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 

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- 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

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- 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 - Macleay Street - Potts Point - New South Wales -

 
Maranamah - Potts Point

 West Australian - Tue 26 Mar 1946

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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 - SMH Thurs 2nd March  1950 - Pg 1

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Colum 8 - Maramanah - Column8 Mon 27 March 1950 Pg1

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 Daily News - Thurs 21 Mar 1946 Pg 1

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

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Houses Of Colonial Sydney Elizabeth Bay House - Herald - Sat 25 June 1949 - Pg 14 - New Books Reviewed

 

Houses Of Colonial Sydney 

NEW BOOKS REVIEWED - -
- - Conducted by Clive Turnbull

Houses of Colonial Sydney

SOME HOUSES & PEOPLE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, by G. Nesta Griffiths (Sydney: Urc Smith)

The shelves in an Australian library which ought to be labelled Memoirs & Social History are mostly blank. Only in recent years has there been any attempt to tell us about the people, apart from governors & politicians, who made the Australia we live in.

SOME Houses & People of New South Wales?" very entertaining, one of the gaps. It Is Australia's story, with a small "s" certainly, disregarding most of the economic background, but it does provide a vast amount of information about the people who built Sydney's best known houses, from the days of the Macarthurs onward, & it's illustrated with a valuable series of photographs of dwellings as they used to be & are now. Written with knowledge, & sympathy, this Is an amiable round-up by an author to whom the ramifications of the Sydney families are an open book, in terms which all of them would certainly approve. 

There's nothing discreditable about anyone's great-grandfather. To readers who know the houses & the descendants of the people described the book will obviously have a special appeal. Others may regard It as the groundwork for an historical study — Miss Griffiths supplies the facts: you may supply your own interpretation. 

The houses photographed Illustrate the decline in taste which we should expect. The simple forms of the Georgian colonists gave place to the sometimes grotesoue ostentation of the later Victorian ace. One's fear that some of the more charming houses may be pulled down is balanced by a hope that some of the others will. Notable & gracious houses here shewn include Camden Park, Elizabeth Bay House a groundless survivor amid architectural parvenus. Tusculum, Glenrock & Fassy. There are some harmless equivalents of Toorak Renals. The' horrible examples one forbears to mention: they are plain to see. 

Of all these dwellings' ElizabethBay Bay House is probably the most familiar as in its latter-day status as a rooming house, it has harbored many birds of passage. As Miss Griffiths points out there are probably hundreds of people in Sydney today to whom the name Macleay means a street on Pott's Point, though there are still a few who can remember Elizabeth Bay House before it was shorn of its glories. 

Alexander Macleay was appointed Colonial Secretary in the twenties of last, century, & was later granted 54 acres at Elizabeth Bay. "a mile & a half from Sydney," for the purpose of erecting a family house & cultivating a garden — he had been secretary of the Lutheran Society. The house was completed in the 1830's, & the garden included all or what is now known as Elizabeth Bay to the western frontage of Rushcutter's Bay. Even in the forties it had become "one of the most perfect places I ever saw in my life." according to a visitor — the house "like a nobleman's palace." Macleay planted flowers & trees from "every climate, from Rio to the West, & East Tndies. China, & even England." from the Cape & from New Zealand. Both Macleay & the son who succeeded him were great patrons of learning &, indeed, everything agreeable, & entertained everyone of consequence from John Gould, of bird celebrity, to T. H. Huxley.

The celebrated staircase at Elizabeth Bay House, Sydney, now a forlorn reminder of colonial grandeur in a suburb of lowering pais.
In 1915 the garden was greatly reduced. This century the house was occupied by various families, & In 1927 the estate was cut up & sold, the house for £14.000. the land for £150 a foot, a total of £57.509. "As the high ltde of progress Inps around what remains of this beautiful house." says Miss Griffiths, "It stands a pathetic relic surrounded by great blocks of flats. The gracious bow windows with their slightly curved/glass still 'retain a few original panes. The lovely panelling, the door frames, & those immense & capacious cellars remain to give some idea of Its past magnificence. but the glory of the garden Is only a memory. "In the hall at the old house the beautiful cantilever staircase soars upward in a gradual curve like the flower of an arum lily." Sydney has not been kind to these charming old houses. Burdekin House, Macquarle Street completed In 1811 for Thomas Burdekin — the river is named after his son — was demolished "in the cause of progress in the carlv nineteen-thirties." Of another estate we read "the lovely park overlooking the Parramatta River, bounded by the Duck River & Hacking's Creek Is now bordered- by the Homebush Abattoirs & Carnarvon Golf Links." It was nice while it lasted.
C.T.

Potts Pt Properties To Make Way For Doxk - SMH Friday 13 December 1940 - Pg 12

 

POTTS POINT PROPERTIES TO MAKE WAY FOR SOCK - PARADE OF ARMY EQUIPMENT - MODEL FOR YARALLA HOSPITAL 

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 13 December 1940, page 12

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A view of the waterfront at Potts Point, showing properties to be compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth Government to facilitate the construction of the Sydney graving dock. No. 4 Macleay St (on extreme left) will not be acquired, out vacant land between it & the water will be acquired. The property shown
on the extreme right has been already taken over.

The plan shows the location of properties at Potts Point which are to be acquired, & also those which have been acquired.
A complete range of army mechanised equipment was paraded before thousands of people in the city yesterday to aid the £28,000,000 "Freedom" Loan. Above: Light tanks in the parade. Right: One of the powerful searchlights used by anti-aircraft batteries. These throw the beams which are seen nightly searching the sky. A new type of stretcher for use by the
Yachtsmen's Auxiliary of the National Emergency Services was demonstrated yesterday before the Minister in Charge of N.E.S., ¡~ Mr. Bruxner. The picture shows a "patient" being lowered on the stretcher from a harbourfront building. It is light, & can be
handled in confined spaces.

Two views of the proposed multi-storied Yaralla Military Hospital at Concord are shown by these photographs of a model especially built for constructional purposes. Above: A general view from the air, with the main block & administrative building in the foreground. Below: The south-easterly aspect
of the main block. (Pictures by Department of Interior.)

Streets Of Memory - Hostesses Of Sydney - 50 Yrs Ago - Potts Point Was Social Mecca - SMH - Thursday 22 February 1934, page 17

 

Sydney Morning Herald - Thirsday 22 February 1934 - Page 17

Streets of Memory
HOSTESSES OF SYDNEY—50 YEARS AGO.
WHEN POTTS POINT WAS SOCIAL MECCA.
(BY MRS. ZARA ARONSON.)

LONG before our fine women of Sydney enteredthe arena of national work and charity organisations, many of them were recognised as beautiful hostesses of the city & suburbs. & in both their ability for entertainment—beauty & keen enthusiasm—they had few rivals in Australia. Some fifty years ago, society dealt in hospitality in its truest sense & even without the invasion of cocktail parties, or midnight bathing eccentricities, both the matrons & girls, for I can write from experience, enjoyed every moment of their young lives.

For even I can cast my happy memories back to the splendid dances—with, if you please, dozens of willing & anxious partners—real enjoyable boating picnics, & pleasant evenings, where we met to indulge in what our grandmothers used to call "parlour tricks," a few songs, a recitation or two, with perhaps the game of "postman's knock" or even an odd charade or so.

Many of our present-day younger set may regard these facts with derision, but what matter if they do—we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly, & in those debutante days, felt that undiscovered happiness must be concealed in the hospitality offered.
In the late 1870's, just at the time of the first Sydney Exhibition, hostesses who "led," in entertaining were the Henry Dangar family—who, after building Grantham at Potts Point—enjoyed life & luxury for many years. The Navy was very popular at all their dances, the well-known Commander Charles Lewin, now RearAdmiral Charles La Primawdaye Lewin, RN, retired, choosing a daughter of the house as his life's companion. Mrs Henry Dangar was also one of Sydney's early charity workers. Further up Macleay St was Greenknowe, the residence of Fred Dangar, where dances were also the rule of the day. Grantham, like many homes of that district was sold after the death of both Mr & Mrs Dangar. Its castlelike exterior was a beautiful copy of an absolute British castle, & its immense reception-rooms & rather wonderful entrance halls, were further evidence of the historical knowledge & tradition of the noted Dangar family. But, alas, like many other famous homes of that Point, history & tradition were within a few years exchanged for that evergreen commercial enterprise,—superior guest houses Greenknowe, however, led a private existence for some years after the death of the Fred Dangar. Mr & Mrs Hugh McNeil living there for a period—he was a great golfer, while his wife was known for her dress taste & her lunches & dinners of perfect culinary experience. They were much travelled, & she never returned to Sydney unless she had collected 'dishes' of originality— whilst touring, & I frequently enjoyed themwith particular pleasure.

Larbert, a fine old stone house built by the convicts for Captain Lamb, and (inset) the late Mrs. John Lamb. with particular pleasure.
These years included the balmy days of the Griffith family, & when the Cecil Griffiths lived in happiness & affluence at Kenilworth, Macleay St, Potts Point, or to give it its aboriginal name of Carageen, was known as Point Campbell during the Macquarie regime—after Mrs. Macquarie, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Campbell. Captain Watson, the historical authority, says that in 1822 several acres of the Point were granted to Mr. John Wylde, the Judge's Advocate, who later sold several acres at the extreme Point to Mr. J. H. Potts, accountant of the Bank of NSW in the 1830's. Mr. Potts is said to have con-tinued to live in Hunter St, although owning what today is some of the most valuable land in Australia.

"In course of time," says Captain Watson, "Potts' name replaced Campbell's, as the title of the neighbourhood."
Rosemont, the home of the Alexander Campbells, at Woollahra, and (inset above) a
portrait of the late Mrs. Alexander Campbell.
Next to Greenknowe was Larbert—a fine old stone house built for Captain Lamb by convicts. It was in this historical social home with its beauti-ful gardens & its oldworld interior fittings, its fine reception-rooms, that many noted Sydney pioneers first looked upon life. Here, too, lavish entertainments were given by the Lamb family, which are still remembered for their attractive efforts of early Victorian hospitality—Captain Lamb's family included: Mr. J. De V. Lamb, Mr. Walter Lamb (the father of the late Mrs. Arthur Allen), Alfred Lamb, also Mrs. Henry Dangar & Mrs. Archie Cox.

Larbert must have some charm all its own, as, with one or two exceptions, it is the only mid Victorian mansion, of that street, which has neither succumbed to the land estate hammer or been metamorphosised into flats, or guest homes. For within a short period after the large Lamb family had wandered into matrimony or dispersed themselves generally, Larbert was rented by Mr. & Mrs. A. Hoffnung, commercial magnates from London, & not only were Mrs. Hoffnung's dances & receptions practically "the chat" of the early 1880's, but she was responsible for the birth of hospitality to the theatrical world from overseas. Larbert was the original home to welcome the first gaiety company with Nellie Farren & Fred Leslie, as the wonder stars; & never shall I forget that night, experience up till then, had not looked my way, but suddenly I realised what doors of stage interest were opened to me on that memorable evening. The beautiful reception-rooms were crowded with the company, & the clever hostess had in addition gathered up our own stars of the time, also a number of clever amateurs.

Hospitality to the Hoffnungs was the heart and soul of their life. So open were their doors that probably it was the first home of gate crashing. I remember on one occasion hearing Mr. Hoff-nung, when informed that some uninvited guests had taken advantage of his "glad hand" make use of the words made famous by Lord Palmerston. "Well, what of it? I hope they have enjoyed themselves."

The names of Sydney's great & popular hostesses & their homes of charm & happy contentment crowd around me. Perchance, however, there are a few which hold the reins of leadership.
Like Potts Point, Ocean St, Woollahra, can ring up a curtain on memories & splendid hostesses of old times.
Starting at the Edgecliff end of the street, who, upon reading these words of the past, can forget that fine old Edgecliff House, set in its avenue of wonderful trees, still flourishing & still growing to give shelter & coolness to the paths leading up that weary hill to the homes of so many noted residents of that lovely street of old days. In 1880, or thereabouts, Edgecliff House was the home of a popular family named Brown, who entertained frequently, & who were even rushed for their attractive hospitality. Why—you ask? Because the officers of the British Navy in all their pristine glory were the principal partners at the dances given for the girls of the period. Simplicity was the keynote of those cheery parties always so merry & happy. Remember, I am writing of 1880, when only muslins, rosebuds, shyness, & fragrance were exchanged for admiration, looks—that whispered of lovelight only, gentility, & joy. When any new ships visited Syd-ney these dances were always arranged as a wel-come, & I have a vague remembrance thatone of the Brown daughters married one of these naval visitors.

Arriving at Albert St & the corner of Ocean St, I can tell of Orielton (since only a few years demolished & now replaced by flats), which was built by the Nepean Towers Jenkins family, & who, in addition to giving frequent & fashionable dances, fitted into the fields of science & University interests.

The social history of this important suburb, Woollahra, goes back many years—more than half a century. & one of the great landmarks of that still fashionable district was a lovely old home with a long, winding path leading to the house, with ancient trees on either side of this avenue—at the end showing a burst of glorious roses, giving a view not easily forgotten.

This home, Rosemont, was owned by the much Merioola, the beautiful home of Mr. Arthur Allen, at Woollahra, built by Mr. John Manning, in 1857, & purchased by Mr. Allen in 1910. 

respected Alexander Campbell & his family, a noted resident of Woollahra, & one of Sydney's most important Scotchmen of the late 1870's. As a girl I attended several dances given in this home of oldtime memories, where I met many dancing men who even today often chat of the famous Rosemont balls. One special one with over 500 guests remains vivid in my mind. It was given in honour of the Sydney Exhibition Commissioners (1879) & the captains & officers of the visiting fleets from British, French, German, & Austrian countries, & was one of the largest private balls ever held in Sydney.

Several sons were members of the Campbell family–Gerald, who was closely associated with the Australian Mutual Provident Society—also Murray, who married Carrie, the daughter of a near neighbours, Mr. and Mrs. Caird, of Lillingstone, & a sister of the keen antique collector, the late Colin Caird. Another brother, Sir Gordon Campbell, new resides in England.
Like many other old families in Woollahra, the Campbells built & died at Rosemont. & when this family was broken—& the younger members established their own homes—the Hon. J. T. Walker & his family entered into possession, & indulged in equally delightful hospitality, & joined the lists of the great hosts of Sydney's exclusive society. When the Walker family grew up, the youngest daughter, Nita, became quite a noted little beauty. She married Captain Verney, an A.D.C. of one of our Governors, whose official career was afterwards centred in India & London. The Walkers were very closely related to Dame Eadith Walker, probably one of the most famous women philanthropists of Australia. At one period, Rosemont was occupied by Sir Charles & Lady Mackellar.
But, retracing my thoughts back from Ocean St, Woollahra, to Albert St, I can still tell of several homes of beauty with glorious gardens & almost super interior fittings. All famed for clever hostesses, who, to quote the late Lord Rose-bery, often "sat between 19th & 20th century guests." Their stately mansions have frequently been admired for scenes of particular brilliancy.

 . . . Among the older leaders, the late Lady Darley—the sister of "Rolf Boldrewood," was a hostess to be remembered. She was a gifted con-versationalist & popular in those social days. Quambi was the Sydney home of the Darley family, their country residence being at Katoomba, where their grounds were famous for wonderful beds of lily of the valley; it is said, the first of these flowers grown on the mountains.

Quambi, when the handsome Sir Frederick and Lady Darley died, & their family scattered to England, changed its hostesses several times. They also included Mrs. T. H. Kelly, quite an original idealist for entertainment.
After a few years the late Mr. Septimus Levy & his noted attractive wife became the tenants. They practically pulled the old home "inside out," making it very lovely with Mrs. Levy's charm of taste & adoration of colour. While the beautiful garden was a wealth of glorious blossom & many joys forever, Mrs. S. Levy, in her admitted perennial youth, may perhaps be accused of assisting to found the "younger set of Sydney." As a hostess, she had few rivals for her dances and sup-pers, her luncheons still remaining memories of epicurean originality.
After a period of some years the Levys migrated to a beautiful home in the Edgecliff Rd. And once again Quambi found another interesting host & hostess, Sir Kelso & Lady King, who even to these days still entertain in this historic social home of Woollahra.

Merioola, in the Edgecliff Rd, has perhaps a social history all its own—for in the early 1880's the still well remembered Mr. & Mrs. Prendergast entertained there quite frequently. Mrs. Prendergast was exceptionally handsome, & her admitted flair for lovely clothes was never questioned. Added to which her charm & her hand of charity cannot be forgotten.

Merioola, in Edgcliff Rd, was built in 1857 by the late Mr. James Manning, a nephew of the late Sir William Manning, who lived opposite in Wallaroy House. After several changes of tenants it was purchased by Mr. Arthur Allen, who, assisted by Mrs. Allen, was recognised for his wonderful & lavish hospitality, their ball arranged for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales standing out as a remembrance of amazing entertainment.