1861-1891: McFarland family. Patrick McFarland, leather merchant and co-owner with his brother-in-law, John McCrae, of a saddlery business, which later he ran in partnership with his sons. Patrick died in 1887. His wife, Rebecca, continued to live at the house until her death in 1889. Patrick's eldest son, Robert, initially a leather merchant and later a pastoralist, and John, second son and county court judge, also lived there. John died in 1884. Robert sold the house in 1891. Both sons were bachelors, although Robert was sued for £12,000 in 1882 in a breach of promise action brought by Amy Margaret Genevieve Watson of St. Kilda. Possibly she was the mother of his daughter, Jeanne. 1892-1898: Rev. Alexander Skene, professor of Hebrew 1899-1915: David Blair, timber merchant. He frequently visited Borneo and Sumatra and imported exotic timbers. His first house in East Melbourne was on the corner of Simpson and George Streets and was built for him in 1878. It is now the Cliveden Hill Hospital.