Narrapumelap Historic Homestead

Narrapumelap Homestead, Victoria, Australia, 9 Jan 2011

A bit of a tour around the inside of Narrapumelap Homestead at Wickliffe in Victoria, Australia on the 9 Jan 2011.

The 80 Aces at Narrapumelap

Here's a short pointless video from that time Warrnambool band The 80 Aces did some songwriting and recording at Narrapumelap mansion near Glenthompson.

winter mansion 2017

abandoned mansion in central victoria , australia originally built by a Mr Winter who owned vast areas of land over a hundred years ago , now owned by a local dairy factory

The life of Cath Mackenzie (nee Ford)

This is a brief life story of Cath Mackenzie (nee Ford), born in the small Western Victorian town of Wickliffe 17th March 1914.

17 13786 - Eugene von Guérard 'Purrumbete from across the lake' 1858

Eugene von Guérard
'Purrumbete from across the lake' 1858
Purchased with funds from the Nerissa Johnson Bequest 1998

Eugene von Guérard was the leading painter in the first century of European settlement in Australia. Born in Vienna and trained in the German Romantic tradition, he was one of a number of artists who came to Australia from continental Europe, attracted by the discovery of gold. He arrived in Australia in 1852 and spent about two years prospecting near Ballarat before moving to Melbourne, where he established himself as an artist. He gained a reputation for his landscapes and homestead portraits, and also for his wilderness subjects of waterfalls and mountains.

Purrumbete from across the lake is one of a pair commissioned by Peter and John Manifold, the pioneer settlers of Purrumbete cattle station near Camperdown, in the Western District of Victoria. Von Guérard visited Purrumbete in 1857 where he made several drawings and preparatory sketches. A year later he painted two views, this one from the steep bank near the woolshed, looking back to the homestead with Mount Leura and Mount Sugarloaf behind, and another from the veranda of the homestead across the lake. In this painting, von Guérard expressed his interest in nature and the taming of the land, as well as his talent for close observation.

Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010
From: Ron Radford (ed), Collection highlights: National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2008