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Elcho Homestead

Location 605 Bacchus Marsh Road, LARA VIC 3212 - Property No B1277 File Number B1277 Level State

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Statement of Significance

Built in the Gothic Revival style in 1867, the house was once used as a staging post for Cobb & Co. coaches. It was built for John Galletly, manager of the Geelong branch of the London Chartered bank and husband to a daughter of the Armytage family. By the 1920's it had been converted into a farm training school for British migrants/returned service men of the Great War, with the latter being accommodated in 40 houses on the property. The Great depression put an end to this enterprise and the property was then bought by Senator Guthrie who turned the property into a Corriedale sheep stud.