1819: Ex-convict John Hodges purchases land where
Brislington House now stands.
Hodges wins £1,000 in card game at
Woolpack Hotel.
Construction
of the two storey house is commenced.
1821: The house is completed.
1825: Hodges advertises the house for sale, “a
large commodious two storey red brick building comprising
four rooms on each floor with a variety of outhouses”.
1840: Sir George Wigram Allen purchases the house
and property.
1851: Thomas Robertson resides in the house.
1857: Local Doctor Walter Brown purchases
Brislington House from Sir George Allen.
Dr. Brown names the house,
“Brislington”, after the suburb in Bristol, England.
The Port Jackson Fig tree on the
property was there when brown moved in.
1858: Dr.
Brown marries Sigismunda, and they set-up a doctors’ surgery in a down-stair
front room.
1889: Dr.
Walter Sigismund Brown (second son of Walter Dr. Brown) marries Margret
Macarthur and they take over the Brislington House residence and practice.
1890: Keith
Sigismund Macarthur Brown, (son of Walter and Margret) is born at Brislington
House.
1897: Dr. Brown dies, wife passes away in 1903.
1915: Dr. Keith Macarthur Brown graduate from
Sydney University Medical School.
1916: Dr. K. Macarthur Brown marries Ayesha
Borthwick and they reside in Brislington.
1919: Dr.
Keith Macarthur Brown after active service with the A.I.F. returns to
Brislington as Dr. K. S. Macarthur Brown.
1947: The
Brown family, still in residence, are informed that the Parramatta Hospital
will be resuming Brislington for expansion after 92 years of family occupation.
1949: Brislington House becomes part of the
Parramatta Hospital, nurses quarters.
1970: White ants and borers create major damage.
Plans to demolish the structure are
considered.
1977: An estimated $40,000 to 50,000 would be
necessary to restore the building.
1983: The Heritage Council issues a “preservation
order” on Brislington.
1990’s Brislington is saved and is utilised as a
Medical and Nursing Museum.
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