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1877 - Werribee Park Mansion is built
Andrew and Thomas Chirnside build their magnificent sixty-roomed Werribee Park Mansion built on a sweeping bend of the Werribee River.
The estate also included a working farm but in architectural terms this classic-style Italianate dwelling with its porticoed wings and soaring tower, dominated all other buildings in the Shire.Tags has:placeholder -
1874 — Chirnside’s horse Haricot wins the Melbourne Cup.
1874 — Chirnside’s horse Haricot wins the Melbourne Cup.Tags has:placeholder -
January 1839 — Thomas Chirnside arrives in Port Phillip. His brother Andrew arrives later in the same year
Thomas Chirnside arrives in Port Phillip. His brother Andrew arrives later in the same yearTags has:placeholder -
Werribee Park, Princes Highway, Werribee
A large pastoral holding once owned by the Chirnside family well known for the 1876 Italianate Renaissance mansion. -
Chirnside Park,
Watton Street,
WerribeeA large park located on a bend in the Werribee River. -
The Manor,
(remnants),
Wattamolla Avenue,
WerribeeA retaining wall and plantings along the river and large trees scattered through a housing estate are all that remains of The Manor, a once grand house with extensive gardens. -
Werribee Racecourse,
Bulban Road (corner Ballan and Racecourse Roads),
WerribeeA racecourse located on this site since 1861 with large grandstand and other buildings possibly dating from 1950s onwards. -
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Point Cook Homestead,
Point Cook Homestead Road,
Point CookA homestead and associated buildings set within an evocative coastal landscape comprising a single storey bluestone building and nearby bluestone stables. -
Mouyong,
Edgars Road,
Little RiverA large pastoral property with a large bluestone shearing shed, a bluestone building and a timber house.