Toorak House

This article is about the house in Melbourne. For the house in Hamilton, Brisbane, see Toorak House, Hamilton.

Residence Toorak House - 1869
Toorak House

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.[1]

Toorak House is owned by the Church of Sweden abroad.[2] The Swedish Church and Cafe and Shop is open for visitors daily except on Mondays and Wednesdays.[3]

  1. ^ "Malvern Historical Society (Stonnington) - Local Names". Home.vicnet.net.au. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The Swedish Church in Melbourne - history". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  3. ^ "English". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.