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 === Montpelier ===
-By August 1867 until 1880, the family's Brisbane residence was //Montpelier// on corner of Main and Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 8 August 1867, p.1 Matilda advertised for a house and parlour maid for //Maroon//; Allan Morrison, 'Some Queensland Postmasters-General", Brisbane, Post Office Historical Society, 1953, p.5, copy J. Godden)).
+By August 1867 until 1880, the family's Brisbane residence was //Montpelier// on corner of Main and Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point.((//The Brisbane Courier//, 8 August 1867, p.1 Matilda advertised for a house and parlour maid for //Maroon//; Allan Morrison, 'Some Queensland Postmasters-General", Brisbane, Post Office Historical Society, 1953, p.5, copy J. Godden)) Possibly it needed repairs before the family moved in as TLM-P paid £6.8.6 in April 1866 for 'Carpenters repairs Kangaroo Point' and also Mr James Lang for '40 pieces papering', presumably putting up wallpaper. In November 1867, TLM-P insured the house for £700 and the kitchen  for £100.((MLMSS31217/Box 9))\\
-Possibly it needed repairs before the family moved in as TLM-P paid £6.8.6 in April 1866 for 'Carpenters repairs Kangaroo Point' and also Mr James Lang for '40 pieces papering', presumably putting up wall paper. In November 1867, TLM-P insured the house for £700 and the kitchen (normally separate due to the fire risk) for £100.((MLMSS31217/Box 9))\\
-//Montpelier// was a stone house with its main rooms fronting directly on a wide verandah. It saw significant family events: Matilda died there in 1868; Rosa married there in 1872; and Nora's first child Meta was born there.((Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, pp.111-13.)) The house was convenient as it was closer to the ferry; as there was no bridge at the time, TLM-P used the ferry to get to work in Brisbane. The family lived there when parliament was sitting;((Patricia Clarke, //Rosa! Rosa!// p.23.)) at [[Maroon and Rathdowney|Maroon]] at other times. In October 1867 one of the cheques was for Henry Mohr 'wages. Montpelier' £1.14.0. From the cheques involving Miss Arabin in February 1868, she appears to be the housekeeper at Montpelier. Catherine Hunt was employed as a cook then too, probably also at Monteplier.((MLMSS31217/Box 9))\\
+//Montpelier// was a stone house with cedar fittings with its main rooms fronting directly on a wide verandah. The kitchen, due to the risk of fire, was in a separate wing. It saw significant family events: Matilda died there in 1868; Rosa married there in 1872; and Nora's first child Meta was born there.((Clipping from //The Queenslander//, 18 September 1930 in Rosa Praed Papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, MSOM64-01, Box 23/5/1)) The house was convenient as it was closer to the ferry; as there was no bridge at the time, TLM-P used the ferry to get to work in central Brisbane. The family lived there when parliament was sitting;((Patricia Clarke, //Rosa! Rosa!// p.23.)) at [[Maroon and Rathdowney|Maroon]] at other times. In October 1867 one of the cheques was for Henry Mohr 'wages. Montpelier' £1.14.0. From the cheques involving Miss Arabin in February 1868, she appears to be the housekeeper at Montpelier. Catherine Hunt was employed as a cook then too, probably also at Montpelier.((MLMSS31217/Box 9))\\
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 {{:montpelier_ferry_st.jpeg?300|}} An undated photo of //Montpelier//.((Photo provenance Tom A. & M. Therese M-P. For more photos of //Montpelier//, see //The Queenslander//, 18 September 1930, p.41.))\\
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 === Whytecliffe ===
-TLM-P died on New Year's Eve in 1892 at //Whytecliffe// (note that later sources spell it Whitecliffe), his home in [[wiki>Albion,_Queensland|Albion]], a suburb of Brisbane. It was an imposing 2-storey house with 22 rooms when first built, a kitchen wing with cellars, marble fireplaces, high plaster ceilings, a cedar staircase and skylight illuminating the entrance hall.(('Brisbane's Historic Homes. Whytecliffe, p.2 in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum; Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, p.116.)) An inventory made just after TLM-P's death listed the contents of 7 family bedrooms and 3 servant bedrooms as well as a coachhouse.((TLM-P papers, MLMSSS 3117, box 10)) TLM-P's will stipulated that his wife had the right to remain there if she wished - presumably taking over the lease as it appears to have been rented by them. Given its size and that, as a new widow she was hardly likely to do large-scale entertaining, it is not surprising that she choose not to remain there. //Whytecliffe// was built c.1875 and is now a retirement village on Sandgate Road.((Whytecliffe House brochure, courtesy T.A. & M.T. M-P. Note that //Highlands//, the home of the Lightollers (Thomas B. M-P's parents-in-law), also became part of the retirement village, pers. comm. M.T. M-P.))\\
+TLM-P died on New Year's Eve in 1892 at //Whytecliffe// (note that later sources spell it Whitecliffe), his home in [[wiki>Albion,_Queensland|Albion]], a suburb of Brisbane. The nearby Whitecliffe Street is believed to be named after the home. It had been built in c.1875 by John Petrie for Robert Little, Queensland first Crown Solicitor. It was an imposing 2-storey house with 22 rooms when first built, a kitchen wing with cellars, marble fireplaces, high plaster ceilings, a cedar staircase and skylight illuminating the entrance hall.(('Brisbane's Historic Homes. Whytecliffe, p.2 in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum; Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, p.116.)) An inventory made just after TLM-P's death listed the contents of 7 family bedrooms and 3 servant bedrooms as well as a coachhouse.((TLM-P papers, MLMSSS 3117, box 10)) TLM-P's will stipulated that his wife had the right to remain there if she wished - presumably taking over the lease as it appears to have been rented by them. Given its size and that, as a new widow she was hardly likely to do large-scale entertaining, it is not surprising that she choose not to remain there.\\
-A map of the Whytecliffe estate
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-{{:marsh_p3_whitecliffe.jpeg?300|}} //Whytecliffe// in 1930, from QJO.((For more photos of //Whytecliffe// in 1930, see //The Queenslander// 11 September 1930, p.41.))
+A map of the Whytecliffe estate around the time Nora moved to Sydney.{{:20250422_114654.jpg?250|}}((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum)).
+{{:marsh_p3_whitecliffe.jpeg?300|}} //Whytecliffe// in 1930, from QJO.((For more photos of //Whytecliffe// in 1930, see //The Queenslander// 11 September 1930, p.41.))\\
+An undated, more recent photo of Whytecliffe((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum)) {{:20250422_114451.jpg?300|}}. //Whytecliffe// is now part of a retirement village on Sandgate Road.((Whytecliffe House brochure, courtesy T.A. & M.T. M-P)). //Highlands//, the home of the Lightollers (Thomas B. M-P's parents-in-law), also became part of the retirement village. It was built in 1860 by Benjamin Brooks. {{:retirement_village_20250422_114407.jpg?200|}}((in Murray-Prior file, Rathdowney Visitor Information Centre and Historical Museum))\\
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 For  a map of the locality, see Andrew Darbyshire, A Fair Slice of St Lucia. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, St Lucia History Group research paper no. 8, p.17.\\
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