The 20 room villa residence, Kamesburgh, (now ANZAC Hostel) was built for the merchant William Kerr Thomson in 1873-4 on part of Dendy's Crown Special Survey. Lloyd Tayler was the architect and David Mitchell the contract builder. With extensions, the building was cited in the 1884 rate book as of 40 rooms. The property remained a domestic dwelling until the ownership of the prominent pastoralist, financier and politician Duncan McBryde. In 1918 negotations by the Repatriation Department led to purchase from him by the Melbourne real estate agents- the Baillieu brothers, who made a gift of the property as a care and rehabilitation centre for ex-servicemen. It was renamed Anzac Hostel and formally opened on 5 July 1919 by Sir Arthur Stanley, Governor of Victoria. First floor extensions were added at the rear and a lift installed. Administration was vested in the Red Cross. Sale of 6 acres in 1927 reduced the grounds to yet extensive 6 1/2 acres, still matching the scale of the building. (National Trust).