Brickendon and Woolmers Estates

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The Woolmers Estate

The Brickendon and Woolmers Estates (German: Brickendon and Woolmers Ländereien ) are located in the north of Tasmania , Australia , near Longford , about 20 kilometers from Launceston .

The Brickendon and Woolmers Estates have been jointly registered in the Australian National Heritage List in Australia since November 23, 2007 and have been a recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site since August 2010 . They are an example of the eleven listed convict sites in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Australian Convict Sites . The two ensembles had been owned by the Archer family for six generations from 1817 on, which died out in 1994. The two properties are cut by the meandering Macquarie River and are seven kilometers apart.

The listed lands and buildings represent an example of British colonial policy in Australia for the provision of labor from convicts to private landowners for construction and farm work in the early 18th century, only paid for by food and clothing.

The building complexes in the Georgian architectural style consist of residential and farm buildings, workshops, stables and rose gardens. They have remained almost unchanged to this day. This also applies to the furniture contained there.

Tourist information

The Brickendon estate ( position ) continues to farm with around 1500 sheep on 420 hectares of land and there is a rose garden with two historic cottages for overnight stays. On the Woolmers estate ( position ) there is a historic rose garden and overnight accommodation in the Rose Garden Cottage , a historic outbuilding. Historical rose plants from Europe and China can be viewed in both gardens.

The Brickendon property is open for tours Tuesday through Sunday and Woolmers is open daily.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Woolmers Estate, Tasmania at www.environment.gov.au (English), accessed January 12, 2010
  2. ↑ Brockendon Estate, Tasmania at www.environment.gov.au (English), accessed January 12, 2010
  3. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Inclusion of a place in the National Heritage List. ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Australia Gazette, SPECIAL, No. S239, 23 Nov 2007. ISSN 1032-2345 (English; PDF; 37 kB), accessed on January 12, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.environment.gov.au 
  4. ↑ Rosengarten ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at wolmers.com.au, accessed January 12, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.woolmers.com.au

Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′ 27.3 ″  S , 147 ° 10 ′ 39 ″  E