Glengala House 1, c1900s
OBJECT TITLE / NAME
Glengala House 1, c1900s
DATE1900 to 1930
MEDIAImage
COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society
REG NO.1259.1
HISTORYThe house was situated in Tubba Rubba and belonged to Alfred Downer who lived there for a time from 1871. After his marriage in 1879, he and his wife moved to “Redwood” in Wilson’s Road, Mornington. The house was demolished in 1950 and a new house built in its place.
DESCRIPTIONRudimentary wattle and daub house with corrugated iron roof and 2 multi - paned windows either side of a central door. There is a man in work clothes standing beside a white cockatoo on the left and some clothes hanging on a line under the verandah on the right.
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