Specifications

Name of Mansion

Greenmount[Greenhill?]Aroona

Owners and occupiers

Blair, James [1869-1884] | Landale, Alexander [1885- 1903-] | Landale family [-late 1920s] |

EAD

Dem

Location details

Old Municipality

Prahran

Current Municipality

STONNINGTON

Current Suburb

ToorakCurrent AddressToorak Rd[ne cnr Williams Rd. MMBW ref]

Record

Current Standing

Record no

Last amended

27/6/1997

Owners & Occupiers

Architect

Reed & Barnes

Secondary Architects

Watts, Thomas & Sons

YEAR

1870

Agent

Secondary Agent

Source, ilustrations and features

Sources

Argus, 24 Nov 1869, p 3 - R & B tenders for large house and out-offices, Toorak for James Blair; | Bldg Times, 17 Dec 1869, p 93 - R & B have let contract for house & out-offices, Toorak, to John Wright for �3,570; | S&M 1880 Blair, James, Toorak Rd [ne cnr Williams Rd] | Argus, 5 April 1884, p 2. Extensive ad for auction of furniture of James Blair at 'Greenmount', cnr Toorak & Williams Rds. | Argus, 23 Apr 1884, p 3 - TW&S tenders for addns to Greenmount, Toorak Rd, Trk | S&M 1886 Landale, Alexander, Toorak Rd [ne cnr Williams Rd] | Vic Rep Men, pp 43-4. 'Aroona', res of Alexander Landale. | Argus, 18 Sept 1926, p 2. Auction notice, instructed by Mrs Alexander Landale to sell 'Aroona' & 6 acres, cnr Toorak & Williams Rds. Description. | MU Archives, Sydney Arnold & Co real estate leaflet collection, book May 1924 - Aug 1928, p 225. Auction brochure 21 Oct1926, 'Aroona', photo of exterior, description, site plan. | Robb, Early Toorak, pp 86-7 'Aroona', formerly 'Greenhill' [sic] (illus) | Paxton, Toorak, map p 26, shows Greenhill occ JB, then Aroona, Landale | Context, Conservation Review, Prahran, III, pp 72 - Aroona was a 2 st mansion on ne cnr Williams & Toorak Rds, the estate was subdivided in the 1920s. | Malone, Discovering Prahran No 5, p 6. James Blair, a police magistrate from Sydney and Portland, bought six acres and built 'Greenhill', living there until 1883 when he returned to England. It was bought by Alexander Landale, pastoralist of the Deniliquin area, and renamed Aroona. The Landale family lived there until the death of Mrs Landale, then the estate was subdivided in the late 1920s to form Landale Rd.

Illustrations

Malone, Discovering Prahran No 5, p 2: map showing location of Aroona. | Vic Rep Men, pp 43-4'Aroona' | Robb, Early Toorak, pp 86-7 'Aroona', formerly 'Greenhill' [sic] (illus) | Paxton, Toorak, 13 illus [exterior as per Robb, interior] | Stonnington [Prahran] Archives photo collection, record nos 7852-7855, possibly same as Vic Rep Men, pp 86-7. | MU Archives, Sydney Arnold & Co real estate leaflet collection, book May 1924 - Aug 1928, p 225. Auction brochure 21 Oct1926, 'Aroona', photo of exterior.

Features

MMBW & Melway

MELWAY

2M D6

MMBW_40

939 (Aug 1898)

MMBW_160

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