Newington Mansion in Bendigo, Victoria | Local business
Newington Mansion
Locality: Bendigo, Victoria
Address: 154 Barnard St Bendigo 3550 Bendigo, VIC, Australia
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/newingtonbendigo
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17.01.2022 Finally on the market! https://sites.google.com/view/newingtonbendigo/
17.01.2022 Super excited to have the beautiful old girl featured on Channel 9 news last night. Even more excited to have it featured on WIN news tonight at 6pm. https://sites.google.com/view/newingtonbendigo
14.01.2022 Newington History James Brierley (stone mason) and Hannah Fildes married in Manchester.In 1844 they traveled to Sydney Australia as assisted immigrants. They worked for 12 months in NSW and then traveled to Adelaide. James and Hannah had five children but only two survived to adulthood. The family came to the Victorian goldfields by 1854 where James purchased a corner block of land from the first land subdivision in Sandhurst (Bendigo). ... In 1856 James built Specimen Cottage facing Hargreaves St. He built other houses and shops on the block including another cottage and a hotel. In 1864 James' and Hannah's daughter Janetta Ann Brierley married wealthy mine manager Joseph Millin. In the following eight years Janetta and Joseph had four daughters. Joseph Millin died in 1872 aged 41. Son Samuel Brierley was the first student enrolled in 1870 at the Sandhurst Corporate High School. He went on to qualify as a doctor in Edinburgh before returning to Australia to practice. By 1870 James Brierley had built two terrace houses in Barnard Street Bendigo. He moved into one of them by 1872. After Joseph Millin died Janetta and her four daughters moved into the other terrace house. On 18.12.1883 Hannah Brierley died after a long and painful illness aged 60.James Brierley died of pneumonia six weeks later on 18.2.1884, aged 64.James and Hannah are buried in the Bendigo Cemetery in the same plot as son-in-law Joseph Millin and granddaughter Mary Kennedy.Descendants of James and Hannah Brierley are found across Australia and the UK. The two cottages in Hargreaves Street Bendigo are currently home to the Bendigo Historical Society. Specimen Cottage is the oldest original building in Bendigo.The two terrace houses in Barnard Street Bendigo remain as private residences.
13.01.2022 Super excited to have this beautiful old girl featured on Channel 9 news last night. Even more excited to have it featured on WIN news tonight at 6pm. https://sites.google.com/view/newingtonbendigo/
08.01.2022 Many updates on the website, in particular, the amazing history! https://sites.google.com/view/newingtonbendigo/
