ZIEBELL'S FARMHOUSE MUSEUM AND HERITAGE GARDEN

Our museum and heritage garden is open every Tuesday and Sunday.
Please note the museum and garden will be closed December 24, 26 and 31, 2023
Click the link below for opening hours & further information.

 

Visiting Ziebell's Farmhouse

 

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Westgarthtown

 

 

Westgarthtown is an historic dairy farming settlement sixteen kilometres north of Melbourne established in 1850 by German and Wendish immigrants. Although now located within the residential suburbs of Thomastown and Lalor in the City of Whittlesea, many of Westgarthtown's outstanding bluestone heritage buildings and structures still survive. These include Ziebell's Farmhouse (c.1850-51), Victoria's oldest German immigrant building; a picturesque Lutheran Cemetery (1850); and Australia's oldest operating Lutheran Church (1856).

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CURRENT EXHIBITION

Our exhibition about Edgars Creek in Thomastown
and Lalor is on show at Ziebell's Farmhouse now.

 

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Our garden featured in The Age

Megan Backhouse tells the story of the Ziebell's Farmhouse and its restoration.

Read the article >

 

 

 

Ziebell’s Farmhouse is the first and only Accredited museum
in the City of Whittlesea
by successfully completing Museums
Australia (Victoria)'s Museum Accreditation Program (MAP)

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Our moving documentary tells the story of
Westgarthtown descendants during World War 1.

Watch the film >

Read the full story of Westgarthtown during WW1 >

 

 

 


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