| Other Names: | Rathlin (?-1901), Kilnyana (1901-?), Mandalay (1916-1979?) | |
| Date Built: | 1882 | |
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Architect: |
Smith & Johnson [The partnership of Alfred Louis Smith (1830-1907) & Arthur Ebden Johnson(1823-1895)] | |
| Builder: | not known | |
| Cost: | not known | |
| Owners: | Alfred Kirkpatrick (1882-?), Mrs E M Perkins (-1892), Southern insurance Co Ltd (-1901) | |
| Occupants: | Alfred Kirkpatrick (1882-1885), Thomas Smith (1886-1887), Mrs E M Perkins (-1892), Mrs A W Fraser (-1901) | |
| Description: | Large two storey Italianate villa of 10 main rooms with double height verandah facing the the sea. | |
| History: | The site formed part of Crown Allotment 7 and was purchased by Alfred Kirkpatrick in ca. 1880. Smith & Johnson architects designed the house in 1882 which was named after the Queensland station on the Warrego River that Kirkrpatrick owned in partnership with Edward Quin. |
part MMBW detail base plan 1367, dated 1897, SLV Maps Collection
| Source | Description or [note] | ||
| 1. | Argus 1880.10.29 p.2 | Sale by Auction: This day at three o'clock on the ground, being subdivision of Crown Portion 7 into six valuable allotments. In the estate of the Late Thomas Jackson ... [description follows]. | |
| 2. | Argus 1881.09.19 p.4 |
Commercial Intelligence: Messrs Richard Gibson & Co report having sold, on account of Mr Mars Buckley, his Murweh Station, on the Warrego River, Queensland … Messrs Alfred Kirkpatrick and Edward Quin, of Wilcannia, being the purchasers. |
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| 3. | Argus 1882.02.23 p.11 |
Tenders: invited by the 27th inst. for erecting residence for A. Kirkpatrick, Esq, Esplanade, St Kilda. Smith and Johnson, architects, Market buildings. |
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| 4. | Argus 1885.10.17 p.8 |
To Let: Furnished or unfurnished, for one or two years, Murweh, Esplanade, St Kilda. |
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| 5. | Argus 1892.03.23 p.2 |
Sales by Auction: This day at twelve o'clock, Rathlin, formerly Murweh. [description follows] |