Barwon Park is a large nineteenth-century bluestone mansion and pastoral estate located outside of Winchelsea, in the Surf Coast Shire of Victoria, Australia. Constructed between 1869 and 1871 for prominent pastoralist Thomas Austin and his wife Elizabeth Austin, the house is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of a Italianate rural mansion in Victoria's Western District.
The infestation of European rabbits across Australia originated from Thomas Austin's decision to release a dozen of them into the wild for hunting purposes in 1859. Barwon Park is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and is owned and managed by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), operating as a house museum open to the public.
Barwon Park is a large nineteenth-century bluestone mansion and pastoral estate located outside of Winchelsea, in the Surf Coast Shire of Victoria, Australia. Constructed between 1869 and 1871 for prominent pastoralist Thomas Austin and his wife Elizabeth Austin, the house is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of a Italianate rural mansion in Victoria's Western District.
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