Mount Rothwell Explained

Type:other
Mount Rothwell
State:vic
Lga:City of Greater Geelong
Lga2:City of Wyndham
Postcode:3211
Est:1850
Elevation:22
Coordinates:-37.8811°N 144.4414°W
Alternative Location Map:Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
Stategov:Werribee
Stategov2:Lara
Fedgov:Corio
Fedgov2:Lalor
Dist1:51
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:31
Location2:Geelong
Near-Nw:Balliang
Near-N:Quandong
Near-Ne:Mambourin
Near-W:Anakie
Near-E:Werribee
Near-Sw:Lara
Near-S:Little River
Near-Se:Little River

Mount Rothwell is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located to the north east of the You Yangs hills, between Bacchus Marsh and Werribee.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/reports/report_place/1922 Mount Rothwell Homestead, Victorian Heritage Database place details - 21/6/2016
  2. Ronald, Heather. 1978, Wool Past the Winning Post: A History of the Chirnside Family, Landvale Enterprises, Melbourne.
  3. Web site: Mt Rothwell Homestead . Old estates for sale . 15 August 2019 .
  4. Web site: Little River Earth Sanctuary Story. https://web.archive.org/web/20050828130629/http://www.littleriverearthsanctuary.com.au/lresstory.htm. 2005-08-28 . 2015-10-08 .
  5. Lane, L. and Fullagar, R. (1980) Previously unrecorded Aboriginal stone alignments in Victoria. Records of the Victoria Archaeological Survey, No. 10, pp. 134-151
  6. http://wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/1368 "Ruins of Mt. Rothwell Hotel, Little River," Wyndham History, accessed 23 October 2016