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Carween Homestead
Daylesford Road, BALLAN VIC 3342 - Property No B3158
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A simple brick homestead of 1856, in unusually intact condition, with a verandah on all four sides. The original shingles are now under the later iron roof. It was apparently built for William Atkinson, who held Ballan at that time and subsequently owned by the Hon. E J Hogan, M.L.A., Premier of Victoria.
Two sketches of Carween Homestead drawn by Emma Von Steiglitz in July and October 1859, have survived. Although adjacent to the Ballarat freeway the environment of the
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B3158
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