EDWARD WILLIS HUT AND SHEEP RUN (1837-41)

Location

2A MAIN ROAD LOWER PLENTY, BANYULE CITY

File Number

13/000476

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

One of the earliest recorded sites of European settlement outside Melbourne and of major historical significance for early colonial settlement in Victoria. Listed in 1841 census as a wattle and daub hut with ten inhabitants.

Group

Farming and Grazing

Category

Stock Route/Run