Contents: Part 1: the colonial era. Creating a role: Bishop Charles and Frances Perry 1848-1876 p9. An unfinished home: building Bishopscourt 1848-1853 p29. A vice-regal home: Sir William a Beckett 1854-1856; Sir Edward Eyre Williams 1863-1864; interim Government House, 1873-1876 p49. The boom years: Bishop James and Mary Moorhouse 1876-1886. A more or less public life: Bishop Field Flowers and Emma Goe, 1887-1901 p81. Part 2: challenging times. A new Bishopscourt: renovation and new north wing 1902-1903 p99. Bishopscourt's first family: Archbishop Henry Lowther and Alice Lovell Clarke 1903-1920 p117. The dark years: Archbishop Harrington and Winifred Lees 1921-1927, Joanna Lees 1928-1929 p133. A most competent woman: Archbishop Frederick and Edith Head 1930-1941 p149. A time of austerity: Archbishop Joseph and Beryl Booth 1942-1956 p167. Family life at Bishopscourt: Archbishop Frank and Jean Woods 1957-1977 p185. Part 3: an Australian Bishopscourt. A stereotype crumbles: Archbishop Robert and Yvonne Dann 1977-1983 p211. A culture of hospitality: Archbishop David and Jean Penman 1984-1989 p227. A quiet life: Archishop Keith and Audrey Rayner 1990-1999 p245. A vision for the diocese and Bishopscourt's garden: Archbishop Peter and Margo Watson 2000-2005 p263. Postscript p283. Endnotes p289. Acknowledgements p323. Select bibliography p325. List of illustrations p333. Index p341.