Lanyon Homestead lies at the foot of the Brindabellas and is one of Australia’s premier historic properties. The Precinct’s centerpiece,
the 1850s Homestead, has been beautifully restored and furnished.
Exhibitions
The Convict Years
Permanent exhibition
Lanyon Stone Barn
The Convict Years explores a world of 170 years ago when property owner James Wright and his assigned convicts lived and worked on the edge of European settlement.
Cost: Free
Within Living Memory
Permanent exhibition
Lanyon Machinery Shed
Within Living Memory is based on an oral history project, which focused on the lives and memories of people who lived and worked on Lanyon during the 20th century.
Cost: Free
The Cunningham Family Album
Permanent exhibition
Lanyon Homestead
Exhibition of historic photographs of Lanyon from the Cunningham family albums, who lived and worked at Lanyon between 1849 and 1926.
Cost: Included in entry to the homestead
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