An Unassuming Edwardian Saves the Best for Out Back

Keeping up street-side appearances, an Australian artist’s home branches out with a modern extension.
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With the arrival of their firstborn, Jasper, artist Kate Tucker and her husband, Tom Crago, made plans to decamp from their groovy South Melbourne digs and move to Fitzroy North, another inner suburb. The renewal of this formerly industrial neighborhood had brought boutiques, galleries, and cafes to the area—and with them, a sophisticated, artsy coterie.

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Rowan McKinnon
Rowan has worked on various guides to Australia, the USA and the Caribbean, but mostly specializes as a travel writer in the island states of the South Pacific. He is a long-time contributer to Lonely Planet magazine.

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