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Former home of Sir Owen Dixon Subdivided, Offered For Sale

ANOTHER block of land in Hawthorn East’s ritzy Harcourt precinct has been sliced and diced. This time, at 4 Higham Road, an estate that was formerly home to Hawthorn born chief justice of Australia Sir Owen Dixon has been split into nine blocks. Two of the blocks measuring 615 square metres have now been listed for sale with an asking price of $1.4 million. The vendor is esteemed senior counsel John H Karkar QC. [...]

Hawthorn East School Converted Into Prestige Street

HAWTHORN East’s former Preshil School site has re-opened as a small, new housing estate. A spokeswoman for the Boroondara Council said a Plan of Subdivision was certified on July 9, in which Daniel Court replaces a site previously known as 462 – 466 Barker Road. The planning application to replace the school with a new street was lodged in early 2006. Daniel Court has eight blocks, ranging in area from about 550 square metres to just over 720 square metres. [...]