HOMESTEAD COMPLEX

The farm complex at 257 Meadow Valley Road, Mia Mia, comprising a house built in two stages c. 1850 and 1870, and later extensions, shearing shed comprising the Langworner School, blacksmiths workshop (including the interior), horse shelter and tack room, post and rail fences, sheepyards, and orchard is significant. The archeological remains of the millstone circle is also significant.

The farm complex at 257 Meadow Valley Road, Mia Mia is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

The farm complex at 257 Meadow Valley Road, Mia Mia is historically significant for its long term association with the Campbell family. Beginning with Humphrey Campbell, who established a farm on the property in the mid 1860s and ran it until his death in 1911. The Campbell family continued to own and run the place until they sold in 1995 to William Brett Campbell. Criterion A

Part of the house, dating from c.1850 is one of the oldest in the study area and still retains a timber shingle roof under corrugated iron. The part of the house dating from c.1850 and 1870 demonstrates the evolution of a the farm from small two roomed house to a larger and more commodious residence. The shearing shed, although is poor condition in some parts, demonstrates ingenuity in the use of the school building and subsequent additions and still contains a collection of tools from different eras. The blacksmith's workshop is significant primarily for its interior containing the forge, canopy and bellows as well as the tool collection. The farm complex at Meadow Valley Road is fine example of a farm complex and has a particularly early date of settlement It is highly representative of a farm that supported a range of agricultural activities on a small scale. Criterion D

The archeological remains of the millstone and horse circle is rare and contributes to a further understanding of the self sufficient nature of mixed farms. Criterion C