Banyule Homestead

Banyule House. Heidelberg. The residence of Joseph Haw[don Esq.] by G.A.Gilbert. State Library Victoria, H6638.

Banyule Homestead is a heritage-listed house at 60 Buckingham Drive, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.[1] It is listed in the Victorian Heritage Database and has local heritage protection.[2]

History

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.[2]

Former residents of the house have included prominent Victorian settlers such as James Graham, William Mitchell and Dr Robert Martin.[3]

From 1975 to 1977, the house was altered to provide a gallery space for the National Gallery of Victoria's Heidelberg School Collection.[2] The property was subsequently sold and returned into private hands in 1995.[4]

Current use

A 2017 application to Banyule City Council to convert the property into a function centre was contested by the community, Banyule Estate Residents Group and the Heidelberg Historical Society.[5] This application was rejected, as was a later appeal.[6]

References

  1. ^ Trusts, Australian Council of National (1985). Historic homesteads of Australia. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Reed. ISBN 978-0-908198-24-5.
  2. ^ a b c "Banyule". Victorian Heritage Database. Victorian Government. 2 July 2004. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  3. ^ "MELBOURNE'S HISTORIC HOMES". Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954). 8 April 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ^ "1960–2012". Banyule Homestead. 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Banyule Homestead update". Warringal Conservation Society. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ Buckingham Drive Pty Ltd v Banyule CC, 24 August 2018, retrieved 19 May 2020

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