Highgate Hill and Its History

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Toonarbin

August 5, 2018October 28, 2018 / Paul's Blogs / 1 Comment

Stately Toonarbin built in the 1860s is one of the district's oldest houses and predates the creation of Dornoch Terrace on which it now stands.

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Inigo Jones Long Range Weather Forecaster

May 20, 2018July 24, 2018 / Paul's Blogs / 2 Comments

Inigo Jones, at one time a resident of Highgate Hill, was famous around Australia as a long range weather forecaster.

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Recent Posts

  • Children on the Loose
  • The Forlorn Death of Mary Emmett
  • Of Tobacconists, Brewers and Other Things
  • Gloucester Street Railway Station
  • Douglas Price – Tragic Modernist
  • Toonarbin
  • The Enigmatic Ebenezer Thorne
  • Inigo Jones Long Range Weather Forecaster
  • Roosters in the High Court of Australia,
  • The Yodelling Milk Money Thief and Other Scoundrels
  • Animals on the Loose in Highgate Hill
  • The Golden Casket Art Union
  • Tennis
  • Torbreck
  • A Highgate Hill Con Man
  • The Tamarind Trees of Dornoch Terrace
  • Fernando Papi Education Pioneer and Josephine Papi Community Activist
  • The Dornoch Terrace Bridge
  • Lest We Forget – Highgate Hill
  • Highgate Hill Park

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