Banyule Homestead

Banyule Homestead is a heritage-listed house at 60 Buckingham Drive, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.

[2] The house was built in 1846 for Port Phillip pioneer Joseph Hawdon and designed in the Elizabethan style by the architect John Gill.

Banyule Homestead is a rare pre-goldrush house that has survived into current times.

[2] Former residents of the house have included prominent Victorian settlers such as James Graham, William Mitchell and Dr Robert Martin.

[4] A 2017 application to Banyule City Council to convert the property into a function centre was contested by the community, Banyule Estate Residents Group and the Heidelberg Historical Society.