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This sign and plaque is located on the corner of Tooronga Road and Currajong Road. This land was part of a 62-acre block to the west of Tooronga Road, which was sold to Nehemiah Guthridge, who owned other property nearby. It was soon subdivided and sold from 1851.

Alinant de Dollon established his vineyard c.1859, on his property of about 40 acres west of Tooronga Road. Burgess Street was built c.1863, named after Robert Burgess, a market gardener who owned property to the east of Auburn Road. North of Burgess Street, Thomas Hilliard owned land, with his farmhouse located at the west end of present Wiseman Street. To the north, Joseph Purdey owned a market garden, piggery and orchard, on present Rosslyn St. Nearby, George Strange and John Tankard also owned a market garden. John Perry's market garden and carters were located further north toward Auburn Road.

De Dollon vineyard, 1866

During this time, a number of prominent homes were built in the area. In 1867, Tankard's house "Auburn Villa" was built on his property, later sold as "Fairmont House" in 1925. Directly to the north, "Athol" (later known as Wiseman's "Athol") was built in 1873 for William Cleverdon, mayor of Hawthorn in 1879. Albert and Walter Wiseman (after whom Wiseman Street is named) purchased Thomas Hilliard's house, naming it "Widford", and also owned other houses on Auburn Road.

To the west of Tooronga Road, a trio of buildings stand at 513-517, from 1888 on land part-owned by Ruglens and subdivided by Taylor and Russell with a new Invermay Grove (1886) and Harts Parade (1888). Harts Parade, originally Tooronga Grove, was named after Reverend Hart, who owned the west end of the area from 1875. Further south, Currajong Road was subdivided in 1885, named after William Lambourn's house on the north corner of Auburn Road, built through Auburn Reserve Estate.

On the opposite corner of Invermay Grove, Fletcher's "Fairview" Dairy was built in 1912. Rosslyn Street, named after the Ross family, was subdivided in 1918 on Joseph Purdey's land as a returned soldier's settlement. In 1919, the house at 536 Tooronga Road was built for storekeeper Edmonds, along with villa pairs adjacent on Riversdale Road to the north.

In 1922, the Athol Estate was subdivided, to become Miami Street. The site on the corner of Miami and Tooronga was sold in 1926 with a brick coach house and stables, and the current house here was built in 1935.