 Allotments 6 to 9 of portion 1 (totalling just under ) were acquired by William Robert Howe Weekes.In 1857 access to the area was improved by the construction of a bridge over Breakfast Creek near the confluence with the Brisbane River.From the early 1860s many of the Hamilton allotments were subdivided into smaller parcels, attracting a number of prominent middle-class residents who built comfortable homes on the slopes of Hamilton (later Toorak) and Hemmant (later Eldernell) hills, overlooking the river.