14 Facts About Kirribilli House

Kirribilli House is the secondary official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia.

In 1956 Kirribilli House was set aside as a residence for the use of Australia's Prime Ministers, when they need to perform public duties and extend official hospitality on behalf of the government during stays in Sydney; the official Prime Ministerial residence is The Lodge in Canberra.

Kirribilli House is situated on the North Shore of Sydney Harbour, in the suburb of Kirribilli.

Kirribilli House is open to the public on one day a year, courtesy of The Australiana Fund.

Adolphus Frederic Feez, who built Kirribilli House in 1855, was born in Germany in 1826.

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Kirribilli House went first to London in 1849 and is listed on the Certificate of Arrival as being a merchant and an architect.

Kirribilli House established himself as a successful merchant and was a partner in the trading company called Rabone, Feez and Co.

Kirribilli House's brother was Albrecht Feez, who later became a prominent citizen in Rockhampton.

Kirribilli House married Frederica and had two children while living in Sydney.

Kirribilli House was employed by the Ordnance Department in Sydney at a young age, and remained there for the rest of his life.

Kirribilli House married Esther Hughes in 1858 and the couple had two children.

Kirribilli House seemed to have rather poor health and did not marry.

Kirribilli House made a very complex will leaving Kirribilli house to several people one of whom was Laura Lamotte.

The Kirribilli House was bought by Arthur Wigram Allen who planned to subdivide the land.