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((short description|Mansion in Melbourne, Australia))
((about|the house in Melbourne|the house in Hamilton, Brisbane|Toorak House, Hamilton))
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[[File:B(1871) p091 VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA), GOVERNMENT HOUSE, TOORAK, MELBOURNE.jpg|thumb|Residence '''Toorak House''' - 1869]]
[[File:Toorak House 1b.jpg|thumb|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, Melbourne|Government House]] and having inspired the name for the suburb of [[Toorak, Victoria|Toorak]].

Jackson is believed to have borrowed from [[Woiwurrung language]], with words of similar pronunciation, meaning either ''black crow'' or ''reedy swamp''.<ref>((cite web|url=http://home.vicnet.net.au/~malvern/local_names.htm|title=Malvern Historical Society (Stonnington) - Local Names|website=Home.vicnet.net.au|accessdate=21 March 2019))</ref>

Toorak House is owned by the [[Church of Sweden]] abroad.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://skut.svenskakyrkan.se/melbourne/history.html |title=The Swedish Church in Melbourne - history |access-date=2007-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180748/http://skut.svenskakyrkan.se/melbourne/history.html |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead ))</ref> The Swedish Church and Cafe and Shop is open for visitors daily except on Mondays and Wednesdays.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://skut.svenskakyrkan.se/melbourne/english.html |title=English |access-date=2010-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329221926/http://skut.svenskakyrkan.se/melbourne/english.html |archive-date=2010-03-29 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==History==
Toorak House was built in 1849 by well-known Melbourne merchant James Jackson and designed by Samuel Jackson in the [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] [[Victorian architecture]] style.<ref>[http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictures/0/0/2/doc/pi002641.shtml State Library of Victoria photograph of Toorak House] ((Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070929090234/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictures/0/0/2/doc/pi002641.shtml |date=2007-09-29 ))</ref>

When Jackson died in 1851 it was leased to the [[Government of Victoria|Victorian government]] in 1854 for use by the first [[Governor of Victoria]], [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] [[Sir]] [[Charles Hotham]] [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] [[Royal Navy|RN]] and four of his successors until 1874—Sir [[Henry Barkly]] [[GCMG]] KCB, [[Sir]] [[Charles Henry Darling|Charles Darling]] KCB, [[John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury]] and Sir [[George Bowen]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] GCMG. The property comprised 47 hectares bounded by Orrong, Kooyong and Toorak Roads, and the Yarra River. 
In 1874 lease negotiations to enable the Governor to continue to reside at Toorak House while the new Government House was completed broke down. Another temporary residence needed to be found for Governor Bowen.[[Bishopscourt, East Melbourne|Bishopscourt]] in [[East Melbourne]] was then used before the present [[Government House, Melbourne|Government House]] was finished and occupied in 1876.

It reverted to being a private home in 1876, and was used as a [[Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force]] hostel during [[World War II]]. In 1956 it was purchased by the Church of Sweden, which converted the property into a church and community centre.

Exterior shots of the property and grounds have featured in several Australian drama serials. Toorak House was used as the location for Godfrey Carson House in the period drama ''[[Carson’s Law]]'', and as the South Yarra/Toorak mansion inherited by Patricia Hamilton in ''[[Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)|Sons and Daughters]]''.

==See also==
* [[Architecture of Melbourne]]

==References==
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[[Category:Government Houses of Australia|Melbourne]]
[[Category:Victorian architecture in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Official residences in Australia]]
[[Category:Houses in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Residential buildings completed in 1849]]
[[Category:1849 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the City of Stonnington]]

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