Mulberry Hill
Mulberry Hill, Golf Links Road, Baxter
Melway ref: 107 C2
Opening Hours:
Every Sunday except during July.
Guided tours 1.30 pm, 2.15 pm and 3 pm.
Also closed on days of total fire ban
Or by appointment
Enquiries: 03 5971 4138
In 1925 Joan and Daryl Lindsay purchased a 29 acre property in a rural setting with charming views of the surrounding country-side and Western Port. They added a delightful American colonial style Desbrowe Annear designed house to an existing four-room 1880s cottage.
The Lindsays left their beloved Mulberry Hill, and its significant collection of Australian art, fine Georgian furniture and glassware, and Staffordshire ceramics to the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) so that others could share and enjoy the collection.
Margaret Preston, Constance Stokes, Rick Amor, Margaret Stone, John Perceval, Rupert Bunny are among the artists represented at Mulberry Hill. There are also some of Daryl Lindsay's flower and equestrian studies, and works by Joan Lindsay. Founding chairman of the National Trust and Director of the National Gallery of Victoria for many years, Daryl was knighted in 1956 for his services to art.
Joan Lindsay trained as an artist, but set aside her brushes in the 1930s to concentrate on writing. Her novels include the autobiographical Time Without Clocks and the well-known 1967 Picnic at Hanging Rock, later a popular Peter Weir film.
