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	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
	Woolshed - Mt William Homestead Watgania Road, WILLAURA VIC 3379 - Property No B3030	The Woolshed at Mount William Homestead is a large bluestonebuilding erected for pastoralist brothers Thomas and Andrew Chirnside in 1865. Constructed in coursed masonry, the structure has a large, flat, hipped slate roof. There is a pyramid roofed, weatherboard tower and weatherboard extensions. Some openings in the main structure are slatted vents and others are glazed. Roof lights have been added. The very large woolshed is notable for its size and as a representative ... more	B3030	Regional

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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

Woolshed - Mt William Homestead

Watgania Road, WILLAURA VIC 3379 - Property No B3030

The Woolshed at Mount William Homestead is a large bluestonebuilding erected for pastoralist brothers Thomas and Andrew Chirnside in 1865. Constructed in coursed masonry, the structure has a large, flat, hipped slate roof. There is a pyramid roofed, weatherboard tower and weatherboard extensions. Some openings in the main structure are slatted vents and others are glazed. Roof lights have been added. The very large woolshed is notable for its size and as a representative ... more

B3030

Regional