brunskill's property ran from portrush road (then called glen osmond road) to ringmore road (now called dudley road), and the village to the east of that. the records mention a church (st matthew's anglican church, built in 1848, consecrated in 1849) to the west of the village, and company-owned lands to the east. in the village, one of the first buildings was the marryatville hotel, a single-storey building on the southern side. this was near the building which still stands, built in 1908 on the site of a brewery and used as a police station until 1971, and today by private businesses. wood cutters would gather there on their way back from a day's work in the hills.