Fireplace at 'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe, Victoria, the home of Norman and May Macgeorge

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Accession[1975.0111] Papers of Norman MacgeorgeIdentifierUMA-ITE-1975011100016Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentThe fireplace in the living room of Norman and May Macgeorge’s home 'Fairyhills' ('Ballangeich'), 25 Riverside Road, Ivanhoe. In 1911 the Macgeorges engaged Harold Desbrowe-Annear to design the timber and roughcast house at the junction of the Yarra River and Darebin Creek in Ivanhoe. The interior was typical of Desbrowe-Annear's Arts and Crafts houses with the rooms flowing into each other from the hall. The architect designed some of the furniture and also planned the garden. The fireplace was built to Desbrowe-Annear's design but later changed by Macgeorge, who simplified it and added an iron hood of his own design and manufacture. Norman Macgeorge was born in Adelaide on 8 July 1872, the son of a prosperous draper. He studied art at the Adelaide School of Design and the National Gallery School in Melbourne and then taught drawing at Wesley College, 1902-1906, the Melbourne Teachers’ College and Melbourne Church of England Grammar, 1902-32. He married May Ina Hepburn on 25 Jan 1911, the granddaughter of pioneering pastoralist, Capt. John Hepburn. They lived in this house for the rest of their lives and the location provided the scenery for many of Norman’s paintings.
Inscription: "N. Macgeorge Fairy Hills Ivanhoe Melbourne Australia" written in ink on the back of the photograph.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnitBWP Album 0076Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this material.MenuBrowse digitised items | Available online | Items in the public domain

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CreatorUnknownRolePhotographer

Provenance

CreatorMacgeorge, NormanRoleProvenance

Dates

DateUndated

Dates

Date1900-1970Date ContextDate of accession

Description Control

Previous System ID1975.0111.00016Format NumberBWP/12281UMAIC IDUMA/I/3940

Characteristics

Genre/FormPhotographic printsDimensions15.5 x 11 cm