 The Kurraba Point workshops were closed by the end of 1964; the State Government purchased the Kurraba Point site and in 1974 the site was cleared and the present Kurraba Reserve was created.The renowned children's author and painter May Gibbs lived for many years at Nutcote, a home in Wallaringa Avenue.The house was designed by the architect B. J. Waterhouse and built 1924-25.