Estancia Harberton was established in 1886, when the missionary pioneer Thomas Bridges (1842-1898) resigned from the Anglican mission at Ushuaia.
The estancia was named for Harberton, the home of his wife, Mary Ann Varder (1842-1922), in Devon, England.
[1] Harberton's present manager and part-owner, Tommy Goodall (born 1933), is Thomas Bridges's 4th-great grandson.
He managed the estancia with his wife, American biologist Rae Natalie Prosser de Goodall, until her death in 2015.
Nearby is the Museo Acatushún de Aves y Mamíferos Marinos Australes[2] of the natural history of the region's marine mammals and birds.