MONT DE LANCEY HISTORIC HOMESTEAD and MUSEUM - WANDIN - YARRA VALLEY

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Researching early settlers of the Yarra Valley

Mont De Lancey houses a significant collection of Genealogy records and original documents to assist researchers of the demographic shifts occurring in and around the region since European settlement in the 1850's.

Genealogy Records

Pioneer Families 1866 to 1876:

Aitken - William & Margaret
Baker - James & Hannah
Briggs - Christopher & Maria
Britton - Jabez & Margaret
Burgi - Johann & Mary
Downham - Anthony & Jane
Gaudion - Nicholas & Mary
Henderson - William & Charlotte
Hunter - Edward & Jane
Hogg - Thomas & Mary
Howell - Isaac & Ann
Johnston - George & Eliza
Johnson - Joseph & Alice
Le Page - John & Elizabeth
Mitchell - William & Mary
Payne - Thomas & Maria
Quayle - Thomas & Margaret
Rouget - John & Susan
Sebire - Henry & Martha
Thompson - Jonas & Elizabeth

Early Settler Families 1876 - 1900

Bailey - William & Mary
Chapman - Francis & Emma
Cornell - Charles & Ellen
Gowling - Henry & Elizabeth
Haag - John & Emma
Holden - Charles & Caroline
Jacob - Elie & Elia
Lewis - John & Mary

Other known names 1866 - 1900 (No family records)

Binding, Blanksby, Carter, Cashin, Clegg, Gray, Hand, Holmes, Holter, Overton, Mann, Massina, Mattingley, Orenshaw, Parkyn, Rouse, Simpson, Small, Tobin, Webb.

Slab Kitchen

The Slab Kitchen at Mont De Lancey

The Gardens at Mont De Lancey

The Gardens

Yarra Valley from the Homestead

View across Yarra Valley from the homestead

Coming events at Mont De Lancey

Saturday Farmers Market

Paddock to Plate farmers produce market, 2nd saturday of each month
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# 2 - About 1899 an official survey was made which culminated in construction of the long-awaited railway. Stations on the new line were Olinda Vale, Wandin, Seville, Killara, Woori Yallock, Launching Place, Yarra Junction, Warburton West and Warburton. The name Olinda Vale was changed to Evelyn in 1907 and to Mt Evelyn in 1920.
MONT DE LANCEY

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