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Forest Lodge and Garden
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 2, 2020
  • 5 min

Forest Lodge and Garden

'Forest Lodge' House, buildings and garden is an example of the grand houses and gardens constructed for Adelaide's wealthy in the Adelaide
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Fancy a Hills Brewery?
Jon Ruwolt
  • Feb 17, 2020
  • 5 min

Fancy a Hills Brewery?

One of the Adelaide Hills’ oldest landmark properties might return to its commercial brew house origins. The vernacular early Federation ...
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Historical Homesteads for sale
Jon Ruwolt
  • Dec 19, 2019
  • 3 min

Historical Homesteads for sale

Here are two old Federation properties now available: 1. Mawallok 3802 Geelong Road, Stockyard Hill 2. Highbury Homestead, 11 The Promenade
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Queen Anne total renovations
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 20, 2019
  • 3 min

Queen Anne total renovations

Here are three (actually four) elegant, spacious, and totally renovated Federation Queen Anne houses at the top end of their streets, in ...
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Buxton Mansion (or 'Buxton Manor') of North Adelaide
Jon Ruwolt
  • Aug 5, 2019
  • 3 min

Buxton Mansion (or 'Buxton Manor') of North Adelaide

North Adelaide's 10 bedroom 'Buxton Manor' (with six reception rooms!) was never built for a Lord of the North Adelaide 'Manor', although...
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Heritage-rich Federation mansions - Adelaide Hills, and Pymble, NSW
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 18, 2019
  • 3 min

Heritage-rich Federation mansions - Adelaide Hills, and Pymble, NSW

Kincraig in Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills, and Hamilton Park, Pymble, are two Federation mansions with plenty of room. Stirling's Kincr...
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Which Garden Designers preceded Edna Walling's Green Gardens?
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 2, 2019
  • 3 min

Which Garden Designers preceded Edna Walling's Green Gardens?

​​Garden Historian Chris Betteridge wrote in the final chapter of "Towards the Dawn" (Federation Architecture in Australia 1890-1915) tha...
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Top Federation Homes
Jon Ruwolt
  • Oct 27, 2018
  • 2 min

Top Federation Homes

Derived from sales reports and heritage listings, here are my choice of the best Federation homes for each state of Australia. I have als...
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Woodville's largest Federation Bungalow
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 11, 2018
  • 2 min

Woodville's largest Federation Bungalow

South Australian Woodville’s largest residential landholding is up for sale, all 3685 sqm of the property at 90 Woodville Rd, Woodville, ...
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Kensington Gardens Bungalow sells for over $3m, with pool turned into rainwater tank!
Jon Ruwolt
  • Aug 26, 2018
  • 2 min

Kensington Gardens Bungalow sells for over $3m, with pool turned into rainwater tank!

First listed on August 23 2018, the 38 East Tce home attracted well over 60 groups to open inspections, about a third of whom elected to ...
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Federation splendour fit for a Lord Mayor
Jon Ruwolt
  • Aug 15, 2018
  • 2 min

Federation splendour fit for a Lord Mayor

Fit for a Lord Mayor and built for one in c1912, this sympathetically restored 5-bedroom, 2-bathroom sandstone Federation villa claims a ...
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A federation home renovation by an award-winning painter and an interior designer
Jon Ruwolt
  • Jul 25, 2018
  • 2 min

A federation home renovation by an award-winning painter and an interior designer

2 Lansdowne Terrace, Walkerville OWNED by an award-winning painter and an interior designer, this is not your average character home. Tak...
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