sentences:  The house was named for the birthplace of Wagner's wife, Mary, in Stonington, Connecticut, USA.Wagner and his family lived in the house until his death in 1901.At the Federation of Australia in 1901 Melbourne became the location of government, and Government House, Melbourne became the home of the Governor-General and Stonnington Mansion was leased by the Victorian Government as a home for the Governor of Victoria in 1901, before eventually being purchased by the state, along with all its contents, in 1928.