The Werribee Mansion is located in the western suburbs Melbourne the state capital, about 35 kilometers from downtown Melbourne, close to Victoria State Rose Garden and within walking distance from Werribee Mansion.
Werribee Mansion is a true portrayal of australian life in the 19th century, built by wealthy shepherds in 1877, with its italian architectural style and victorian interior in good condition, as it was when it was first built. Werribee Mansion is surrounded by a garden of 10 hectares with flower beds, pools and primitive caves. The Velebee Hotel & Spa (Mansion Hotel and Spa) is located at the back of the Werribee Mansion in a separate chamber. The hotel and spa (Mansion Hotel and Spa) are located behind the Werribee Mansion, offering five-star hotel accommodation and solar spa.
Werribee Mansion is a manor with stories. Thomas Cheonside (Thomas Chirnside) and Andrew Cheonside (Andrew Chrinside) are brothers. His brother, Thomas, first came to Australia from his Scottish home in 1838, and got his first barrel of gold for hundreds of pounds of land and speculation. His brother also came to australia in 1841 to go to his brother, through the family creed "unsuccessful, then become benevolent (Do or Die)", the brothers built an idyllic agricultural empire. He returned home to scotland in 1945 and met her cousin mary (Mary Begbie), who proposed to her but was rejected by her parents. My brother went back to Australia and my brother went back to Scotland. Before leaving, my brother told his brother to bring Mary over. Two years later, the younger brother came back and did bring Mary back, but Mary had become the younger brother's wife.
From then on, my brother buried his love for Mary in his heart and continued to lead the family to struggle to become rich. By 1874, the two brothers had enough money to build a mansion, and the brother was even more active than the younger brother, because what he thought in his heart was that the beloved could stay. For four years it took the mansion from start to finish, and this is what you see now Werribee Mansion, the most luxurious and magnificent buildings in victoria, then covered in lush trees and lawns, surrounded by vineyards, horse farms and acres of farmland. When the mansion was built, his brother moved to another place to live leave a small house. ten kilometers from the estate
The story behind a bit miserable, brother a lifetime far away to guard the younger brother family, love Mary for a lifetime, for Mary alone for a lifetime. Old age moved back to the mansion, lived in the laundry behind the mansion, gradually suffered from depression, and finally died in 1887. After three years, his brother died accidentally injured while repairing the house. Mary was lonely in old age, and often went to a small hill house near a small pond, near sit quietly mansion, to read. One night when she went to bed, the candle ignited her hair and was badly burned.
His brother's two sons then filed a lawsuit for the division. In 1922, the estate was sold to a rancher named Philip Locke (Philip Lock). A year later, the rancher transferred the estate to the seminary, which had been in operation for 50 years, and added some ancillary buildings. By 1973, Victoria had government bought the estate and decided to restore history, opening it up to a place for leisure and nostalgia.
Werribee Mansion the outer space is free to visit, access to the interior need to pay, there is a Chinese guide machine to provide.