Showing 4 items matching "ben eadie winery"
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Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Postcard, In and around Sunbury with Greeting
... Ben Eadie Winery...This card included Ben Eadie winery, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, the former old mill by Jacksons Creek and the railway viaduct and bridge at Rupertswood. ...This card included Ben Eadie winery, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, the former old mill by Jacksons Creek and the railway viaduct and bridge at Rupertswood. ...The post card is one of a set of commercial cards produced for Sunbury. Each card featured particular buildings or places of interest in the town. This card included Ben Eadie winery, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, the former old mill by Jacksons Creek and the railway viaduct and bridge at Rupertswood. All the buildings featured on the card are of historical significance to Sunbury's early development.A post card featuring a collage of four sepia views of Sunbury. The following greeting is written on the card: In and around Sunbury with Greeting. ben eadie winery, our lady of mount carmel catholic church, railway viaduct, the old mill, sunbury, post cards -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, Vineyards - Ben Eadie and Craiglee, 1903
... ...Ben Eadie Winery...Ben Eadie was built some time in 1863 and settled by the Eadie family who also were millers. The winery...Eadie family tended to concentrate on milling and retailing. In the earliest days of European settlement many wineries were established in the Sunbury area. John Eadie Ben ...The two homesteads are Ben Eadie and Craiglee, which were two of Sunbury's earliest vineyards that were established in Sunbury. James Stewart Johnson designed and built his concrete home, Craiglee, in 1865 where the previous year he had planted out his vineyard on the surrounding 26 acres of land.The property was on the east side of Jacksons Creek on Macedon Road. He concentrated growing Riesling and Hermitage grapes. After his death in 1896, his son Wilfred continued to produce wines until the late 1920s, when he pulled out the vines and concentrated on raising sheep for wool and meat. The Carmody family purchased the property in 1961 and in 1976 decided to replant the vineyard. Ben Eadie was built some time in 1863 and settled by the Eadie family who also were millers. The winery was built into the side of a hill close to the house but the Eadie family tended to concentrate on milling and retailing.In the earliest days of European settlement many wineries were established in the Sunbury area.Two non-digital sepia photographs have been mounted on the one sheet of cardboard. They are photographs of two homesteads with bare hills in the background. They were built in Sunbury in the early days off European settlementBen Eadie Vic. Craiglee Sunbury 1903john eadie, ben eadie winery, james stewart johnson, craiglee, wineries, vineyards -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, Ben Edie Homestead
... Ben Eadie Winery...Ben Eadie' which was situated on a bend in the Jacksons Creek behind the Craiglee Vineyard. It was built some time in the late 1860s and was the family home for the Eadie family when they were operating the mill and their winery on the property. ...'Ben Eadie' was one of the early vineyards established in Sunbury along the Jacksons Creek valley in the 1860s. Ben Eadie Winery ...The homestead is 'Ben Eadie' which was situated on a bend in the Jacksons Creek behind the Craiglee Vineyard. It was built some time in the late 1860s and was the family home for the Eadie family when they were operating the mill and their winery on the property. The main entrance to the property was at the end of Powlett Street. 'Ben Eadie' was one of the early vineyards established in Sunbury along the Jacksons Creek valley in the 1860s.A scanned black and white photograph of an early Victorian homestead with a verandah across the front and on either side of the building. The house has a slate roof and three adults and two children are standing on the verandah, looking out to the garden. Bare hills are visible in the background.ben eadie winery, vineyards, eadie family -
Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society Inc.Photograph, c1977
... ...Ben Eadie Winery...Bert Kelly Eadie Family Milling Ben Eadie Winery A non-digital black and white photograph of a crowd of people watch an event at a recreation ground. ...The photograph was taken at the Sunbury Fair possibly in 1977 when Bert Kelly, who is the man in the foreground, was the Shire President. The lady, wearing a dark patterned dress and standing immediately behind Bert Kelly is Shirley McKerrow, whose husband was John McKerrow, the Shire Engineers. Mrs Mommsen is standing next to him and the young man 2nd from extreme right is Graham Gibb. Mrs. Mommsen's husband, Frederick Christian Mommsen was a former Shire of Bulla councillor. Each year, the Sunbury Festival is held over the first weekend in March with community groups participating in a parade through the town on the Saturday morning, followed by entertainment on the Village Green throughout Saturday and Sunday afternoon. A non-digital black and white photograph of a crowd of people watch an event at a recreation ground. A man is standing with a well-dressed lady who is standing in front of a microphone, in the foreground.bert kelly, eadie family, milling, ben eadie winery
