 but the two storey brick building behind it survived. From 1887-1897 it was almost certainly run as a brothel by the licensee of the nearby Murray Hotel, who admitted to employing 'hig

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