Ercildoune, Victoria

Ercildoune
Town
Ercildoune is located in City of Ballarat
Ercildoune
Ercildoune
Coordinates: 37°23′54″S 143°38′10″E / 37.3982°S 143.6361°E / -37.3982; 143.6361
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total90 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode
3352
Localities around Ercildoune
Waubra
Glenbrae Ercildoune Learmonth
Burrumbeet

Ercildoune is a locality in western Victoria, Australia. The locality is noted for the significant and unusual historic buildings and gardens found at the Ercildoune Homestead. At the 2021 census, Ercildoune and the surrounding area had a population of 90.[1]

History

Ercildoun (sic).[a] is a large Victorian-era homestead built in 1838–1839 by Scottish-born Thomas Learmonth and his brother Somerville, and was named after an old keep on the Scottish border, associated with an ancestor of the Learmonth family. The property was purchased by Sir Samuel Wilson in about 1873, for c. A£250,000.[2] He was responsible for adding to the existing building, which is a large stone mansion in the Scottish Baronial style, with crow-stepped gabled wings and castellated parapets. Ercildoun is one of the most important historic homesteads in Victoria, and one of the earliest surviving buildings.[3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Variances exist in the spelling of the homestead's name between the Victorian Heritage Register and the Victorian branch of the National Trust.

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ercildoune (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ercildoune". The Leader (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 17 April 1875. p. 7. Retrieved 14 March 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ "Ercildoun, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H0313, Heritage Overlay HO23". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ercildoune Homestead & Garden (National Trust list), Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H0313". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 15 November 2018.


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