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Jondaryan Homestead

Jondaryan Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Evanslea Road, Jondaryan, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was the base of the former Jondaryan pastoral station, which was originally taken up in 1840, and at one time was the largest freehold station in Queensland. The site contains the current house, which was built after the original was destroyed by fire in 1937, the original kitchen dating from 1844, and a kitchen, butcher's shop, shearer's quarters, stables, dairy, toilet block and store, many dating from the 1860s. It also contains the remains of horse stalls, a slaughterhouse, hide store, and Chinese gardener's glasshouse. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The original pastoral station was first subdivided in 1908, with further sales of land in the 1920s, and it ceased to exist as a station when the owners, Jondaryan Estates, went into voluntary liquidation in 1946. The homestead site and 2,000 acres (810 ha) of land remained with the grandson of the company's founder, but the remainder of the property, including the Jondaryan Woolshed, was sold and subdivided. The woolshed is now a museum and tourist attraction, and is separately listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

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