Sir John Monash was a war hero, an engineer, and a keen home renovator, as shown by his papers at the National Library of Australia,

By National Library of Australia
July 6 2020 - 12:00am
Monash notes on this sketch of the Iona lookout that, horizontal measurements are accurate, but vertical measurements are only approximate, may possibly be out a few inches..., 1913. Picture: National Library of Australia
Monash notes on this sketch of the Iona lookout that, horizontal measurements are accurate, but vertical measurements are only approximate, may possibly be out a few inches..., 1913. Picture: National Library of Australia

If "a man's home is his castle", then Sir John Monash's Iona Estate was nothing short of a palace.

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