This beautiful building was built in
1888 it is the oldest Polo Club in Australia. The building was built
initially in 1864, extended in the late 1870s, but substantially rebuilt
in 1889 for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company.
It served for almost a century as a shipping office. In 1988 major
external and internal
alternations were carried out in converting the building into premises
for a club. In 1914, MacDonald Hamilton & Co became agents for
AUSN and
instigated internal renovations (c. 1915-20), including silky oak
panelling on the first floor. They were also responsible for the change
of the name to Naldham House which was the firm's telex address, derived
from a subset of their name MacDonald Hamilton. The building is on the Heritage Register.
A4 Holcroft Sketchbook and mechanical pencils.
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