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Toorak House

1849 establishments in AustraliaGovernment Houses of AustraliaHouses in MelbourneOfficial residences in AustraliaResidential buildings completed in 1849
Victorian architecture in Victoria (Australia)
B(1871) p091 VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA), GOVERNMENT HOUSE, TOORAK, MELBOURNE
B(1871) p091 VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA), GOVERNMENT HOUSE, TOORAK, MELBOURNE

Toorak House is a mansion located in Melbourne, Australia built in 1849 by well-known Melbourne merchant James Jackson. It is notable for its use as Melbourne's first Government House and having inspired the name for the suburb of Toorak. Jackson is believed to have borrowed from Woiwurrung language, with words of similar pronunciation, meaning either black crow or reedy swamp.Toorak House is owned by the Church of Sweden abroad. The Swedish Church and Cafe and Shop is open for visitors daily except on Mondays and Wednesdays.

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Toorak House
Tahara Road, Melbourne Toorak

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3142 Melbourne, Toorak
Victoria, Australia
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B(1871) p091 VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA), GOVERNMENT HOUSE, TOORAK, MELBOURNE
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