50 years in the making...
When residential lots were first offered for sale in 1924 by prominent landowner Edith Jessie Macleod, most were purchased within a couple of years. Yet decades passed without a single house being built.
This book describes the development history of the Dunvegan Estate via an exploration of early land sales, an account of critical decisions made during the process of subdivision and a documenting of the ultimate failure of the project to yield any substantial residential development. Only the direct intervention of two levels of government over several more decades would finally lead to the success of the Dunvegan Estate as a residential community, but not without significant controversy.
Written by Adam Dimech, A History of the Dunvegan Estate, Macleod includes dozens of maps, photos and key references that will be of immense value to those interested in the development of Melbourne's suburbs.
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The ISBN for the electronic version of A History of the Dunvegan Estate, Macleod is 9780645724714
