[5] It is believed James Frederick Emery, one of the early owners of the property, gave it this name to reflect his spell as a government official in Australia.

[3] According to a Blackpool Times article from 21 June 1902: The plan shows a large entrance hall on the south side opening on to a dining saloon 56ft.

The coachman's cottage, stables, loose boxes, dynamo and accumulator house, etc., are all arranged on the north side.

The building will present a very pleasing and picturesque appearance, as the exterior walls are to be faced with Huncoat plastic bricks, with Yorkshire stone dressings, and the roofs are to be covered with red tiles.

[5] In 1942, it was bought by James Frederick Emery,[3] but he was unable to move into the building for three years because it was being used by the British Army as a transit camp.

[5] In the early 1950s, Emery leased the land overlooking the River Wyre to the local cricket club, who remain there today.

[3] Emmanuel Christian School in Fleetwood inquired about taking over Illawalla in 1995, but Wyre Borough Council rejected the plan amid fears of the close proximity of an underground pipeline carrying ethylene to ICI Hillhouse in Thornton.

[14] The opening line of the song is: "There once stood, at the edge of town, an Edwardian pile of great renown, but in '96 we pulled it down".