Mount Rothwell
Mount Rothwell is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located to the north east of the You Yangs hills, between Bacchus Marsh and Werribee.
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Coordinates | 37.88112°S 144.44142°E | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1850 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3211 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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It is the location of the Mount Rothwell wildlife sanctuary and the historic Mount Rothwell homestead, built in 1873 for Pastoralist Robert Chirnside, (listed on the Victorian Heritage Register (H1107),[1] inherited on his father's death in 1918 by his grandson Dr James Chirnside, and occupied by the Chirnside family until about 2000.[2]
The homestead was used for filming of the 2003 Ned Kelly,[3] and was purchased in 2000 along with the estate by the Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre.[4]
Nearby is the Mount Rothwell Aboriginal stone arrangement known as Wurdi Youang[5] and the ruins of the Mount Rothwell Hotel.[6]
References
- Mount Rothwell Homestead, Victorian Heritage Database place details - 21/6/2016
- Ronald, Heather. 1978, Wool Past the Winning Post: A History of the Chirnside Family, Landvale Enterprises, Melbourne.
- "Mt Rothwell Homestead". Old estates for sale. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- "Little River Earth Sanctuary Story". Archived from the original on 28 August 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- Lane, L. and Fullagar, R. (1980) Previously unrecorded Aboriginal stone alignments in Victoria. Records of the Victoria Archaeological Survey, No. 10, pp. 134-151
- "Ruins of Mt. Rothwell Hotel, Little River," Wyndham History, accessed 23 October 2016