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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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39 KONGBOOL ROAD BALMORAL, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H0361The Congbool pastoral homestead on the Mathers Creek near Balmoral was first taken up by the Mather brothers in 1842. The original timber slab homestead of double hipped shingle roof,…
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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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56 BUCHTER ROAD BATESFORD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H0887Work on the Laurence Park homestead commenced in 1845 for Dr John Learmonth (1812-1871), the son of the pastoralist Thomas Learmonth (1783 - 1869), following the destruction by fire of an…
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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 H0337In 1836 pioneer Victorian settler Dr. Alexander Thomson, former medical officer with the Port Phillip Association, took up land at Geelong on the Barwon River. Kardinia, the two storey brick…
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3210 MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY RUTHERGLEN, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H0700George Francis Morris (1834-1910) was one of the greatest of Victoria's nineteenth century vignerons. In 1904 his property, Fairfield,was described as the country's largest vineyard and…
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3221 MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY RUTHERGLEN, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H0698Olive Hills comprises a large country homestead and complex of related farm buildings. The homestead was constructed in 1886 for Hugh Fraser, a Scot who had worked at the Docker's Bontharambo…
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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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973 ERCILDOUN ROAD ERCILDOUNE, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H0313Brothers Thomas and Somerville Learmonth founded Ercildoun in 1838. The brothers had been part of an unsuccessful exploration mission into the interior of the colony in 1837, and embarked on…
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520 MENINGOORT ROAD BOOKAAR, CORANGAMITE SHIRE
VHR H0300'Meningoort was part of a larger squatting run taken up by Scottish immigrants Peter McArthur and Nicholas Cole in 1837. The run was divided in 1842 or 1843 and McArthur took over the…
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3551 PRINCES HIGHWAY WEERITE, CORANGAMITE SHIRE
VHR H0301Purrumbete homestead, the former conservatory, the outbuildings, structures and walls, water reticulation system, driveways, garden, orchard, avenues and plantations. History…
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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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826 WARROCK ROAD WARROCK, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H0295Warrock including the land, all buildings (exteriors, interiors and fixtures), trees, garden and landscape elements, brick lined wells and other features. The registration also includes all…
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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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810-812 MAROONDAH HIGHWAY YERING, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H0694Yeringberg was founded by Baron Guillaume de Pury, grandfather of the present owner, in 1863. De Pury was a Swiss nobleman and a leader of the emigre Swiss community in Victoria in the…
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99 COWANGIE SOUTH ROAD COWANGIE, MILDURA RURAL CITY
VHR H0688Cow Plains Homestead Complex is unique for its associations with the earliest preagricultural history of the Mallee when large pastoral runs were the most characteristic form of settlement in…
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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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