Sydney has Kirribilli House and Canberra has The Lodge, but there is nowhere for an Australian prime minister to call home during their time in Melbourne.
It is the stately mansion that could have been the Melbourne residence of prime ministers and dignitaries.that, over many years, they have held discussions about making their grand Toorak mansion Cranlana House available for visiting prime ministers and governors general.
Prince Harry and former prime minister Tony Abbott greet wellwishers at the gate to Kirribilli House.During trips back to his home state, former prime minister Malcolm Fraser used to stay at his mother's apartment in Domain Road, or at hotels including the Windsor. It's understood former prime minister John Howard favoured the Athenaeum Club and Australian Club while in Melbourne.
The group concluded the Commonwealth government should instead purchase a prime ministerial residence. The Commonwealth declined.Gardening at Kiribilli House, which is outsourced, costs $200,000 each year. These costs are in addition to structural upgrades, which have taken place at both facilities in recent years."It's sort of an unofficial Lodge and it's a great thing for Sydney.
This year marks 100 years since Sidney Myer and his bride Margery Merlyn Myer bought the property that lies behind ornate gates on Clendon Road, Toorak.Mr Myer arrived in Australia in 1899 as a 21-year-old Russian immigrant named Simcha Baevski. Determined to make a name and a new life for himself, he changed his name to Sidney Myer and worked in an undergarments store in Flinders Lane, before establishing a drapery business in Bendigo.
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