TARA FARMHOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS AND FEATURES
435 GREAT OCEAN ROAD BELLBRAE, SURF COAST SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
Tara farmhouse, outbuildings and features, Bellbrae have been estimated (interim) to have medium significance at a local level.
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TARA FARMHOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS AND FEATURES - History
The land forms part od Section II, Parish of Jan Juc, purchased by A E Butler during the 1850s (323 acres). Butler family appears to have owned land through to about 1922. A house has been on land since at least 1915, possibly earlier, as has a deviation of the Great Ocean Road, which ran immediately infront of the house. By mid-1950s the property buildings increased, and the deviation blocked off with the current aligment present. by 197 the present owner Daid Neate purchased the land, and raised race horses. The former dairy, shearing shed and piggery have been re-utilised as stable, storage room and stable respectively. The house is lived in by the manager.TARA FARMHOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS AND FEATURES - Interpretation of Site
Farm house dates to at least 1915, as does the Great Ocean Road deviation. Apart from the slab and paling shed at rear of farm area, all the other farm buildings date from around the 1950s. These buildings show a change in farming interest - shearing shed, dairy. The piggery came later as did the foundations located in paddock nearby. The farm dump date is unknown but possibly from pre 1950s. The fenceline and stock yard are unknown but pre 1970s. The 'naked ladies' could possibly be a grave site as no building has been noted on early plans and the area lies near a former track to coast and property track. The site therefore encompasses several phases of the property's history,a s the former shearing shed, dairy and piggery have been comverted for horse use.
Heritage Inventory Description
TARA FARMHOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS AND FEATURES - Heritage Inventory Description
Site consists of 'Tara' farmhouse, former shearing shed, dairy and piggery. Pine windbreaks and avenues along tracks, and several features including a former Great Ocean Road deviation, foundations for a farm building, a farm dump utilised as a dam well, a growth of 'naked ladies' on a hill side which is possibly a grave site, a former property/paddock fenceline (now upright posts) and a former stockyard.
Farm house, collection of former shearing sheds (now stables), former piggery, pine windbreaks, dump site, stocj yard (partially present)
Physical Conditions:
Altered unsympathetically.
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TARA FARMHOUSE, OUTBUILDINGS AND FEATURESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Bellbrae War MemorialVic. War Heritage Inventory
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Bellbrae State School (Previously Jan Juc) Honour RollVic. War Heritage Inventory
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