OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Sunnyside later Morning Star Boys' Home

DATE1870

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.394

HISTORY

Francis A. Gillett purchased property 1865 completed house 1867, by the late 1880’s the Gillett family had developed a carriage driveway, extensive gardens and an orchard into a showpiece of the Mornington Peninsula
Francis Gillett died in 1888 and was survived by his wife and family, who remained on the property until her death in 1909
A bequest made under the Wills of Elizabeth Hannan and Patrick Lawler (dated 13/04/1932) provided the basis for establishing a country training centre at ‘Sunnyside’ for delinquent boys to expose them to rural life, this being ‘Morning Star Boys’ Home’

DESCRIPTION

The two storeyed stucco house is symmetrically composed with a single storeyed timber verandah and stucco porch steeply pitched slate roofs, prominent chimneys and decorated gable ends original buildings are Gothic Revival

SUBJECTS

Homesteads, Houses

KEYWORDS

Elizabeth Hannan, Francis A Gillett, Homesteads, Houses, Morning Star Boys Home, Peter Lawler, Sunnyside