Banyule Homestead
This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{User sandbox}} template. Banyule Homestead is a hertage-listed house at 60 Buckingham Drive, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.[1] It is listed in the Victorian Heritage Database and has local heritage protection.[2]
The house was built in 1846 for Port Phillip pioneer Joseph Hawdon and designed in the Elizabethan style by the architect John Gill. Banyule Homestead is a rare pre-goldrush house that has survived into current times.
Former residents of the house have included prominent Victorian settlers such as James Graham, William Mitchell and Dr Robert Martin.[3]
In 1975 -7 the house was altered to provide a gallery space for the National Gallery of Victoria’s Heidelberg School Collection. The property was subsequently sold and returned into private hands in the mid 1990’s.
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- ^ Trusts, Australian Council of National (1985). Historic homesteads of Australia. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Reed. ISBN 978-0-908198-24-5.
- ^ "Victorian Heritage Database". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. July 2, 2004. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "MELBOURNE'S HISTORIC HOMES". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 1933-04-08. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-05-19.