Toorak House, Heritage-listed mansion in Toorak, Australia

Toorak House is an Italianate Victorian mansion built in 1849, designed by Samuel Jackson for Melbourne merchant James Jackson. Its original 47-hectare estate ran from Toorak Road to the Yarra River, with a grand entrance driveway heading north from Toorak Road. The property was subdivided into 137 allotments in 1874, leaving the house on a much smaller site.

Built in 1849 by merchant James Jackson, the house became Melbourne's first Government House and served successive governors for two decades starting in 1854. This period marked an important phase in the colony's administrative development and governance.

The name Toorak probably derives from a Woiwurrung word of similar sound, meaning either black crow or reedy swamp. Since 1956 the house has served the Church of Sweden abroad as a church and community centre, and today it also functions as a Swedish consulate and meeting point for Victoria's Scandinavian community.

The site is now operated by the Swedish Church and open to visitors several days per week with on-site facilities. A cafe and shop inside allow visitors to rest and browse during their visit.

The 47-hectare estate that James Jackson assembled was bounded by Toorak Road, Orrong Road, both sides of St Georges Road and the Yarra River, with a grand driveway running north from Toorak Road. After lease talks failed in 1874, George Lansell, the Bendigo "Quartz King", bought it and cut it into 137 allotments auctioned on 14 and 16 November 1874.