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Dunaverty is a heritage-listed detached house at 21 Birkbeck Street, Albion, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1887 to 1887 by Archibald McNish Fraser. It is also known as Carvarmore. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. == History == Dunaverty was built in 1887 by builder and real estate entrepreneur Archibald McNish Fraser.〔 Fraser arrived in Brisbane from Argylshire in Scotland in 1880, aged 22, having completed his building apprenticeship, but with little money. He began his career in Brisbane working as a building contractor in Brisbane and Cleveland. Fraser built up his business, and by the mid 1880s had begun to move into real estate. Within two years of his arrival, he married Jemima Barclay, and in 1885 he purchased the Dunaverty site from his father-in-law, ganger John Barclay. He formally launched his own real estate business called the Onward Real Property Mart in 1887, the same year that Dunaverty was completed. By 1888 he had been made a Justice of the Peace.〔 In 1888 the Aldine History of Queensland praised Fraser as exemplifying a breed of young Brisbane entrepreneurs who had risen to affluence from modest beginnings, saying: ''"...It is with pride the city looks upon the prosperity of many such young men..."''.〔 Fraser personalised Dunaverty with the decorative detailing. Much of the glass and timberwork incorporates Scottish thistle motifs. The fanlights over the four doors to the front of the house incorporate the nicknames of three of his five children (two were born whilst the Frasers lived at Dunaverty) and his wife: Nellie, Charlie, Mima, and Katie (Ellen, Charles, Jemima and Christina). The house may have been built to showcase Fraser's business.〔 The Fraser family moved out of Dunaverty during the recession in the early 1890s to Exeter St, West End. The family lived in a number of residences in South Brisbane and Highgate Hill in the following years. Dunaverty remained the property of the Frasers until 1912. Archibald McNish Fraser died in 1918.〔 After the Fraser family moved out of Dunaverty, the house had new tenants almost every year. In 1912 Dunaverty was bought by William McGregor, when it was renamed "Carvarmore". Again it was not occupied by its owners until it was sold again in 1925. The south-east verandah may have been added around this time. Dunaverty changed hands several times until the current owners bought it in 1998.〔 The previous owner added a polygonal room to the southern corner, and bathroom and laundry structures to the rear of the house. Until the current owners purchased the property, Dunaverty was a rental property, as it had been for much of the time since it was built. The house remains intact as a boom-era residence with personalised detailing. However, during 1998 the house was vacant, and some of the cedar joinery and ironmongery was stolen.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dunaverty, Albion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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