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Old Monomeith Homestead
405 Monomeith Road,, MONOMEITH VIC 3984 - Property No B5004
Old Monomeith Homestead
405 Monomeith Road,, MONOMEITH VIC 3984 - Property No B5004
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Statement of Significance
From the original Tobin Yallock pastoral lease at Westernport first taken up by Robert Jamieson in 1839, the Scottish partners, John Mickle, William Lyall and John Bakewell divided up their holding into separate properties during 1856, one of these properties being Monomeith.
As Monomeigh was Mickle's share and he had returned to Scotland, his youngest brother, Alexander, was sent with his wife Anges to manage the new property in 1857. From the old Tobin Yallock homestead Alexander moved to a new house on Monomeith at the beginning of 1860 only to die there within a year. His widow married his cousin, Andrew Hudson, and it was he who continued as manager of the property.
After leasing the 4,425 acre estate to Patrick and James Gill in the 1870s, it was sold to them, in partnership with the Hon J G Francis, in 1880, being subdivided during 1886 into farm and town lots. On the death of the partners, George Glasscock, the Manager of Kirk's Horse Bazaar, appears to have purchased the homestead property, extending it in c. 1888 and finally building a new residence closer to Monomeith Railway Station. Monomeith homestead is a weatherboard verandahed house with french doors to the verandah and enriched timber barge boards. Of the pastoralist lessees of West Gippsland, this remains as one of the few monuments.
Classified: 26/11/1981
Revised: 03/08/1998
As Monomeigh was Mickle's share and he had returned to Scotland, his youngest brother, Alexander, was sent with his wife Anges to manage the new property in 1857. From the old Tobin Yallock homestead Alexander moved to a new house on Monomeith at the beginning of 1860 only to die there within a year. His widow married his cousin, Andrew Hudson, and it was he who continued as manager of the property.
After leasing the 4,425 acre estate to Patrick and James Gill in the 1870s, it was sold to them, in partnership with the Hon J G Francis, in 1880, being subdivided during 1886 into farm and town lots. On the death of the partners, George Glasscock, the Manager of Kirk's Horse Bazaar, appears to have purchased the homestead property, extending it in c. 1888 and finally building a new residence closer to Monomeith Railway Station. Monomeith homestead is a weatherboard verandahed house with french doors to the verandah and enriched timber barge boards. Of the pastoralist lessees of West Gippsland, this remains as one of the few monuments.
Classified: 26/11/1981
Revised: 03/08/1998
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