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Mount Napier Homestead
14 miles west Penshurst &14 miles sth Hamilton, MOUNT NAPIER VIC 3301 - Property No B1440
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Mount Napier homestead, situated near the extinct Western District volcano from which the property name derives, was settled by former Hobart town colonists Andrew, John and Thomas Brown, from 1840-49. By 1853 "two small (stone) houses of two rooms each with a kitchen" were erected of rubble stone with external chimneys and hipped roof. The present Edwardian brick house of 1906 abuts the original stone homestead and stables.
The original stone buildings of Mount Napier
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B1440
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