Eynesbury, Victoria
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Eynesbury Melbourne, Victoria |
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The Eynesbury Station Homestead, now a club and function room
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 Eynesbury
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| Coordinates | 37°46′8″S 144°34′8″E / 37.76889°S 144.56889°ECoordinates: 37°46′8″S 144°34′8″E / 37.76889°S 144.56889°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 774 (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3338 | ||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Melton | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Gorton | ||||||||||||
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Eynesbury is a suburb in Victoria, Australia, 40 km west of Melbourne's Central Business District. Its local government areas are the Cities of Melton and Wyndham.
Suburbs and townships that surround Eynesbury include Exford, Melton South Werribee, and Hoppers Crossing.
Eynesbury was named after a town in the United Kingdom (north of London) where Simon Staughton was born (1797). Mr Staughton moved with his family to Australia in 1841 and settled on 101,000 acres which was subsequently subdivided in 1852.
The township of Melton was created from the 30,600 acre subdivision. When Mr Staughton died in 1863 his four sons and one daughter inherited his holdings of 70,400 acres. In 1870 the property was divided into four lots: Exford; Nerowie; Staughton Vale and Eynesbury – each station apart from Eynesbury had its own Homestead.
The Eynesbury Homestead constructed by Samuel Thomas Staughton in 1872 was the most grand of the four homesteads.
Samuel Staughton inherited the 20,000 acre Eynesbury property from his father Simon. The Eynesbury Homestead, which was built in 1872 has been restored and is heritage listed. This also includes the Bluestone Men’s Quarters (now the Golf Club locker rooms); coach house & stables (now the Golf Club pro-shop).
The Eynesbury station currently has 60 buildings and structures dating from 1870 to the 1940s including a shearing complex, manager's quarters and two unique Myer "Kit" homes.
In 1947, Eynesbury Station was purchased by M.L. & J M Baillieu (Charlie and Antony Baillieu are still involved in the pastoral business and new township development).
A new residential subdivision was created in the early 2000s creating a small dormitory suburb on the outskirts of metropolitan Melbourne.
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