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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Barwonleigh Homestead Inverleigh/Winchester Road, INVERLEIGH VIC 3321 - Property No B1447	The original Barwonleigh station tooks its name by virtue of being sited at the junction of the Barwon and Leigh Rivers. The original homestead consisted of 4 bluestone rooms constructed in about 1851 and this was later extended to 15 rooms including a ballroom, an addition of 1919. The house was destroyed by fire on March 1st, 1965. A reconstruction tookplace in 1966 and adhered as faithfully as possible to the original design and features.Original features which did survive ... more	B1447	File only
Eynesbury Homestead Eynesbury Road, MELTON SOUTH VIC 3338 - Property No B1137	Eynesbury Homestead, Melton South, is a bluestone homestead built for Samuel Thomas Staughton M.L.A., the original two-storied section dating from the early 1870s. The single storied bay windowed side wings date from the 1880s as does probably the concave timber verandah. Quoins, widows walk and the eaves detailing are features. Construction is in coursed bluestone with hipped corrugated iron roofs and stuccoed chimneys. Eynesbury Homestead, Melton South, is a distinctive ... more	B1137	State
Mt William Homestead Watgania Road, WILLAURA VIC 3379 - Property No B1461	The property was first settled by Andrew and Thomas Chirnside in 1842. It carried finewool Merinos and cattle and once the government had granted the Chirnside Borthers freehold, they set about building a 20-stand bluestone woolshed. The trustees of the Chirnside Estate put the property up for auction in 1906 and eventually, it was subdivided into farms with the homestead block being purchased in 1919 by the Barr Smith family. The house is surrounded by a garden ... more	B1461	File only
Junction Lodge Homestead 69 Camp Street, CARISBROOK VIC 3464 - Property No B1362	Built about 1872 of bluestone quarried locally. Buildings include a barn, kitchen, men's quarters; smithyand woolshed. A wooden stable catered for a thoroughbred stud established in 1868 by the original owner, Henry Chalk. The stables feature unusual semi-circular windows. The continuity of design, materials and details contribute to the historical importance of the house. It is a dominant freature of the townscape and landscape. Classified: 07/12/1961 Revised ... more	B1362	State
Leslie Manor Homestead Punpundahl 90 Homestead Road,, LESLIE MANOR VIC 3260 - Property No B2338	Fine representative group of bluestone house and outbuildings. Date of construction subject of further investigation. Classified: 19/03/1970	B2338	Regional
Murrindal Homestead 644 Gelanthipy Road, BUCHAN VIC 3885 - Property No B1292	Built approx. 1840-1859 (local tradition and graffiti date of early owner on house wall). Reputed to have been built of limestone quarried on site. Frontage of house facing river had no windows but did have weapons apetures for firing at 'hostile' natives. Classified: 18/04/1963	B1292	Local
St Albans Homestead 305 Wilsons Road, WHITTINGTON VIC 3219 - Property No B3978	St Albans Homestead at Whittington, a single storey 30-roomed brick mansion, was erected in 1873 for the noted race horse breeder and trainer James Wilson. The Melbourne architect James T Conlan designed the extensive homestead in the fashionable polychromatic mode with an elaborate cast iron verandah by Geelong foundry men Humble & Co. There were additions to the homestead in 1875 designed by Conlan and in 1878, alterations and additions designed by Conlan and Salway. ... more	B3978	State
Dromkeen Homestead 1012 Gisborne-Kilmore Road,, RIDDELLS CREEK VIC 3431 - Property No B5677	Designed by the architects Hyndman & Bates in 1889 for Judge Arthur Chomley, this timber house was sold to Jack Manton in 1956. Jack Manton was a leading art entrepreneur and he added a large picture gallery in 1979 to hang his collection, which included 68 paintings from the Heidelberg School. Jack Manton sold Dromkeen in 1972, and in 1973 the now owners, Joyce and Court Oldmeadow started a collection of original manuscripts and artwork by leading children's illustrators and ... more	B5677	Local
Glengower Homestead & Outbuildings Creswick-Newstead Road,, CAMPBELLTOWN VIC 3364 - Property No B2226	Homestead and outbuildings classified as an interesting early homestead group. Classified: 12/11/1969	B2226	Regional
Woodbine Homestead Wioodbine 146 Woodbine Road,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B2141	Built of limestone, probably early 1840s (but possibly late1830s), the strong simplicity of form and lonely setting of Woodbine farm, where grey sand dunes sparsely laced with tough grasses lead to Mills' Reef and the wild sea-coast east of Port Fairy, evokes the pioneering work of its first owner, Charles Mills, whaler and farmer, and one of Victoria's earliest settlers. This property has a National Trust Covenant attached to the title. Any major changes are subject to the ... more	B2141	State

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