POINT PIPER SYDNEY AUSTRALIA




Point Piper in Sydney is one of Australia's wealthiest suburbs with some of the most sought after real estate in Australia. It is recognised as one of the finest suburbs to live in the world and is home to many prominent Australians including Frank Lowy Chairman & founder of Westfield, John Symond founder of Aussie Home Loans and Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia. With the much sought after property pushing the price ever higher. In 2011 it achieved the honour of having the 9th most expensive street in the world. In 2013 a property at Point Piper was reportedly sold for an Australian record of $52 million. Point Piper is named after a very colourful character in the British Army called Captain John Piper.

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In 1816 Captain Piper was granted 190 acres (76 ha) of land at Eliza Point (Point Piper) which in those days was a long way out from the city but provided him with an excellent view of the shipping movements. On this piece of land he built the magnificent Henrietta Villa. Henrietta Villa was described by English Painter & Author Augustus Earle in 1829 as �a home unrivalled in the Colony� and �at every turn you see splendour and comfort, and one is much in doubt which most to admire - the elegance of the building as a work of art, or the comfort of the house as a family residence'. The foundation stone was laid in the first large gathering of Masons in Australia.

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Inside the Villa featured a magnificent domed ballroom where he and his wife frequently entertained all the dignitarys of the town. Captain Piper had his own private orchestra and plenty of servants. In the beautiful garden were many different types of fruit trees. At some considerable expense a road was constructed into town for his private horse and carriage.

Henrietta Villa was then sadly demolished and an even bigger mansion was built in its place called Woollahra House. It was built in 1883 by William Cooper, son of Sir Daniel Cooper, the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Five years later the Coopers left to live in England and the house was leased by Lady Martin, widow of Sir James Martin, Chief Justice of New South Wales. Later the property was bought by Mr & Mrs Thomas Longford and a stone from its wall was put in the local All Saints Church in their memory. In 1929 the house was demolished and today a block of apartments stands on the site. The gates were moved up to "Trahlee" on Bellevue Hill, the Gate Keepers Lodge is now the Rose Bay Police Station and the stables were converted into flats now called "Wyuna Court".

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