"Newlands" Homestead, Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Newlands Homestead, consisting of a substantial single storey storehouse with slate roof and timber verandah, stone barn and appurtenant outbuildings is one of the finest of a significant group of mid 19th century homesteads in the Barrabool Hills. The residence was constructed in 1853 for James Piper who acquired the property from Swanston and Willis, district landholders in 1850. The Piper family played an important role in local government in the 19th century. The homestead group is picturesquely set in the Barrabool Hills and survives virtually intact.

REFERENCES

Geelong Historical Society, Investigator, June 1971, Vol. 6. p. 37, September, 1972, p.70

McAdam, N.S., Honorary Historian, Shire of Barrabool, Information from Rate Books

Geelong Advertiser, 27 December 1860, tender notice for wooden stable, repairing back kitchen and building a stone chimney for James Piper.

McWilliams, A., Shire Engineer, 1861, Map of Landholdings copies by J.W. Meehan, 1970.

Hammond, William, Memoirs published in Geelong Advertiser 12 December 1898.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Homestead building