334:(née Begbie), for the term of her life and then to his sons, George Thomas Chirnside and John Percy Chirnside. Andrew Chirnside also bequeathed to his wife a legacy of £10,000, and an annuity of £5000 during her life to be paid out to her every six months. Lastly, Andrew Chirnside devised to his sons his interest in the Werribee Park and Point Cook Estates and all the other property of the partnership firm of Andrew Chirnside & Sons. One son, George Chirnside, inherited Werribee Park Mansion and surrounding lands while the younger brother, John Percy, inherited the rocky stone land above the railway line. Not surprisingly, this led to ill feelings, and when Percy purchased land and had Hamilton build "The Manor" in 1895–1896, George took out a court order to prevent Percy from using the word "Werribee" when naming his new mansion.
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land in this colony. It is a representation of a mansion erected by Messrs. T. and A. Chirnside on their estate at
Werribee Park, which appears to be one of the finest buildings of the kind in Victoria. The building was commenced between three and four years ago, and was designed by Mr. James H. Fox, architect, of this city, who has also had the superintendence of the works. The structure is of brick, with solid Barrabool-hill freestone facings, and its cost has been about £60,000. The design is of the modern classic style, and reflects great credit on the architect, whose name is well known in connection with several other large houses, notably that of the late Mr. John Moffatt, at Chatsworth, in the Western district."
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A local newspaper, "The
Bacchus Marsh Express" of Saturday 14 October 1876 on page 2 stated that "here we may say that the contractor for the building — Mr. P. Colquhoun — has been the chief designer, assisted by Mr. Fox, architect, and by the Messrs. Chirnside themselves." P. Colquhoun was Parlane
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Melbourne newspaper "The Age" of Saturday 15 Dec 1877 on page 5 stated "There is on exhibition, in the window of Mr. W. R; Stevens, 78 Swanston-street, a picture, which is indicative of the immense fortunes made by some of those who have been lucky or clever enough to aggregate large treats of
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In 1887, after Thomas
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dating from the 1870s. It was renowned for its peaches, grapes, apples, quinces, pears, a variety of plums and several other fruits, as well as walnuts and olives. Over the past few decades the orchard was forgotten and - through neglect - fell into ruin. Recently this historic treasure was
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is one of four zoos run by Zoos
Victoria. It contains animals from Africa such as rhino, giraffe, antelope, zebra, lions and hippo, as well as Australian animals such as emu, koala and kangaroo, and animals from around the world, such as takhi - the Mongolian wild horse.
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Werribee Park Corporation and was used by the Victorian Polo Association and the Victorian branch of
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