In the 1980s John and Elizabeth Barnier were the owners of the Goonawarra Winery, located by Jacksons Creek and along Sunbury Road.Goonawarra Winery is one of the first vineyards t6o be established in the district.A mounted coloured photograph of Goonawarra Winery taken in 1986.goonawarra winery, jacksons creek, sunbury, wine, barnier john, elizabeth barnier, grapes

It is a photograph of Goonawarra Winery that was first established by James Goodall Francis, who in 1863 applied to lease 26 acres of land on the condition that he plant vines on some of it. The property continued to be worked as a vineyard by him and his son, Wilfred, until the late 1920s when wool and mutton were production were preferred to wine production and the vines were pulled out. The Carmody family purchased purchased the property in 1961 and used it for grazing until 1976, when they replanted vines there. In the early 1980s, John and Elizabeth Barnier purchased the property and continued to run the property as a vineyard.Goonawarra is one of the earliest vineyards and wineries to be established in Sunbury. A non-digital coloured photograph of a large winery building.goonawarra vineyard, john barnier, elizabeth barnier, james goodall francis, sunbury road, vineyards., winery