Tarella, Heritage site in New South Wales, Australia

Tarella is a two-storey Victorian Italianate brick residence at 3 Amherst Street, Cammeray, built c. 1886 for Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott. It has a hipped slate roof, corbelled brick eaves and a two-storey verandah with slender cast-iron columns; the lower verandah is paved with tessellated tiles and a slate border. A serpentine drive crosses lawns to a garden with a fountain and pond.

Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly from 1880 to 1900, built Tarella around 1886 on land he bought in 1881. He died in 1901; nearby Palmer Street bears his name. The house was fully restored by the early 1970s and added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Amherst Street takes its name from Lord William Pitt Amherst, Governor General of India from 1823 to 1828, and old directories sometimes spell it AMHURST. Nearby Palmer Street honours Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, who built Tarella around 1886. The garden's two Canary Island date palms were planted in the early 20th century, a species popularised by Joseph Maiden after he planted a triple avenue along Macquarie Street in the 1910s.

Visitors should check in advance about access, as the property is protected and may not be open without prior permission. It is wise to contact local authorities to learn about current conditions and any restrictions.

Tarella's garden holds two Canary Island date palms absent from an 1899 photograph in the Stanton Library file, so they were planted in the early 20th century. The species was popularised by Joseph Maiden after he planted a triple avenue of it along Macquarie Street in the 1910s.