This undeveloped Wellington section sat empty for 60 years. It recently sold for over $1 million
Supplied This section in Johnsonville – 78 Fraser Avenue – sat vacant and unused for 60 years. It recently sold for slightly more than $1 million. Turn off State Highway 1 into Johnsonville, hook a sharp left onto Fraser Avenue, then follow the road back towards Broadmeadows. About a minute uphill is an undeveloped, unmarked 652-square-metre section, a patch of green amid dense suburbia. Number 78 Fraser Avenue – “classic, central Johnsonville” according to one real estate agent – was bought by Henry and Maude Stephenson in 1961. That’s so long ago the purchase was made i...