The main road from St Kilda to Dandenong, by the 1850s it turned Dandenong into a "gateway for Gippsland". The name "Dandenong" is thought to be derived from the Woiwurrung word "Tanjenong" meaning "lofty mountains".
Although this property is currently being used for residential purposes, it has had an interesting life as an original mansion and later, a high school.