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Ensay Homestead & Woolshed

Location

Little River Road, off Omeo Highway,, ENSAY VIC 3895 - Property No B0609

File Number

B0609

Level

Regional

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B0609 Ensay Homestead Entrance
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B0609 Ensay Homestead
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B0609 Ensay Early House
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B0609 Woolshed
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B0609 Google Map 2013
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B0609 Woolshed 2013

Statement of Significance

The station was established about 1907, the shed accommodated 5000 sheep. There were 14 shearer stands driven by steam. Its main building was of round timber with a bark roof, the bark was later overlaid by corrugated iron held down by nails.
Homestead Classified 'Local' 11/06/1959
Revised: 'Regional' 04/11/1965

Woolshed Classified: 'Local' 19/05/1966

File Note 17/05/2013: Woolshed file (formerly B1914) amalgamated with B0609
File Note 21/06/2013: Woolshed collapsed.
File Note 21/06/2013: The homestead of the original Ensay Station of over 38,000 acres is off the Little River road about two miles from the Ensay hotel.

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