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“Sefton", 864 Mt Macedon Road Mt Macedon, circa 1918.

Sefton was originally established by the Baillieu family as a private summer family holiday retreat in the early 1900s.

The Baillieus sold Sefton in 1968 for $65,000 to the mining companies CRA and North Broken Hill, which sold to Fosters brewing group in 1983 for $475,000. In 2015 it was bought from the Fosters Group by Gribbles Pathology founder Wallace Cameron for a then record price of $8,175,000, against a reserve of $4.62 million.

The main house has seven bedrooms with ensuites, a deluxe kitchen, library, billiard room and multiple living areas, including an atrium-style sitting room with a glass roof. The property also features a three-bedroom manager’s cottage and a 10-bedroom, 10-bathroom lodge used as a conference centre by previous owners, the Foster’s Group. There is also a helipad, four-green nine-tee golf course, a croquet lawn, a tennis court and swimming pool.

MIJF 2015 – Opening Ceremony @Fed Square, Melbourne

Friday 29th May MIJF 2015 – Opening Ceremony at Fed Square – Melbourne, Australia. A  free open-air concert  hosted by Fem Belling and speeches by the former Premier of Victoria, Ted Baillieu, Councillor , @Beverley Tinder-Moertimer and Artistic Director of the Festival Michael Tortoni. A perfect Melbourne day to watch performances by The Bad Plus ( (USA) (Reid Anderson – Bass,Ethan Inverson –…