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4 Wahroonga Crescent

Location 4 Wahroonga Crescent MURRUMBEENA, Glen Eira City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

The house at no.4 Wahroonga Crescent, Murrumbeena, is historically important in that it recalls the presence of the Boyd family of artists in this street from around the time of the First World War until well into the post Second World War era. Owned and occupied by Arthur Merrie and Emma Minnie Boyd, noted Australian water colourists, their son, Arthur Merrie the well known potter and sculptor, lived with his wife Dorris at no. 8, now demolished. Together they established this area as a centre of artistic endeavour, comparable with the Box Hill and later Heidelberg schools. The house at no.4 is the only remaining evidence of their occupation.