page_title: Toorak House
hierarchical_section_title: Toorak House
context_page_description: Toorak House is a mansion located in Melbourne, Australia built in 1849 by well-known Melbourne merchant James Jackson. It is notable for its use as Melbourne's first Government House and having inspired the name for the suburb of Toorak.
  Jackson is believed to have borrowed from Woiwurrung language, with words of similar pronunciation, meaning either black crow or reedy swamp.
  Toorak House is owned by the Church of Sweden abroad. The Swedish Church is open for visitors daily except on Mondays and Wednesdays.
context_section_description: Toorak House is a mansion located in Melbourne, Australia built in 1849 by well-known Melbourne merchant James Jackson.  It is notable for its use as Melbourne's first Government House and having inspired the name for the suburb of Toorak.
  Jackson is believed to have borrowed from Woiwurrung language, with words of similar pronunciation, meaning either black crow or reedy swamp.
  Toorak House is owned by the Church of Sweden abroad. The Swedish Church is open for visitors daily except on Mondays and Wednesdays.
caption: Residence Toorak House - 1869
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