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Kurneh

Location 206 Domain Road, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B1216 File Number B1216 Level Demolished/Removed

[1/1] B1216 Kurneh South Yarra

Statement of Significance

Built c.1900. The home ofSir Norman and Dame Mabel Brookes for over 40 years, Kurneh was the place for grand entertaining. Various members of Royalty, Governors, Prime Ministers & Premiers were entertained within its walls. Gregory Peck and his wife were accommadated in the house while he was in Melbourne for the filming of 'On the Beach' a year before the house was sold and demolished. Dame Mabel also used the house for fundraising for charity, including The Queen Victoria Hospital. Kurneh was used as a hospital during the First World War and was again used asa convalescent home for officers in the Second World War. Demolished after 1960.