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130 MOUNT ROAD ANAKIE, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0282Narada Homestead at Anakie was built in 1862 for pastoralist John Browne, a notable early settler in the Anakie district. It was designed by the Geelong architect John Young. Joseph Watts…
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2132 MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY BARNAWARTHA, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H0279The Hermitage, Barnawatha, was built by David Reid (1820-1906), one of the first settlers in the Ovens district. He married Mary Barber, a niece of Hamilton Hume, who with William Hovell…
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85 SAGES ROAD BAXTER, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H0302Sages Cottage including the homestead building, stables, blacksmith's shop, outdoor toilet, the form of the original orchard, and remnant trees and hedges. How is it…
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643 MAIN LEAD ROAD RAGLAN, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H0644In about 1858, James Frazer Watkin, an English engineer occupied land on a Miner’s Right near the Mount Cole to Mitchell’s Gully water race at Raglan. J. F. Watkin had been involved in…
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1 RIVERVIEW TERRACE BELMONT, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0337Kardinia House, a two-storey brick and stone house, constructed in various stages. The name “Kardinia” is from the Wadawurrung language meaning ‘morning’ or ‘sunrise’. The house…
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10 GLENARA DRIVE BULLA, HUME CITY
VHR H0625Glenara, Bulla was settled by pastoralist Walter Clark in 1857. Originally purchasing 485 acres to the north-west of Melbourne, Clark built his estate up to 4079 acres before his death in…
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69 CAMP STREET CARISBROOK, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
VHR H0342A complex of homestead buildings constructed in bluestone c1873 for Henry Chalk, pastoralist. The complex includes house, kitchen, men's quarters, stables, barn and smithy. The ruins of…
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6495 HENTY HIGHWAY GLENISLA, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H0444Glenisla squatting run was established in 1843 by a Scotsman named Simpson who named the run after a kirkdom near Balmoral. In 1860 Charles Carter and Sons acquired the run. From the 1870s…
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405 MONOMEITH ROAD MONOMEITH, CARDINIA SHIRE
VHR H0452A vast area of land on the northern side of Westernport Bay was, during the early nineteenth century, dominated by the partnership of Mickle, Bakewell and Lyall, operating under the name of…
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10 WALDAU COURT DONCASTER, MANNINGHAM CITY
VHR H0376Friedensruh, dating from 1853, is probably the oldest surviving house in Doncaster. It was the home of the Thiele family, who played a prominent role in the settlement of the Doncaster…
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FORMER GREIFFENHAGENS WINERY AND HOMESTEAD
70 PATONS ROAD AXE CREEK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H0681Carl and Frederick Heine were successful goldminers of German origin who bought land on the Axe Creek, near Bendigo. In 1860 they planted grapes on two acres and four years later had twelve…
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ADELAIDE VALE HOMESTEAD AND OUTBUILDINGS
1060 AXEDALE ROAD FOSTERVILLE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H0304Adelaide Vale Homestead was begun in 1853 by John Harvey and was later occupied by Edward and Andrew O'Keefe. The building comprises a series of single storey stone buildings arranged behind…
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280R CRANBOURNE ROAD FRANKSTON, FRANKSTON CITY
VHR H0652A single storey Gothic Revival brick homestead with attic built for WFE Liardet, c1850, to replace an earlier dwelling. Symmetrically planned, it features a gabled roof, bay windows at each…
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413 MYRTLEBANK-FULHAM ROAD FULHAM, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H0331The pastoral run Fulham on Thomson river west of Sale was first taken up in 1841 by Peter Imlay of Twofold Bay (Eden) NSW. In October 1853 retired sea captain John William Jones acquired the…
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140 APHRASIA STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0429The Heights, 140 Aphrasia Street, Newtown, is a 1.13 hectare property with a number of 19th century buildings in a landscaped setting. The buildings include a partially prefabricated timber…
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63-65 GOWRIE STREET GLENROY, MORELAND CITY
VHR H0128Gowrie at 63-65 Gowrie Street, Glenroy, was erected in 1855 for James Robertson on part of a crown pre-emptive right acquired in 1848 by Scottish immigrant pastoralists, James Robertson and…
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1350 GUNDOWRING ROAD GUNDOWRING, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H0367The exploration of Hamilton Hume and William Hilton Hovell into inland New South Wales and Victoria on route to the Port Phillip District in 1824-25 and the favourable reports of the land…
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90 EVELYN STREET HOPETOUN, YARRIAMBIACK SHIRE
VHR H0642Lake Corrong Station on the Yarriambiack Creek near Hopetoun, was established in 1846 by McGinnis and Bell. The homestead building was constructed as a basis two room cottage of split pine…
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897 BURNT CLAY ROAD LONGERENONG, YARRIAMBIACK SHIRE
VHR H0290Longerenong homestead is located on the Yarriambiack Creek near the junction with the Wimmera River at Horsham. The land had been first taken up by squatters William Taylor and Dougall…
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1 MT TALBOT ROAD TOOLONDO, HORSHAM RURAL CITY
VHR H0468The "Mount Talbot" pastoral run at Toolondo was acquired by Dr Robert Officer in 1847. In 1859 his sons Charles and Suetonious took over the property and apparently in c.1862, Charles Officer…
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MT MITCHELL HOMESTEAD AND STABLES
3056 SUNRAYSIA HIGHWAY LEXTON, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H0312Mount Mitchell Homestead at Lexton was designed by the prominent architect Charles Webb and built in 1860-61 for the Robertson family to replace an earlier homestead. Webb (1821-98) was one…
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141 LISMORE-SKIPTON ROAD LISMORE, CORANGAMITE SHIRE
VHR H0299Titanga, near Lismore, was originally part of the 1838 Mt Elephant No 2 pastoral lease in the Western District of Victoria. This lease was originally acquired by John Brown, the first…
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EYNESBURY ROAD AND SPRINGHILL ROAD AND SPRINGHILL ROAD EYNESBURY, MELTON CITY, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H0362The Eynesbury homestead complex was established on land acquired by prominent pioneer pastoralist, Simon Staughton. Staughton built the first substantial homestead in 1845 at Exford…
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6 MERRIANG HOMESTEAD ROAD MERRIANG, ALPINE SHIRE
VHR H0566The Merriang Run was first established prior to 1846 by David Johnson who sold the pastoral licence to John Johnston, an Irish immigrant, in that year. In 1853 Johnston secured freehold title…
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274 MOYSTON-GREAT WESTERN ROAD MOYSTON, ARARAT RURAL CITY
VHR H0258Lexington homestead is a large brick homestead constructed circa 1851 for pastoralist Horatio Wills to replace an earlier structure of the 1840's. Symmetrical in composition, the single…
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