Tarranalma, Heritage residence in Clayfield, Australia

Tarranalma is a two-story residence in Clayfield featuring wide verandahs, rendered brick walls, and a corrugated iron roof with multiple bow windows on both floors. The building displays the typical architecture of wealthy homes from late nineteenth-century Australia.

Built in 1890 for James Milne of Smellie & Co, Tarranalma stood on about 12 acres (4.8 hectares). In 1910 Milne offered it as a replacement for Old Government House, but his price was too high. George Logan, a pastoralist, bought it in 1919 and subdivided most of the grounds between 1926 and 1929.

The name Tarranalma was used for the house and later for the street it faces. The ground-floor plan places drawing, breakfast, dining and billiard rooms around a central hallway, with a service wing of kitchen, two pantries, two bedrooms and a bathroom beyond. A large staircase between the dining and billiard rooms leads to four main bedrooms above.

The property is located on Tarranalma Avenue and can be viewed from the street, where the architectural details are clearly visible. Access to the interior may be limited depending on opening hours and availability, so check before planning a visit.

In 1910 James Milne offered Tarranalma to the government as a replacement for Old Government House, but his asking price was too high, so Fernberg in Paddington became Queensland's Government House instead. The house was later divided into seven flats in 1963 and restored as a family home in 1984.