a state school (1862) and church were built, and a community grew around what is now victoria avenue. a settler named james morrison acquired a property at swan location 702, and named it "claremont estate", after his wife, clara (née de burgh). during the 1870s, a number of prominent families, including the triggs, sandovers and stirlings, acquired land in the district, around the later site of christ church grammar school; some of their homes were later bought and used by the school.