Bundalohn (Extant) 6 Tennyson Street

Original owner Henry Gyles Turner.Henry Gyles Turner was born in England in 1831. In 1854, he left England, headed for Melbourne and worked for the Bank of Australasia. In 1870, he became the general manager of Commercial Bank of Australia. In 1887, Turner and his wife, Helen Ramsay (also from England), bought land in Tennyson Street and built the Bundalohn property. In his lifetime, Henry Turner held the position of president of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, trusteeship of the public library and National gallery, and the St Kilda Cemetery Trust. He also wrote a number of books, including one entitled, A History of the Colony of Victoria. His wife Helen was involved with various charities, such as the St Kilda Benevolent Society. After Henry died in 1920, the property was sold and sub-divided. The sub-division included Bundalohn Court. The house itself was converted into five flats. The new owner, William Darbyshire lived in one of the flats. It was substantially altered with removal of enclosed balconies to the North. Bunalohn Court was inserted on its northern facade next to the Woodlands estate which previously stretched to Blessington Street..

https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/turner-henry-gyles-4760

A Folio format book called Victoria's  Representative Men at Home was published in 1905 and was a fully illustrated record of this era with many interesting images of the interior of some of these important houses at the time. This included a look into the way in which these houses were used by the owners- clurttered and rather dark by contemporary standards no doubt! The images relating to Henry and his wife Helen are included in the images below