Historical information

Swinton Home Station. Part of a collection of Photographs by Mr. O.G. Armstrong as commissioned by the Shire of Stawell for the Inter-colonial and Paris Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866.
Swinton was a family name of John Carfrae, whose father was Thomas Swinton Carfrae of Edinburgh.
When John Carfrae came to Ledcourt in 1848 he divided it into three runs, Ledcourt, Swinton and Newington.
John Holt occupied Ledcourt and Swindon before 1865, at which time Marcus Clarke was a jackaroo.
Alexander Gray came to Swinton in 1881. The Grey family still live at Swinton.
The present home was built in 1911 after severe floods in 1909 destroyed the original homestead.

Physical description

Wooden cottage with outbuildings in front of trees.
A number of men women and First Nations people standing and sitting in front.