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Virtue, William

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Virtue, William

Resident of Killara who built 'Glengarry' in 1919.

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Killara

Killara's first European settlement was a convict timber-getting camp established in 1805. In 1821 land was granted to settlers who continued to clear timber and then farm, but Killara remained remote because of bad roads. The railway enabled closer settlement from 1899, and Killara became a garden suburb of large houses and parks.