kirribilli house
Kirribilli house
Kirribilli House, Sydney is situated on Kirribilli Point with an uninterrupted view eastwards across Sydney Harbour. It is the official Sydney residence of the Prime Minister of Australia.
Built in 1854 by Adolphus Frederick Feez, Kirribilli is a twin gabled house in the Gothic style. The property passed through many private hands after Feez sold it in 1858 and it was purchased by Arthur Wigram Allen in 1919. Allen planned to subdivide the land but after much public agitation William Morris Hughes the Prime Minister of the day, acquired the property for the Commonwealth Government in 1920. Arthur Allen therefore became the last private owner of Kirribilli House and a writing box previously owned by him is on loan by The Australian Fund to the house.
Due to its proximity to Admiralty House, Kirribilli House was used by staff of the Governor-General until 1930 after which it was leased to various tenants.
The official Prime Ministerial residence is The Lodge, Canberra. Kirribilli House has impressive views across to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and to the Opera House. The adjacent Admiralty House, is the Sydney residence of the Governor-General of Australia.
The cost of running and maintaining Kirribilli House is met by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from monies appropriated to it for this purpose by parliament in the annual budget.
Billy Hughes was the first Australian prime minister to live in the kirribilli house form 1915-1923 he was over all the 7th priminister of Australia.
From then on there has been Stanley Melbourne Bruce, from 1923-1929
James Scullin 1929-1931
Joseph Lyons 1932-1938
Earle Page 1939-1939
Robert Menzies 1939-1940
Arthur Fadden 1941-1941
John Curtin 1941-1945
Francis Forde 1945-1945
Ben Chifley 1945-1949
Robert Menzies 1949-1965
Harold Holt 1966-1967
John McEwen 1967-1967
John Gorton 1968-1970
William McMahon 1971-1972
Kirribilli House, Sydney is situated on Kirribilli Point with an uninterrupted view eastwards across Sydney Harbour. It is the official Sydney residence of the Prime Minister of Australia.
Built in 1854 by Adolphus Frederick Feez, Kirribilli is a twin gabled house in the Gothic style. The property passed through many private hands after Feez sold it in 1858 and it was purchased by Arthur Wigram Allen in 1919. Allen planned to subdivide the land but after much public agitation William Morris Hughes the Prime Minister of the day, acquired the property for the Commonwealth Government in 1920. Arthur Allen therefore became the last private owner of Kirribilli House and a writing box previously owned by him is on loan by The Australian Fund to the house.
Due to its proximity to Admiralty House, Kirribilli House was used by staff of the Governor-General until 1930 after which it was leased to various tenants.
The official Prime Ministerial residence is The Lodge, Canberra. Kirribilli House has impressive views across to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and to the Opera House. The adjacent Admiralty House, is the Sydney residence of the Governor-General of Australia.
The cost of running and maintaining Kirribilli House is met by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from monies appropriated to it for this purpose by parliament in the annual budget.
Billy Hughes was the first Australian prime minister to live in the kirribilli house form 1915-1923 he was over all the 7th priminister of Australia.
From then on there has been Stanley Melbourne Bruce, from 1923-1929
James Scullin 1929-1931
Joseph Lyons 1932-1938
Earle Page 1939-1939
Robert Menzies 1939-1940
Arthur Fadden 1941-1941
John Curtin 1941-1945
Francis Forde 1945-1945
Ben Chifley 1945-1949
Robert Menzies 1949-1965
Harold Holt 1966-1967
John McEwen 1967-1967
John Gorton 1968-1970
William McMahon 1971-1972