The Briars Park (Mount Martha)
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Briar's Historic Park - Mt. Martha, Victoria
Exploring this beautiful bushland park, along the Koala, Woodland, and Wetland Trails.
MELBOURNE - THE BRIARS
Presenting The Briars Park at Mt. Martha on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne Australia.
* The homestead is not always accessible due to a shortage of volunteer guides.
** Koalas, kangaroos and wallabies reside on the property, though can prove elusive.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
- Napoleon stayed in a pavillion on the The Briars estate on St. Helena for 2 weeks until he was relocated to Longwood House.
- William Balcombe's second daughter, Elizabeth Lucia Balcombe (Betsy), was the only family member who spoke French and acted as interpreter between Napoleon and the Balcombes'.
- In 1844, Betsy published the book Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon.
- William Balcombe left St. Helena for England with his family in 1818 under suspicion of acting as a go-between between Napoleon and Paris.
- William was appointed Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales in 1823, and arrived with his family in Sydney in 1824.
- The eldest daughter died during the voyage.
- William Balcombe died in 1829.
- William Balcombe had five children.
- Alexander Beatson Balcombe was the youngest of William's children.
- Alexander's middle name was the name of the governor on St. Helena.
- Alexander arrived in Port Phillip in 1839, but then left, got married, and returned with intentions to settle in 1842.
- Alexander took over the 'Chechingurk' property in 1846 and settled.
- 'Chechingurk', sometimes referred to as 'Tichin-Gorourke', was the aborignal word given to what is now Balcombe Creek and means 'voice of frogs'.
- The aboriginals who inhabitated the area prior to Europeans arriving were the Boonoorong, which is also spelt Bunwurrung, Boonwerung, Bunurowrung, and Bunurong.
- The original name for Mornington was Schnapper Point, and was given the name by Alexander Beatson Balcombe.
- Schnapper Point was named Mornington in 1864, after the Earl of Mornington.
- Alexander was the grandfather to Dame Mabel Brookes, who put together the Napoleonic collection.
- It's believed that some of the furniture was given to the family by Napoleon out of appreciation for the friendship.
- Staff and volunteers report the homestead to be haunted.
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THIS VIDEO IS COPYRIGHT © 2010 77AUSSIE.
KOALA, MOUNT MARTHA
Filmed at The Briars Park in Mount Martha on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Australia.
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