Ginahgulla

Ginahgulla, also known as Fairfax House, is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill.

History

This two-storey Gothic house is situated on the south side of Ginahgulla Road. It was built in 1858 by John Fairfax, of the Fairfax family of newspaper proprietors. It may have been designed by Edmund Blacket, who was otherwise distinguished as an ecclesiastical architect, responsible for many churches in the Sydney area. The Fairfax family used the house until 1945, when it was bought by the nearby private school, The Scots College. The College still owns the property as of 2012. It is used as a boarding house and is sometimes known as "the house on the hill."[1]

The house is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Heritage of Australia, p.2/131
  2. ↑ "Place ID 2578". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment.
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Coordinates: 33°52′32″S 151°15′05″E / 33.8756°S 151.2514°E / -33.8756; 151.2514

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