Kow Plains - VIC

Historic Homestead dating from about 1859 and reconstructed using photos from the era for guidance.

The homestead is part of the remains of the Kow Plains Station complex first settled in 1859. The homestead has been dated as being built in 1879, and the wells were sunk in the 1860s. The building is a drop log construction of local pine. It is one of the very few remaining buildings of this type, and an evocative remnant of settlement and life in one of the most remote and hostile parts of the state. The last time the homestead was occupied was in 1961, and then in 1962 it was purchased to establish a quarry.

Take a self guided tour of the buildings and the grounds and read the interpretive signage as you go.