The A - Z Of Homes In Sydney As I Find Them 

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- Abbey (The) - Johnston St - Annandale

- Abbortsford House

- Abergeldie Estate - Dulwich Hill

- Aberglasslyn

- Adelaide Cottage - 57 - 59 Macleay St (1844 - 1899)

- Addington - 1810 - 813 Victoria Rd, Ryde

- Admiralty House - Kirribillii

- Afreba - Cnr Stanmore Rd & Tupper St

- Agincourt - 4 Wylde St, Potts Point

- Ahimsa - 1837 - 57 Cobran Road, Cheltenamm

 -Alberta Terrace - Bayswater Road Potts Point

- Albion House - Cnr Albion & Mary St - Surry Hills

- Aldine House - George St - Parramatta

- Allowah - Randwik

- Altamira - Fairlight - 1870's

- Alton House - Concord

- Ambleside - 24 Dudley St, Roseville

- Annandale House - 

- Arlington

- Arnesbury - 1888 - 78 Alt St Ashfield

- Arthursleigh

- Artarmon House

- Ascot - Randwick

- Aston Lodge - Randwick 

- Ashton - Elizabeth Bay - 1875

- Atherfield-1870-7 Eastbourne Rd - Darling Pt 

- Audley 

- Auburn Cottage - Albion St - John Verge 1831

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- Baker's Cottage - Lane Cove 

- Ballamac - 39 Acacia Street - Coogee

 - Balmoral House - 46 Waterview st - 

- Barnclueth - Potts Point

- Barrett House - Randwick 

- Bellevue - 55 - 57 Leichardt st - Glebe

- Bedervale Homestead

- Belmont Park - North Richmond

- Bengalla - NSW

- Berith Park - 19 Billyard Avenue - Wahronga

- Bernedi

- Birchgrove House - 67 Louisa Rd

- BishopCourt - AKA Greenoakes - 11a Greenoakes Avenue Darling Pt -1846 - 1849

- Blair Attol House - Campbelltown

- Bleak House - Balmain

- Bomerah - 1 Wylde St - Potts Point

- Bona Vista

- Boomerang - Elizabeth Bay 

- Bonnington - 8 Victoria Rd - Bellevue Hill

- Bradbury Park

- Bradley Hall 

- Braeside Cottage

- Braybrook 

- Briarbank - Glebe

- Brisbane House - Lavender Bay - Demolished 1920's

- Bronte House - 470 Bronte Rd,- 

- Brooklands - Stone house built by William Francis Parker - Brookvale 1879

- Brooksby - Potts Point 

- Broughton Hall - Lilyfield

- Brush Farm House - 19 Lawson St, Eastwood

- Bulwarra - Hunter's Hill

- Budleigh - Kirribilli 

- Bugaree House

- Bulkira - Northwest Sydney 

- Buona Vista - Built by Samuel Augustus Perry - 1831

- Burnham Grove - 1880's - Cowdor Rd, Camden

- Banks House - 

- Barcom Glen - West Estate - Darlinghurst

- Barham - Potts Point

- Brougham Lodge - Potts Point

- Buradoo

- But - Har - Gra - Croydon Park House - Georges River Rd & Croydon Avenue - Built 1890

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- Cadman's Cottage - Circular Quay

- Caerleon - 31 Kambala Rd

- Cairo (The)

- Campbell Lodge - Potts Point

- Cambrian Villa - Potts Pt

- Camden Park (1831)

- Camden Villa - Milson's Pt

- Camelot - formerly Kilkhein

- Callooa

- Canonbury (1833)

- Cantebury House

- Carabulla - Now Part Of The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Kirribilli

- Carlyle - Gladstone Parade - Lindfield

- Carrara - 52 Vaucluse Rd

- Carr's Cottage 

- Carthona - Darling Point

- Castle Hill Parsonage

- Chatsworth - Potts Point

- Checy - Potts Point

- Cherewell - 11 Hopetoun Ave - Vaucluse

- Cintra - Potts Point

- Clairvaux House

- Clargo House

- Clarens 

- Cleveland House

- Cleve's

- Cliffbrook - Arden St - Coogee

- Clifford - Potts Point

- Clifton - 1 - 3 Peel St, Kirribilli - 1849 Demolished 1960's

- Cloncorrick

- Clopee - Potts Point

- Clovelly House

- Cloyne Lodge

- Clyde House

- Combewood

- Craigend - Potts Point

- Craigholme

- Cranbrook Cottage - John Hornbury Hunt

- Creelwood

- Crossways (The) - Centennial Park 

- Crows Nest House (1869) - Built for Alexander Berry in 1850. later owned by Sir John Hay - Demolished 1932. The Gates And Fence remain at North Sydney 

- Curthona - 85 Todman Ave - Randwick 

- Curzon Hall - Marsfield 

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- Dalley's Castle - Manly 
- Dalhonsle House
- Dalwood House
- Dangars Castle 
- Darling House
- Deepdene House 
- Delamore - Darling Point
- Denham Court - Camden
- Denistone - Eastwood
- Dennarque - 
- Derby Lodge
- Dobroyde House
- Dogwood House
- Dower House
- Drummoyne House
- Drummoyne Park
- Dudhope
- Dunbar House
- Dunrath
- Dunora - 10 Dunora Gardens Potts Pt
- Durham Hall
- Duxford House

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- Eastbourne Potts Pt

- Eastwood

- Eaton

- Ecclesbourne - Potts Point

- Edgeworth House - Macquarie St Parramatta

- Edith House Randwick

- Elierslle - Darlinghurst Road

- Elizabeth Bay House

- Elwaton - Vaucluse

- Emuttall

- Endellion - Randwick 

- Endsleigh - Built near Clifton

- Enfield House

- Enmore House - Buitl 1835 Demolished 1883

- Ermington

- Erskineville House

- Eryldore - Gordon

- Etham House

- Euroka - 

- Everleigh

- Eversley

- Ewonton House - 1 Blake st , Balmain (1880)

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- Fairfax House
- Fairholme - Rooty Hill
- Fairlight House - Fairlight NSW
- Fairwater - 560 New South Head Rd
- Fenton - 8 Albert St - Edgecliff
- Fernleigh House - Fernleigh Castle - 1892
- Finton - 1832 - Roger Therry
- Fiona - Edward Knox - Darling Pt
- Flowton - North Turramurra - 1895
- Flushcombe Turrets
- Forest Lodge Villa - John Verge - 1836 - Demolished 1912
Froma House - Built by James Neale - 1860's

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- Garryowen - 
- Gayndah Cottage - Underwood St Paddington -
- Gillgaloola - 82 - 84 Penant Hills Road - Normanhurst
- Gingle - Federation Queen Anne Style
- Gladstone Hall - Built By William ZStarkley 1870 - Ewart St - Dulwich Hil; 
- Gladswood House - 1860 - Point Piper - Built for Samuel Dean Gordon
- Glanworth - 5 Lindsay Avenue - Darling Pt - 1915 - 1916
- Glen Ayr - 1860 - Demolished 1912
- Glenbrook - 19 Cooper St - double Bay
- Glenfield House - Casula - Dr Charles Throsby - 1816 
- Glengarry - Killara - Built 1919 For William Virtue
- Glenhurst - Darling pt
- Glenmire - Built For Edwin Stanley
- Glen Merryn - Coogee Bay Rd - built 1924 for Thomas A Field. Presented to the Australian Red Cross in 1941 for a Concvalescent Home. Bequeathed to The Red Cross on the condition that it not be used other than Philanthropic Charitable purposes. 
- Glenreigh - Regentsville - 427 Mulgoa Rd - Designed by William Wardell
- Glenrock - Thornton St - Darling Pt
- Glenrock - Edgecliffe - Demolished and Rebuilt 1870 - John Marks
- Glenwood Estate 
- Goderich Lodge - 1832 - Demolished
- Goendower - Cnr Constitution & Belmore St - Meadowbank
- Gordon Terrace - 2 - 26 Gordon St - Randwick - 1885
- Goulburn House - Cnr Druitt & Kent St - 
- Grandview - Pymble
- Grantham - Demolished
- Graythwarte - Lavender Bay - Thomas Walker 1832 - 20 Edward St North Sydney 
- Greenknowe - 1846 - Greenknowe Avenue
- Greenmount - 67 Upper Pitt St - 
- Greenoakes - Darling Pt
- Greencliffe Villas - Kirribilli
- Greycliff House - Vaucluse
- Greystanes House - William Lawson

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- Hampton Court - Bayswater Road - Potts Point

- Hanney - 376 Alfred St North Sydney  - Cammerary - Built 1896 demolished 1960's

- hathrop - Bathurst

- Hawthorn Estate - Fairybower

- Helenie - Meadowbank

- Henrietta - Pt Piper

- Hereford House - 53 Hereford St - Glebe

- Highbury - Centennial Park 

- highbury Hospital - 139 Wentworth Road - Burwood

- Highroyd - Annandale - Built by John young 

- Hillview - hornsby

- History House -133 Macquarie St

- Holbeck - 93 Lower Fort St

- Holbrook House Estate - kirribilli - 1875

- Holtermann Mansion - 

- Honda - Nuetrasl Bay

- Hooper Cottage - Gilderthorpe Avenue 

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- Innisfallen Castle - 14 Cherry Place - Castlecrag

- In Carcase - A Residence at the North End Of The wharf - Millers point - 15 Rooms - 47 Ft Wide Garden - 226 Feet Deep

- iona - 2 Darley St - Darlinghurst

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- Juniper Hall - Oxford St - Paddoington

- Jamieson House

- Jarocin - 1857

Jenner House - 2 Macleay St - Potts Point

K

- Kalouan - Rozelle

- Kellett House - Potts Pt - Demolished

- Kenilworth - Potts Pt

- Kemmore - AKA Roslyn Villa

- Kentville - Near Rozelle Bay - Built by john Young

- Keston

- Kia Ora House - 64 Macquarie St - Parramatta

- Kilmory Estate

- Kincoppal - 

- Kinneil - Potts Point 

- Kioto - formerly Llandaff

- Kirribilli House - Kirribilli 

L

- Lactura - Cantennial Park 

- Lancer Barracks - Smith St - Parramatta

- Larbert Lodge - Demolished - Subdivision of Macleay Estate. It was the last Convict Built Home in Potts Point. 

- Larissa - 27 Nelson St woolahra

- Lauriston - Ryde - 1880 - Cnr Victoria Rd & Bowden St

- Leitelinna - Manly 

Lindsay - 12 Carthona Avenue - Darling Pt

- Longwood 

- Lorndale House - Mayfield NSW  

Lyons Terrace - Liverpool Street - Darlinghurst - 5 Elegant Terraces built fpr Samue;l Lyons - 1841 - Built by john Verge. Demolished Between 1910 - 1925

- Lulworth - 71 Roslyn Gardens 

- Lunhilda - Putney

Lyndhurst - 1833 - 61 Dargham st - Glebe

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- Mamne - (1830 - 1840) Original Owner was Reverend Samuel Marsden 

- Maranamah - DEMOMLISHED - Cnr Darlinghurst Rd & Macleay St

Mary Reiby house - Station St - Newtown

- Merioola - Edgecliff Road - Woolahra - Mr Arthur Allen - Built by John Mannning

- Merridong - Killara 

- mimosa House - Cnr Putland St and P{ages Rd - St Mary's

- Milton terrac - 1 - 19 Lower Fort St - The Rocks

- Mona - Darling Pt

- Mount Adelaide - Potts Point - DEMOLISHED

- Mr Simms (Millers) Residence - Lane Cove 1880

- Mundarrah Towers - Clovelly - 1863 - Demolished 1923

- Myrtle cottage - Cnr Of Macleay St & Elizabeth Bay Rd - DEMOLISHED

N

- Newington House - silverwater

- Normanhurst - Randwick - DEMOLISHED - Cnr Cowper St & Alison Rd - Randwick 

- Norman Lindsay House 

Nugal Hall - 16 - 18 Milford St - Randwick 

O

- Oak Lodge - (1836 - 1837)

- Oceanview - Gordons Bay - Built 1916 - 127 Arden St Clovelly 

- Octagon - Darling Point

- Oranlham - 

- Ormiston - Junction Rd - Summer Hill

- Orrelton - Conr Albert St & Ocean St - Woolahra - Sir Alfred Stephen

- Orwell House - Demolished - Orwell St - Potts Pt - DEMOLISHED

- Osterlay - Potts Point - Fitzroy Gardens - DEMOLISHED 

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- Penkiville Estate 

- Penshurst - Penshurst Avenue - Nuetral Bay - Completed 1885 - Demolished 1968 - Walter Liberty Vernon, It was Demolished and replaced With 2 Low Rise Townhouses

- pollister - Greenwich

- Palmer (john) House - Cnr Palmer St & William St - DEMOLISHED

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Historic Homes Of New South Wales - Government House -Sunday Times - Sunday 23 February 1908, page 7

 

Historic Homes Of New South Wales - Govt House -Sunday Times Sun 23 Feb 1908, pg 7

HISTORIC HOMES
of N.S.W
Written for ' Sunday Times' By MARY SALMON
XIII— GOVT HOUSE, SYDNEY.

To all loyal subjects of the reigning sovereign of the British Dominion, the first house in a State is the Govt House, round which a great amount of interest concentrates. The beautiful position of our own Vice-regal residence especially commends it to the notice of visitors, & as one gets well into the harbor coming from the ocean, there is nothing more picturesque to be seen than the stone turrets rising softly amid darklofty trees, & the emerald green sward which covers the slopes of the sea wall of glittering stone. For garden parties, & outdoor fetes generally, there could be no more splendid position, though, at the same time, it must be confessed the public reception rooms are now quite inadequate to entertain the number of guests who desire the entry to Vice-Regal functions, & reconstruction of some of the interior of the House would bring it more up-to-date. When, in 1845, Sir George Gipps wrote, 'I am now on the point of moving into the house begun ten years ago for my predecessor,' it was with a feeling that a great improvement was being made in residential quarters for the governors & their families. It was then that a GREAT HOUSE WARMING PARTY was given on the 26th of June, 1845, in honor of the late Queen Victoria's
anniversary of her accession & coronation. There can be few, if any, of those who attended at that festival now alive, but it was described as one of the 'most brilliant gatherings that'd ever been held in Sydney, the numbers of families represented there exceeding those of any previous Vice-Regal entertainment.' But before using Govt House as a residence, Governor Gipps had, in 1843, managed to hold the Birthday ball there, & to have the May levee in the reception rooms the same year he entered into possession. The new building was DESIGNED IN LONDON by Mr. E. Blire, & carried out under the superintendance of the then Colonial architect, Mr. Lewis, who, with Colonel Barney, was the principal advisor regarding the site, & the general construction. The picture shows Govt House with the front central porch, but in old prints we may see that the entrance hall, with the big front doors, & the exterior arch were not in existence. Built in the Tudor or Elizabethan style, it's a distinctiveness that surpasses any house in the metropolis, a& perhaps the only other residence which reminds one of this mansion is the castle of Mr. Henry Dangar's family, at Potts Point. The staircases are of Australian cedar, & the mantelpieces of local marble, which were considered very
fine in their day, & even now have a certain historical picturesqueness, as have the many small windows, & the castellated & elaborately carved turrets, all of which harmonise with the general style of architecture. But it's scarcely likely that a Govt House designed & built nearly three-quarters of a century ago would be in keeping with the requirements now of a country which has grown with tremendous strides during the intervening time. It may not be generally known that in 1828 it was proposed to build the Governor's residence at Elizabeth Town (Darlinghurst), then commonly called official Town, because so many of the chief men concerned in the civil govt lived in that locality. Lady Brisbane, writing to a friend in England, mentions the proposed position 'as scarcely as beautiful as where we now liv (at the junction of Phillip & Bridge St's), yet, being high on the hill & among other large residences, very desirable in site, I drove through the neighborhood & like it very much.' What a different aspect Darlinghurst would have assumed had several acres been absorbed for a Vice-Regal home! When we traverse that portion of Sydney now dedicated to public offices & tram stations, we can scarcely realise that at what is the corner of Bridge with Phillip St's, the first authenticated permanent home of our Governors stood, surrounded by trees & overgrown with foliage. Mrs. Meredith gives the most interesting description of the old house. 'It was just within the Domain precincts, approached by a prolongation of Bridge St. Facing the house was a fine green lawn sloping towards the water, surrounded by noble trees, its original view being intercepted by wharves & the Quay.' The major portion of the building stood in what is now Phillip St, Lady Gipps' garden being situated on what is now the Colonial Secretary's Office & Office of Public Works. The original cottage in Pitt Row, often alluded to by old-timers as the first Govt House, is said to have no historical data to authenticate it. Probably servants attached to Govt House may have lived in it, but there is no reason to believe that the house, pulled down about 1868, where Vickery's Chambers now stand, ever was the residence of an early Governor. But although no trace of the fine old cottage mansion at Bridge St (of which there are many prints extant) remains, & even the last tree that marked the garden has been sacrificed to modern progress, yet we may bear this house in grateful memory among historic homes, since there eight of our Governors passed their sojourn among us. It was here that just a century ago JOHN MACARTHUR FACED GOVERNOR BLIGH in the notable rebellion that ended by the stormiest scene that has ever been enacted in the Govt House through-out the British Dominion. 'From the windows,' quotes Mr. J. P. McGuanne, in a paper for the Historical Society, 'could be seen the preparations at Wynyard Square, when the officers of the New South Wales Corps had deter-mined to depose Bligh. Soldiers forming into line, flags flying, band playing, officers in advance proceeding down George St, turning into Bridge St, where Mrs. Putland (Bligh's housekeeper & daughter) with parachute extended, ordered them to retire, thus somewhat retarding their entry, until her father, though BURNING WITH INDIGNATION, might have time to secrete his seals of office & private documents.' The story that Captain Bligh was ever found under a bed is more than unlikely, for although the bluff sea captain may have had his faults, cowardice is the one that seems most impossible, & one can scarcely believe that the man who had gone through stress & storm by land & sea, would hide under a pallet bed,
such as the old pictures represent him to do. One explanation of the story is that a French caricaturist, who was in Sydney about that time, published a cartoon called the 'Capture of Bligh,' & this gave rise to the story. The writer has heard that a copy of this picture is among the reserve drawings in the Art Gallery, & some day, no doubt, will be publicly shown. The marriage of Mrs. Putland (Bligh's daughter) with Sir Maurice O'ConnelI took place from Govt House, being the first having a Vice-Regal residence for its festivities. Sir Maurice O'Connell then took his bride to India, but returned after on absence of 24 years with his regiment, the 73rd, & resided in Balcombe's House, in the St named years before after him. A story is told of a novel way in which the state of a Governor's temper was tried by his wife. Mrs. Macquarie did not appear, so far as history relates, to be, as a rule, very much afraid of her somewhat arbitrary lord & master ; but when he was busy in the study, it's said, she never disturbed him by any messages from the outside world without first applying a test. She had an old bonnet which she threw into the middle of the room. If he ROSE & KICKED IT OUT,
she regarded it as a signal 'dangerous.' If he let it lie, she knew he was safe to be approached. An enduring memorial of Mrs. Macquarie is her 'Chair' of solid rock at Yurong Point, where so many thousands of men & women have, like she did, wandered through the spacious Domain &, finding peace & pleasure in the glorious view therefrom, have rested awhile where she is said constantly to have sat & mused. The recall of Governor Macquarie is associated with the Domain. He ordered a high wall to be built in order to sepa-rate his private grounds from the public area, & warned trespassers that they
were not to make a common footpath through to Woolloomooloo. His guards caught six men & two women, & he ordered the men to be flogged, & the women to be imprisoned. One William Blake, a free man, caused a petition to be signed for Macquarie's recall, & took the same to England, with the result that Macquarie went away before his time. Two children of Governor Brisbane first saw the light in old Govt House — Eleanor Australia, born April 7, 1823 ; & Thomas Australius, August 24, 1824. There was a sadness over the fate of both these very charming young people, for Thomas died at Gibraltar, aged 25, of rock fever, when on a visit to his fellow-officers ; & his sister died of consumption at the early age of 29. Perhaps NO SUCH DISTINGUISHED MAN was ever in early days our Governor, & yet he was by no means as successful as a coarser-natured but more business-like an official would probably have been. The Agricultural Society owed much to him, as also did astronomical research. It was in his time that large holdings began to be taken up, & the A. A. Company first got land. In 1830 Sir W. E. Parry, the great Arctic explorer, was commissioner for the company, &, being with his wife (a daughter of Lord Stanley) on a visit to Govt House, a son was born there. This was the Right Reverend Edward Parry, afterwards Bishop Parry. THE FIRST BIRTH, however, at Govt House took place in 1805, when little Elizabeth King was born. The mother, with Mrs. Parker, were noted for being the first two ladies to come to the settlement. They arrived by the Gorgon, 1791, & were the guests of Governor Phillip. It was during Governor King's term that a tragic event happened, when Colonel de La Clampe DROPPED DEAD AFTER DANCING a quadrille at Govt House ball. He was a French refugee, who, coming to Australia, took to farming, for which he was totally unfitted, enduring many hardships before his death in 1801. Perhaps no Governor was less popular than Sir Ralph Darling, though his wife appears to have done all in her power socially to bring together the people of New South Wales, & to bridge over the strong feelings that existed between the children of the emancipists & the free settlers. At her balls were to be seen for the first time the 'Currency Lasses,' the daughters of emancipists who had attained good positions. The social soirees are mentioned as being the most looked for fetes ; whilst she was the first also to entertain children at parties in the colony. Somehow Sir Ralph Darling man-aged to offend everyone so greatly that at his departure there were rejoicings on all hands. He quarelled with the Press, with the military, with racing men, & private property-owners ; & the day when he left Sydney was MARKED BY A GREAT FETE given by Wentworth, when a bullock was
roasted whole, & Watson's Bay was visited by thousands of people, to whom free drink & a banquet were given. 'The Glorification of Vaucluse' was an event that lived in the memory of many old residents. Lady Darling unjustly shared the indignities of her husband, as some miscreants, bent on mischief, put a bullock's head on a pole, &, pulling out into the stream where lay the departing vessel, they attempted to frighten Lady Darling by raising the horrid spectacle before her. Sir Richard Bourke appeared to care very little for his Sydney Vice-Regal residence. He spoke of the house as a lot of rooms to which each Governor added an extra one as necessity arose. He also wrote to the British authorities, saying that some of the grounds should be alienated for wharfage & city expansion, & at the same time he urged a new house, & greater privacy by high walls. This was in 1837, but it was nearly ten years after, when Governor Bourke had long severed his connection with the colony, that a removal took place. It may be said that his resignation was due to the attacks made upon him by the extension of protection & hospitality in making Govt House a depot for the first unmarried emigrants. A pamphlet sup-posed to have been written by a convict, incited by Judge Sherry, criticising the Governor, produced much ill-feeling, & though Sir Richard Bourke, upon his leaving the country, had the honor of the first statue erected to a Governor (in the Domain), yet he had many annoying moments prior to his leaving us. His daughter, Anna Maria, was married to Mr. E. Deas Thomson, but the ceremony took place from Govt House, Parramatta. The gay & volatile Sir Charles Fitzroy, with his following of clever, but wild young aides & secretaries, did not im prove the reputation of social life at the Vice-Regal seat. Dr. Lang made scathing remarks regarding his 'prlvate life'of His Excellency, & a fierce fire of publicity boat upon every little failing, which was not lessened when Lady Mary Fitzroy was accidentally killed 'by her husband in imprudently acting as charioteer at the time.' A censorship was placed., over the people invited to Govt House, & many leading men refused to allow their wives & daughters to at tend functions there. The sons of Governor Fitzroy appeared to have been the cause of much of the trouble. being wild & racketty 'chips of the old' block,' ac-. cording to repute, & much that would have passed unnoticed in a largo community was eagerly sought as news, & enlarged upon by scandal-loving people. When Governor Dennison left Sydney  24 presentation speeches of regret came to him, & Lady Dennison; spoke of the pain of her adieux, first is the public, then to her personal friends* especially the Bishop & Mrs. Barker, & last, but saddest, to many old servants & retainers. '
FIRST GOVT HOUSE. Situated at what is now the junction of Bridge Phillip st.
GOVT HOUSE TO-DAY.

Maranamah - DEMOLISHED - Cnr Macleay Street & Darlinghurst Road - Potts Point - New South Wales -

 
Maramanah - Corner Of Darlinghurst Road & Macleay St Potts Point

Maramanah - 64 Macelay street, was one of the Beautiful Grand Old Villas

1930 - Maramanah, 64 Macleay Street (now where the El Alamein Fountain is located) one of the great grand villas of Kings Cross. Built in the 1840s as a smaller villa and extended with a turret and endless balconies in the 1880s to form a much larger grand mansion. During WWII it was used as a recreational centre for the US Navy and then a Royal Navy Canteen. The mansion became severely decrepit after the war and was squatted in by several families during the late 40s and early 50s. The mansion was taken over by the council and demolished in 1954.

Fitzroy Gardens wasn’t always a public space. It was once home to at least three impressive homes and their grounds, one of which was Maramanah.

Built in the 1840s for shipping merchant Deloitte, Maramanah was soon sold to Anna Challis (familiar as yet another Kings Cross street name). It then passed through many owners, including the Hollander family who featured in Robin Dalton’s 1965 memoir “Aunts up the Cross”.

During the Second World War, Maramanah became a recreational centre for the US Navy and then a Royal Navy canteen. When the war was over, several returned servicemen and their families squatted in the 20-roomed mansion, demanding they be allowed to live in it. There was a lack of post-war housing, and the community supported them but the mood may have changed when it was alleged that Communist Party meetings were taking place inside.

Maranamanh was taken over by the City of Sydney, and operated as a hostel until the mansion and its grounds were added to the parcel of land from which Fitzroy Gardens was created and demolished in 1954.

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Old Home Damaged - Hebrew Standard of Australia -  Thu 20 Apr 1944   ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Protests On Streets Conduct - The Worker - Mon 1st May 1944 pg 7  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

News Friday 22 March 1946 Pg 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Squatter's Now 16 SMH -  Sat 23rd Mar 1946 Pg 3

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 West Australian - Tue 26 Mar 1946

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Squatters  Empty Mansion - Australian Worker - Wed 27 Mar 1946 pg 12 

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The Barrier Daily - Wednesday 27th March 1946 - Page 1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

New Tenant For Seized Maramanah -The Daily News -  29 March  1946 pg 3

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 Worker - Mon 1 April 1946 pg 3 

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 Dubbo Liberal - Tues 9th April 1946 - Pg4 

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Column 8 Pieces

Column 8 - SMH Thurs 2nd March  1950 - Pg 1

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Colum 8 - Maramanah - Column8 Mon 27 March 1950 Pg1

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Column 8 - SMH Wed June 6 1951 - Pg 1

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Column 8 - SMH - Sat 14th Aug 1954 - Pg 1

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Sydney Morning Herald  - Tues 16 March 1948 pg 1

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 Thursday 21 March 1946 page 3

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 Daily News - Thurs 21 Mar 1946 Pg 1

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SMH Fri March 22 1946 - Pg 1 - Part 1

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Move into Maranamah Watched By Thousands SMH Sat 23 Mar 1946 pg1 

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Protest Over Mansion Demolition Sat 23 Mar 1946 pg 11

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News - Sat March 23rd 1946 Page 1

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Sydney Morning Herald - Mon 25th March 1946 Pg 4

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Property owners Alarmed - Canberra Times - Mon  25 march 1946 Pg1

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Maramanah Case -  Mon 25 Mar 1946 pg 2

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City Councils Offer - West Australian - Tue 26 Mar 1946

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Seized Mansion As Hostel - SMH Tue 26 Mar 1946, pg 3

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Premier Condemns Illegal House - Wed 27 Mar 1946 - Pg2

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Mansion Seized On Reds Advice - Daily News - Wed 27 March 1946 pg 12

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Communists Seize Mansion - Wed 27 Mar 1946 Page 1

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Coms Turn Squatters - Wortker - Mon 1 April 1946 pg 3 Part 1

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Maramanah Case Lapses - SMH Sat 6th Apr 1946 Pg 5

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 SMH - Tues 9th April 1946 Pg 5

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Communism - Dubbo Liberal - Tues 9th April 1946 - Pg4 

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Bad Laws Must Be Defied - Southern Mail - Fri 12 Apr 1946 pg 2 Part 2

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Bad Laws Must Be Defied - Southern Mail - Fri 12 Apr 1946 pg 2 

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Maramanah Man Wins Home - SMH - Fri 7 June 1946 - Pg 5

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SMH - Sat 15 June 1946 - Pg 3 Part 2

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SMH Wed 7th Aug 1946 - Pg 3

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Gardrens At The X - SMH Tues 16 March 1948 pg 1

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Plan For Ptts Pt Mansion - Daily Mirror - Tues 4 May 1948 - Pg 

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New Move On Old Mansiomn - Daily Mirror - Thur 16  1950 - pg 5

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 Daily Mirror - Thurs 12 Jan 1950 - Pg 11

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Alderman Move To Evict - Sun Herald - 29 Oct 1950 Pg 5 Pt 1

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SMH Wed 28th April 1954 - Pg 4

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Deadlock At Maramanah - Daily Mirror -  Mon 3 May 1954 pg 23

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Maranamah - Macleay Street - Potts Point - New South Wales - Truth -  Sunday 5 April 1953, page 46

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Demoltioin Reveals Wartime Paintings - Daily Telegraph Sun 24 Oct 1954 pg 11

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