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| TLM-P died on New Year's Eve in 1892 at //Whytecliffe// (note that later sources spell it Whitecliffe), his home in [[wiki>Albion,_Queensland|Albion]], a suburb of Brisbane. The nearby Whitecliffe Street is believed to be named after the home. It had been built in c.1875 by John Petrie for Robert Little, Queensland first Crown Solicitor. It was an imposing 2-storey house with 22 rooms when first built, a kitchen wing with cellars, marble fireplaces, high plaster ceilings, a cedar staircase and skylight illuminating the entrance hall.(('Brisbane's Historic Homes. Whytecliffe, p.2 in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum; Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, p.116.)) An inventory made just after TLM-P's death listed the contents of 7 family bedrooms and 3 servant bedrooms as well as a coachhouse.((TLM-P papers, MLMSSS 3117, box 10)) TLM-P's will stipulated that his wife had the right to remain there if she wished - presumably taking over the lease as it appears to have been rented by them. Given its size and that, as a new widow she was hardly likely to do large-scale entertaining, it is not surprising that she choose not to remain there.\\ | TLM-P died on New Year's Eve in 1892 at //Whytecliffe// (note that later sources spell it Whitecliffe), his home in [[wiki>Albion,_Queensland|Albion]], a suburb of Brisbane. The nearby Whitecliffe Street is believed to be named after the home. It had been built in c.1875 by John Petrie for Robert Little, Queensland first Crown Solicitor. It was an imposing 2-storey house with 22 rooms when first built, a kitchen wing with cellars, marble fireplaces, high plaster ceilings, a cedar staircase and skylight illuminating the entrance hall.(('Brisbane's Historic Homes. Whytecliffe, p.2 in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum; Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, p.116.)) An inventory made just after TLM-P's death listed the contents of 7 family bedrooms and 3 servant bedrooms as well as a coachhouse.((TLM-P papers, MLMSSS 3117, box 10)) TLM-P's will stipulated that his wife had the right to remain there if she wished - presumably taking over the lease as it appears to have been rented by them. Given its size and that, as a new widow she was hardly likely to do large-scale entertaining, it is not surprising that she choose not to remain there.\\ |
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| A map of the Whytecliffe estate around the time Nora moved to Sydney.{{:20250422_114654.jpg?300|}}((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum)). | A map of the Whytecliffe estate around the time Nora moved to Sydney.{{:20250422_114654.jpg?250|}}((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum)). |
| {{:marsh_p3_whitecliffe.jpeg?300|}} //Whytecliffe// in 1930, from QJO.((For more photos of //Whytecliffe// in 1930, see //The Queenslander// 11 September 1930, p.41.))\\ | {{:marsh_p3_whitecliffe.jpeg?300|}} //Whytecliffe// in 1930, from QJO.((For more photos of //Whytecliffe// in 1930, see //The Queenslander// 11 September 1930, p.41.))\\ |
| An undated, more recent photo of Whytecliffe((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum)) {{:20250422_114451.jpg?300|}}. //Whytecliffe// is now part of a retirement village on Sandgate Road.((Whytecliffe House brochure, courtesy T.A. & M.T. M-P)). //Highlands//, the home of the Lightollers (Thomas B. M-P's parents-in-law), also became part of the retirement village. It was built in 1860 by Benjamin Brooks. {{:retirement_village_20250422_114407.jpg?200|}}((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum))\\ | An undated, more recent photo of Whytecliffe((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum)) {{:20250422_114451.jpg?300|}}. //Whytecliffe// is now part of a retirement village on Sandgate Road.((Whytecliffe House brochure, courtesy T.A. & M.T. M-P)). //Highlands//, the home of the Lightollers (Thomas B. M-P's parents-in-law), also became part of the retirement village. It was built in 1860 by Benjamin Brooks. {{:retirement_village_20250422_114407.jpg?200|}}((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum))\\ |