Geelong & the West
Barwon Grange Historic House & Garden |
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 Barwon Grange |
Visitors to Barwon Grange will experience a spirit of time and place in an elegant early Victorian suburban villa built for upper middle class merchant, property financier and banker, Jonathan Porter O'Brien. |
Barwon Park |
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 Barwon Park |
Restoration works start at Barwon Park on Tuesday 15th June as part of the stimulus package programme. The property will be closed from 14th June until late September (date to be advised). |
The Heights Heritage House and Garden |
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 The Heights |
The Heights was home to three generations of the one Geelong family, from the 1850s to 1975. The original part of the house, pre–fabricated in Hamburg, Germany, was erected in Newtown in 1854 and is the largest dwelling of its kind in Victoria. |
Nehill Brothers Farm Living Heritage Reserve |
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Owing to Alexander Nehill’s vision, Nehill Brothers Farm - Living History Reserve is now a place where the genetic heritage of domestic farm animals can be preserved. Many breeds of livestock now face extinction. By preserving the genetic biodiversity of farm animals we ensure adaptability, disease resistance, food flavour and nutrition. |
Portarlington Mill |
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 Portarlington Mill |
The Portarlington Mill is one of the few once-common flourmills in good condition and open to the public. An imposing four-storey sandstone structure built in 1857, it has had many roles as the needs of the Bellarine Peninsula and the Colony of Victoria evolved. |
Mooramong |
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 Mooramong |
Mooramong is part of the 15,000 hectare squatting run originally taken up in 1838 by the Scottish immigrant Alexander Anderson and his two partners. By 1871 Anderson had sold off all but about a third of the run, which he called Mooramong. |
Motts Cottage |
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 Motts Cottage |
One of the earliest surviving buildings in the region, the original two room wooden cottage dates from the 1840s. The unusual two storey stone section with its Gothic styling was completed around 1851. |