The lanes behind the shops
Villa’s map places Short Street and Goldman Lane among the shops and landmarks of late-1980s Double Bay.
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The drawing says “not to scale”. It is not a cadastral plan or an approved tenancy plan.
1985–2017
Short Street
Dated records, source images and the qualifications needed to read them.
Village Grill advertises its courtyard
The advertisement describes an enclosed courtyard and garden, licensed/BYO dining, live music and a Short Lane address.
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Through the bougainvillea-covered gates
A published review describes the entrance, intimate courtyard and menu of Village Grill at 3 Short Lane.
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A restaurant with wooden beams and a fireplace
The supplied advertisement gives the restaurant address as 3 Short Lane and describes a mountain-lodge atmosphere, wooden beams, an open fireplace and live music.
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The clipping’s newspaper header and magazine-footer dates are not identical; the chronology assigns only the year.
A partnership registration
The Australian Business Register history lists ALEKSANDAR MAKSIMOVIC & GORAN ZUBER, Other Partnership, ABN 20 116 814 216, active from 29 May 2000 and cancelled from 1 July 2000.
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The trading-name history continues separately to 15 April 2002. Registration dates are not property-ownership or restaurant-opening dates.
Goran Zuber’s sole-trader registration
The register history lists ZUBER, GORAN, Individual/Sole Trader, ABN 36 596 797 252, active from 15 June 2000 and cancelled from 1 July 2016.
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The register does not provide a street address or establish title to the premises.
Village Grill in the local newspaper
Woollahra’s newspaper index records a Wentworth Courier article about Village Grill at 3 Short Lane, page 42.
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This is an index record; it is not a reproduced copy of the full article.
Inside Village Grill
A Sydney Morning Herald photograph records the restaurant’s dining room, timber ceiling and tiled floor. View the photograph at its publisher’s source.
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Photograph by Domino Postiglione / Sydney Morning Herald. The publisher’s image is linked, not reproduced here.
A meal and photographs of the restaurant
A contemporary food blog describes a visit to Village Grill and includes photographs of the courtyard, dining room and food.
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Some image filenames contain 25 August 2013. That is not independently verified capture metadata; the date here is the article’s publication date.
Goran Zuber
The official probate notice records Goran Zuber’s death on 12 January 2016, late of Double Bay. The notice was published on 26 February 2016.
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This is a notice of intended application, not a probate grant. It does not state a cause or premises of death.
The Thai restaurant at number 340
A contemporary food-blog entry identifies Spice Market, a Thai takeaway, at 340 New South Head Road and shows the shopfront, seating and menu.
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The article’s restaurant address is kept distinct from the rear-lane restaurant address. No access arrangement is inferred from a frontage photograph.