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LONGACRES
HOUSE AND STUDIO OF SIR ARTHUR STREETON
15 RANGE ROAD OLINDA, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
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Longacres constitutes a house and gallery, a painting studio, a caretakers residence and several outbuildings arranged in an informal garden on approximately 5 acres of land. Not all buildings were completed at the one time but they were built for the famed Australian artist (Sir) Arthur Streeton (1867-1943) in 1923-24. There is evidence to suggest that Harold Desbrowe Annear, a close friend of Streeton's was consulted in the design of the buildings on the property. The house
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