TITANGA HOMESTEAD

141 LISMORE-SKIPTON ROAD LISMORE, CORANGAMITE SHIRE

Titanga, 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…

MCCRAE HOMESTEAD

6-8 CHARLES STREET and 11 BEVERLEY ROAD MCCRAE, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

A hipped shingled roof cover the two symmetrically placed main rooms of this early homestead, constructed of timber drop-slab walls with 20-pane windows and brick chimneys. A lean-to…

EXFORD HOMESTEAD

355-455 EXFORD ROAD and 655 EXFORD ROAD WEIR VIEWS, MELTON CITY

Exford Homestead is one of the oldest residences in Victoria and part of a rare surviving 1840s homestead complex. It is a farming property now comprising approximately 30.5 hectares located…

EYNESBURY

EYNESBURY ROAD and SPRINGHILL ROAD and SPRINGHILL ROAD EYNESBURY, MELTON CITY, WYNDHAM CITY

The Eynesbury homestead complex was established on land acquired by prominent pioneer pastoralist, Simon Staughton. Staughton built the first substantial homestead in 1845 at Exford Station,…

DARRA

490 SLATE QUARRY ROAD MEREDITH, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

Darra, originally known as Durdiwarrah pastoral station, was licensed with 24,000 acres to Charles Augustus Von Steiglitz in 1842. Charles Augustus Von Steiglitz, who arrived in Port Phillip…

MERRIANG HOMESTEAD

6 MERRIANG HOMESTEAD ROAD MERRIANG, ALPINE SHIRE

The 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…

STRATFORD LODGE

84 COLIBAN PARK ROAD METCALFE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Stratford Lodge, Metcalfe, is a granite homestead built for pastoralist James Orr in 1848 or 49, it is believed. It is not known if the house was built in stages or at one time. There are two…

THE BRIARS

450 NEPEAN HIGHWAY MOUNT MARTHA, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

This pastoral run was taken up in 1840 by the prominent gentleman colonist Captain James Reid, who called it Checkingurk (or Tichingorook). Georgiana McCrae sketched the property in 1844. In…

NOORILIM

205 WAHRING-MURCHISON EAST ROAD WAHRING, Strathbogie Shire

A two-storey brick Classical homestead with rendered facade built c.1870 for the Winter family, one of the largest landholders in the district. Features include an asymmetrical towered…

WOLLOMAI HOUSE

7 CLEELAND ROAD CAPE WOOLAMAI, Bass Coast Shire

"Wollomai House" near Newhaven is a pastoral homestead which has important links with the early history of Phillip Island and the racing industry. It is of weatherboard construction with a…

KOLOR HOMESTEAD

5188 PENSHURST-WARRNAMBOOL ROAD PENSHURST, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

The property which was to become Kolor was first settled in 1838 and was run as an aboriginal settlement for some time. John Joseph Twomey purchased it and adjoining properties about 1851.…

POINT COOK HOMESTEAD AND STABLES

POINT COOK HOMESTEAD ROAD POINT COOK, WYNDHAM CITY

Brothers Thomas and Andrew Chirnside took up a sheep run at Point Cooke (later Point Cook) in 1852 and it became the home-station for their increasing pastoral runs in the west of the…

RAVENSWOOD HOMESTEAD

4912 CALDER HIGHWAY RAVENSWOOD, Greater Bendigo City

The Ravenswood homestead was built by Frederick Fenton on Bullock Creek on his property near Bendigo probably c1866. Originally known as the Mount Alexander North run and occupied from c1840,…

REEDY CREEK HOMESTEAD

200 REEDY CREEK ROAD BROADFORD, MITCHELL SHIRE

Alexander McKenzie took up the Reedy Creek run in 1841 and his family owned the property until the 1920s. The present single storey timber homestead comprises three wings erected around a…

HABBIES HOWE HOMESTEAD

65, 110 & 135 DROPMORE ROAD HIGHLANDS, MITCHELL SHIRE

Habbies Howe pastoral run, originally known as Kobyboyn, was established by pastoralist George Taylor in 1841. Gideon Stewart, who acquired the run in c1843, was from Scotland. The later…

CARRANBALLAC

5945 GLENELG HIGHWAY CARRANBALLAC, PYRENEES SHIRE

The large station property Carranballac, Skipton, was settled by the pastoralist Andrew Chirnside, who arrived in Australia from Scotland in 1841. With his brother Thomas, Andrew prospered…

COOLART

36-40 LORD SOMERS ROAD SOMERS, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

Coolart originally formed part of one of the oldest grazing properties on the Mornington Peninsula. "Coolart" or "Coolourt" (meaning sandy area in the local aboriginal dialect) was first…

STRATHFIELDSAYE

324 STRATHFIELDSAYE ROAD PERRY BRIDGE, WELLINGTON SHIRE

Strathfieldsaye was established as a cattle and sheep station by New South Wales grazier William O'Dell Raymond in 1848. Raymond was one of the first permanent settlers in Gippsland,…

COONANGA HOMESTEAD

575 BEARII-MYWEE ROAD STRATHMERTON, MOIRA SHIRE

The 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…

WOODLANDS HOMESTEAD, STABLES AND OUTBUILDINGS

WOODLANDS DRIVE GREENVALE, HUME CITY

Woodlands Homestead is located within the 820 hectare Woodlands Historic Park in Greenvale. The homestead comprises the main house and its associated structures, remnant garden, and…

BONTHARAMBO HOMESTEAD

387 BOORHAMAN ROAD WANGARATTA, Wangaratta Rural City

Joseph Docker moved his family to the Wangaratta area in 1838, ten years after his arrival in Australia, and took up the Bontharambo run. He developed this property and built two houses…

NORWOOD HOMESTEAD

380 NORWOOD ROAD WAREEK, Central Goldfields Shire

Norwood Homestead, Wareek, is a two-storey homestead erected probably between 1863 and 1867 to the designs of architect Leonard Terry for pastoralist Alfred Joyce, replacing an earlier…

TARNDWARNCOORT

37 ROSENEATH ROAD WARNCOORT, COLAC OTWAY SHIRE

Tarndwarncoort at Warncoort was one of the earliest established properties in western Victoria, and from 1841 was occupied by successive generations of the Dennis family. Alexander Dennis…

WERRIBEE PARK

320 K ROAD WERRIBEE SOUTH, WYNDHAM CITY

Werribee Park is set on approximately 1,000 acres of land 35 kilometres southwest of Melbourne. The area includes the Werribee Mansion (1873) with formal garden, grotto, mansion gates and…

ST ALBANS HOMESTEAD

6-30 HOMESTEAD DRIVE ST ALBANS PARK, Greater Geelong City

St Albans Homestead at Whittington, a single storey 30-roomed brick mansion, was erected in 1873 for the noted race horse breeder and trainer James Wilson. The Melbourne architect James T…