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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]
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]
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]
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]
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