Doon Villa Homestead's Charm was widely known

On the 1st of September, 1952 an article in the Maryborough Chronicle  told of Doon Villa Homestead.

The home was originally built my Mr Peter Graham. Mr Wilson, one of the founders of Wilson and Hart's sawmill purchased the Homestead off of Mr Graham. The article tells us,
"he remodeled the lume, making extensive and artistic alterations to it. He had large rooms built ...the dining room had tiled floor with a decorative domed ceiling. The drawing room is also artistically designed, and hundreds of pounds worth of gold leaf were put to an ornate ceiling" .

The 19 acre property extended from John Street to Treasure Street in Maryborough, with a view of the Mary River. The article tells of Mr Wilson's horticultural interest which resulted in a "drive of Indigenous and exotic trees, numbers of walks, 12 miniature lakes and a house for monkeys".

Main House originally call Doon Ville later called Doon Villa.

Mrs Wilson lived at the residence following Mr Wilson's passing. The Dunn family acquired the estate and after modernising the house put it up for sale at 3600 pounds.

They built a small modern brick house - one that June O'Hanlon's father helped build (see previous blog entry). June lived in Doon Villa Homestead while the new brick house was being built.

The Homestead was demolished and the land sold and divided up for more houses.

Many sporting groups including the Bowling, Soccer and Hockey Club bear this name.

Do you know why Doon Villa Homestead was demolished?

Do you remember the homestead?

Maryborough District Family History Society has also gathered some interesting information on this and other residences and have these posted on pinterest

References

Newspapers Home - Trove. (2016). Trove. Retrieved 30.4. 2018,from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?q=

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