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Mona Vale, Tasmania : ウィキペディア英語版 | Mona Vale, Tasmania
Mona Vale is a large 1860s country house in Ross, Tasmania. Completed in 1867, it is well locally known as the "Calendar House", for its reportedly 365 windows, 52 rooms, 12 chimneys and seven entrances. It is named after Castle Mona, the historic seat of the Duke of Atholl. It was built by Robert Kermode and designed by William Archer, his brother-in-law.〔http://www.directorintheclassroom.com/country-houses/mona-vale.html〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography - William Archer - Australian Dictionary of Biography )〕 At the time of its competition, it became the largest private house in Australia.〔 It has received multiple royal visits over its lifetime. In 1868, Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh visited, and later the then Duke of York (future King George VI) and the Duchess of York visited in 1927, with then Princess Elizabeth (Elizabeth II). It was purchased by the Cameron family in the 1920s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cameron Family )〕 The estate was also the site of a military training ground, and the camp of a light horse regiment during WWII〔http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68001475〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Military Camps/Locations in Australia during WW2 )〕 The property is on the Tasmanian Heritage Register and the Register of the National Estate (since 1978). ==External links==
* (Trove collection of pictures and paintings of Mona Vale )
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