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Between 1854 and 1874, governors lived at Toorak House, in the suburb named after it, then briefly at Bishopscourt in East Melbourne until the present Government House was occupied in 1876. Between the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and 1927, Government House was the official residence of the governor-general of Australia.
Old Government House, Queensland, former residence of the Governor of Queensland, 1862–1910; Old Government House, South Australia, former residence of the Governor of South Australia, 1860–1880; Old Government House, Hobart, former residence of the Governor of Tasmania; Toorak House, former residence of the Governor of Victoria, 1854–1876
After 1927 the offices were retained in Commonwealth ownership and use: indeed many departments remained in Melbourne for decades. Melbourne was the Federal Capital from 1901 to 1927. The Commonwealth Parliament sat in the Victorian Parliament House and the Governor General occupied the Victorian Government House. [1]
The Old Treasury Building on Spring Street in Melbourne was built in 1858-62 in the grand Renaissance Revival style. It was designed to accommodate the Treasury Department, various government officials' offices including the Governor In Council, and basement vaults intended to house gold from the Victorian gold rush.
Admiralty House, Kirribilli is the Governor General's official residence in Sydney. Government Houses for the state Governors exist also in each state and the Northern Territory: Government House, Sydney in New South Wales; Government House, Melbourne in Victoria; between 1901 and 1930 used by the Governor-General; Government House, Brisbane in ...
Government House, Melbourne is the office and official residence of the governor of Victoria. It has also been used as the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia from 1901 to 1930 and from 1934 has been used continuously as the residence of the governor of Victoria.
The governor's role is to represent the monarch. This role mainly includes performing ceremonial functions, such as opening and dissolving parliament, appointing the cabinet and granting royal assent. The governor's office and official residence is Government House next to the Royal Botanic Gardens and surrounded by Kings Domain in Melbourne.
When the colony achieved independence from New South Wales in 1851 La Trobe was made the first Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria and, although land had been reserved in Kings Domain as the site for a future Government House, he remained living with his family in this cottage at Jolimont until his departure for England in 1854. [1]