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KINVONVIE HOMESTEAD COMPLEX

Location Murndal Road YULECART, Southern Grampians Shire File Number 887 Level Stage 2 study complete

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Kinvonvie is located on north side of Murndal Road, approximately 23 kilometres south of Hamilton. The house was built in 1894 of bricks quarried and fired on the property for James Trangmar, a successful merchant and landholder in the area. No architect or builder has been associated with the original design. The property passed to the Twomey family in 1922, important pastoralists from the Penshurst area, and is still held by the descendants. Additions and substantial renovations were made in the 1920s when a billiard room was added and the porch introduced. The Melbourne architect, Robert Hamilton, was probably the designer. The grounds were developed substantially during the Interwar period as part of the Twomey occupation. The Homestead is in excellent condition, and retains a high degree of integrity to the post WW2 period.

How is it significant?
Kinvonvie homestead is of historical and architectural significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.

Why is it significant?
Kinvonvie is of historical significance for its early associations with the much larger and important Morgiana run, of which it was initially a part. It is of further historical significance for its association with the important early pastoral families of Trangmar and Twomey, and is representative of the younger generation, particularly in the case of Reginald Twomey, establishing itself in its own right away from the family home station. Kinvonvie is architecturally significant as a fine example of an Interwar house and garden, probably the work of the architect Robert Hamilton, and for reflecting a traditional lifestyle, now largely passed.