I haven't been able to find the auction dates of RBLs 6 or 8. However, RBLs were normally auctioned in sequential order. As RBLs 1-4 were scheduled for auction on 30 September 1878, and RBL 9 was scheduled for auction on 17th March 1879, the RBL's 6 & 8 auctions were probably scheduled for sometime between those dates. If so, construction of Hillside 1 & 2 would have started sometime after 30th September 1878.
The earliest mention of "Hill Side" I have found so far is in the 1891 Ladies Directory which states that Mrs. W. Judd was resident thereat. Construction should therefore have been completed sometime before or in 1891.
The mid-point between 1878 and 1891, i.e. 1885, gives an approximate construction completion date.
Hill Side appears in old photos as a large two-storey building near the bottom and to the west of Bluff Path.
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Hill Side 1 & 2
Hill Side 1 & 2 is listed in the key to the 1899 Peak Map as being on RBL 6. The wiki page at
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoria_Peak also lists the building on RBL 6. However, the 1912 and 1924 Peak maps show Hill Side 1 & 2 on RBL 8. I don't know which is correct.
I haven't been able to find the auction dates of RBLs 6 or 8. However, RBLs were normally auctioned in sequential order. As RBLs 1-4 were scheduled for auction on 30 September 1878, and RBL 9 was scheduled for auction on 17th March 1879, the RBL's 6 & 8 auctions were probably scheduled for sometime between those dates. If so, construction of Hillside 1 & 2 would have started sometime after 30th September 1878.
The earliest mention of "Hill Side" I have found so far is in the 1891 Ladies Directory which states that Mrs. W. Judd was resident thereat. Construction should therefore have been completed sometime before or in 1891.
The mid-point between 1878 and 1891, i.e. 1885, gives an approximate construction completion date.
Hill Side appears in old photos as a large two-storey building near the bottom and to the west of Bluff Path.