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Interior view of Clarens, Potts Point, 1892-93

By
Laura Praeger
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[c046100005 / PXA 946]
(Mitchell Library)

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Praeger, Laura

State Library of New South Wales

Interior design

Residential building

Clarens

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Residence built by Joseph Hyde Potts in Potts Point. During James Martin's ownership, its surrounding garden was famed as one of the 'most architecturally elaborate gardens constructed in Australia'. The gardens were developed in 1853-68 and the novelist Anthony Trollope described the 'garden falling down to the sea' as a 'fairyland'. Its monument of Lysicrates was later moved to the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. The property was acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in 1941 and then subsequently destroyed, however, elements of the original garden have survived. The navy base HMAS Kuttabul now stands on the site, located adjacent to the Garden Island dockyard.