Victoria’s Oldest Homestead Traditional Geocache
Victoria’s Oldest Homestead
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Welcome to the 16th. the cache by Team Ladava continuing our historical tour of Sunbury.
The story of Emu Bottom Homestead begins on August 30 1835, when the schooner Enterprize sailed up Port Phillip Bay.
On board was the first party of settlers who built the huts of the banks of the Yarra from which the City of Melbourne then grew.
Among that group was George Evans, who after exploring the area, chose to settle 40kms from the city, in a picturesque valley. It was here, in 1836, that he built the handsome stone building now known as Emu Bottom Homestead. At times up to 5,000 sheep were grazed on the extensive run.
The first homestead of 1836 may have been incorporated into the present structure, the dates of which are unknown. The building is L-shaped in plan and is constructed of local stone with hipped shingle roofs and a timber veranda on one side with doors opening on to it. The windows have twelve-paned sashes.
Emu Bottom Homestead now caters for wedding receptions and other social and corporate events.
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