Early residents included F. and A. Martin who were granted land in the eastern part, and Joshua Thorpe, architect and Assistant Colonial Engineer, whose estate was in the west, stretching from Cooks River to Wolli Creek. In 1828, Joshua Thorp built a house he called "Juhan Munna", an Aboriginal phrase meaning "to go away." The house was later renamed "Undecliffe" and rented to managers of the Canterbury Sugarworks. The property was bought by the solicitor P.A.Tompson in 1850. In 1854, Tompson built a bridge on the site of Thorp's punt.