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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
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 2, 20205 min read


Fancy a Hills Brewery?
One of the Adelaide Hills’ oldest landmark properties might return to its commercial brew house origins. The vernacular early Federation...
Jon Ruwolt
Feb 17, 20205 min read


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
Jon Ruwolt
Dec 20, 20193 min read


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...
Jon Ruwolt
Sep 20, 20193 min read


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...
Jon Ruwolt
Aug 5, 20193 min read


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...
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 18, 20193 min read


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)...
Jon Ruwolt
Mar 2, 20193 min read


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...
Jon Ruwolt
Oct 27, 20182 min read


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,...
Jon Ruwolt
Sep 11, 20182 min read


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...
Jon Ruwolt
Aug 26, 20182 min read


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...
Jon Ruwolt
Aug 15, 20182 min read


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....
Jon Ruwolt
Jul 25, 20182 min read
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