CARRIGEEN HOMESTEAD COMPLEX
Green's Lane HARROW, West Wimmera Shire
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Statement of Significance
Carrigeen Homestead Complex is located at the end of a long drive with terminal turning circle, off Greens Road, some three kilometers south east of Harrow. The complex is made up of a large style brick and timber house and a number of outbuildings. Carrigeen was subdivided from the larger nearby Clunie Estate in 1866 taken up by the Fitzgerald family, local selectors who became large landholders in the Harrow area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The homestead is believed to have been built around the turn of the century, and no architect has been identified with the design. The house and outbuildings are in good condition, although the interiors have lost some of their integrity.
How is it Significant?
Tuloona Homestead Complex is of historical significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.
Why is it Significant?
Carigeen Homestead Complex is of historical significance for its association with the much larger and historically significant Clunie run, and for its associations with the Fitzgerald family, who arrived in the Harrow area in the 1860s and became important landholders in the district.
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CARRIGEEN HOMESTEAD COMPLEX - Physical Conditions
Carrigeen homestead is in excellent physical condition. Very little remains of the original garden layout seen in early photographs.
CARRIGEEN HOMESTEAD COMPLEX - Physical Description 1
Carrigeen Homestead is a single storey brick house with corrugated iron roof and decorative ironwork verandah, built in the early 20th century. Situated at the end of a long drive with terminal turning circle, off Greens Road, south of Harrow, the house is symmetrical in design, with twin gabled pavilions and a central entrance approached from an attached skillion verandah. A similar verandah has been added along the west side, as has a large extension built in the 1940s. Early photographs in the possession of the Harrow Historical Society reveal that the verandah was originally unadorned. A storage shed and meat house are located in the house garden.
CARRIGEEN HOMESTEAD COMPLEX - Historical Australian Themes
Theme 3: Developing local, regional and national economies
3.5 Developing primary production
3.5.1 Grazing stock
3.5.2 Breeding animals
3.5.3 Developing agricultural industries
Theme 5: Working
5.8 Working the landCARRIGEEN HOMESTEAD COMPLEX - Usage/Former Usage
Continuing as a pastoral property
CARRIGEEN HOMESTEAD COMPLEX - Integrity
High
CARRIGEEN HOMESTEAD COMPLEX - Physical Description 2
Fitzgerald family
Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
Year: 2002
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