Heronswood, Victoria

Heronswood is a heritage-listed house located in Dromana, on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.

[4] The house is located at 105 Latrobe Parade, Dromana, directly above the beach where Captain Matthew Flinders landed on 27 April 1802.

[6] From Hearn, the property was sold to Alexander Sutherland, another university professor, and then, in 1903, to his friend, H. B. Higgins.

He wrote the Harvester Judgement, at Heronswood, which formed the basis of the Australian arbitration system.

Higgins was buried in Dromana cemetery, with Anglican rites, under the Celtic cross which he had built to commemorate his son.

"Last evening, at about half-past 5 o'clock, a bush fire swept a portion of the country between Dromana and Rosebud.