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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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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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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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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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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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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 Station,…
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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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205 WAHRING-MURCHISON EAST ROAD WAHRING, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H0297A 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…
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7 CLEELAND ROAD CAPE WOOLAMAI, BASS COAST SHIRE
VHR H0666"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…
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5188 PENSHURST-WARRNAMBOOL ROAD PENSHURST, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H0541The 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.…
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POINT COOK HOMESTEAD AND STABLES
POINT COOK HOMESTEAD ROAD POINT COOK, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H1509Brothers 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…
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4912 CALDER HIGHWAY RAVENSWOOD, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H0315The 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,…
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200 REEDY CREEK ROAD BROADFORD, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H0273Alexander 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…
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8 GRASSDALE ROAD SALE, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H0261The homestead, Grassdale, was built for Dr Floyd Minter Peck and his wife Anna Maria in the mid to late 1850s. It was located on the western boundary of land he and his brother James owned on…
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65, 110 & 135 DROPMORE ROAD HIGHLANDS, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H0336Habbies 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…
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THE WOOLSHED, TOTTINGTON HOMESTEAD AND STONE COTTAGE
5018 ARARAT-ST ARNAUD ROAD TOTTINGTON, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H0305Tottington consists of a rare surviving single storey brick and weatherboard homestead constructed in the 1840s and 1850s around a courtyard, later additions including the ballroom…
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