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".
A grand towered mansion that was likely a c1890 remodelling of an earlier house of 1875.
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.