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Left: Mount Sturgeon at Dunkeld Below: Mount Boninyong at Scotsburn
Far Left: Murndal at Tahara Left: Shearing shed at Warrambeen
Mount Sturgeon at Dunkeld passed to Charles Henry Armytage in 1863 and he built the grand homestead there. His third son, Harold Augustus Armytage (GGS 1873-1881), managed the property from 1885. It was compulsorily acquired for soldier settlement after World War 2 and broken up. Later, Peter Charles Armytage (M’41), bought the property, then passed it to his son Simon Armytage (M’64), who sold it to Allan Myers. Mount William at Willaura was also established by Thomas and Andrew Chirnside. It was bought by Robert Barr Smith in 1919, passed on to his son Bob (M’36), then divided between Bob’s four daughters in 1985; Rhoda Handyside (Barr Smith, Cl’63), Ann Cochrane (Barr Smith, Cl’65), Sybil Baillieu (Barr Smith, Cl’68) and Joanna Armytage (Barr Smith, Cl’69). The homestead went to second-oldest daughter, Ann, and is now run by her children Robert Abbott (M’92) and Sybil AbbottBurmeister (Cl’90). Murdeduke at Winchelsea has been in the Wilson family since 1937, bought by James Wilson, passed on to his son Bruce Wilson (Cu’66), and farmed today by Bruce and his son Lachlan Wilson (Cu’95). The homestead was built by Arthur Hopkins and the property was managed by his son-in-law William Austin (GGS 1869-1877) from 1882, before being sold to Peter McIntyre (GGS 1863) and passed on to his son Andrew (GGS 1885-1886), who sold it to James Wilson. Murndal at Tahara was established by Samuel Winter in 1837, inherited by his nephew William Winter-Cooke (GGS 19061911) in the 1930s, then his son Sam Winter-Cooke (P’54), and in turn Sam’s son Marcus Winter-Cooke. The School's Gallipoli Oaks came from William via Murndal.
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Nareen at Coleraine was bought by Malcolm Fraser (Gl’37)’s parents in 1946. It was the home of the prime minister and his wife Tammy (Beggs, He’53), whose daughter Phoebe Wynn-Pope (Fraser, Cl’83) attended the School. Terrinalum at Darlington has been owned by numerous Western District pastoralists, including the Bailey, Wynne, McEachern and Barr Smith families, before it was bought by John and Marita McIntosh (Laycock, Cl’66), whose daughter Sarah Freeman (McIntosh, Cl’97) attended the School. Warrambeen at Shelford was bought by Arthur (GGS 18881891) and Henry Bingley (GGS 1892-1895) in 1902. Trish Taylor (Bingley, He’70) is the third-generation Bingley to live there, while fellow descendant Tim Bingley (P’62) managed the Merino stud with Trish’s husband Ian Taylor. Wormbete at Winchelsea was settled by Henry Hopkins in 1839 and was in the Hopkins family for nearly 140 years with ownership passing to Walter Hopkins (P’19) and Henry Hopkins (P’52), then briefly to entrepreneur Alan Bond, father of Jody Fewster (Bond, L Unit’80), before current owner Tony Blakeley (M’77), father of Charlie (Bw’10) and Tom (Bb’15), purchased it in 1996. Yarram Park at Willaura was bought by John Baillieu (Gl’30) in 1948 and is now owned by his elder son, Antony Baillieu (M’67) and wife Sybil (Barr Smith, Cl’68), whose children Sam (M’92), Ruki (M’94) and Missy (Cl’96) attended the School. Great Properties of Country Victoria: The Western District’s Golden Age by Richard Allen (P’80) and Kimbal Baker was published on November 1 by the Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Publishing).
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