Barunah Plains Homestead

Barunah Plains Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at 4484 Hamilton Highway, Hesse, Victoria, Australia. The original house, which was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson, dates from 1866; subsequent additions and alterations were made in the late nineteenth century and in the 1900s-1910s. The homestead also comprises large formal gardens, a bakehouse and laundry, stables, coach-house and implement shed (south-west of the homestead), a woolshed, two bluestone cottages north-east of the homestead, and a ram shed located 1 km south.

The property is strongly associated with the grazing history of the Western District, and prior to subdivision for soldier settlement in 1946, was the largest sheep station in Victoria. The homestead and outbuildings were listed on the Register of the National Estate on 14 May 1991; they are also classified by the National Trust of Australia and protected under the Golden Plains Shire Heritage Overlay.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Barwon Sewer Aqueduct, Leather St, Breakwater, VIC, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Schedule to the Heritage Overlay" (PDF). Shire of Golden Plains Planning Scheme. Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Barunah Plains Homestead & Garden". National Trust of Australia Classification. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Barunah Plains Homestead Outbuildings and Garden". Golden Plains Shire Heritage Overlay. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 13 July 2014.