Description
The Ross residence was built ca 1900 by Mr Clarence Ross, son of Clarence Ross (snr) and Elizabeth Gould. The house was built on part of the original four-hectare site purchased by Clarence Ross (senior) prior to 1900. In the late 1800s, the Ross family occupied a small shingle roofed cottage on the site, which was the birthplace of Clarence Ross and four other siblings. In 1920, Clarence’s brother, William Ross, and his wife Daisy purchased the property. William Ross owned a butcher’s shop in Tewantin for 46 years. William and Daisy Ross’ daughter, Olive Donaldson (nee Ross), was born in the house.
Olive became the first Women’s Royal Australian Air Force woman in Queensland to wed, when she married Corporal Bevan Macklin in 1951. Olive had a lifelong association with Tewantin and served as a Councillor for the Noosa Shire Council from 1985 - 1991. She later remarried to George Donaldson. The house is among the earliest houses to be built in Tewantin. The house has been altered since its original construction, including enclosing the front verandah and the addition of a rear carport. Address76, Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin
