OBJECT TITLE / NAME

The Briars

DATE1970

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.374

HISTORY

One of the first settlers on the Peninsula was a Captain James Read who in partnership with a Mr Vokkans, took out a grazing licence and established a ‘run’ near Mt Martha naming it ‘Checkinkurk’, in 1843 Alexander Beatson Balcombe took over ‘Checkinkurk’ and changed the name of the property to ‘The Briars’ after his birthplace which was on the island of St Helena

DESCRIPTION

A front view of ‘The Briars’, with verandah and steps leading down to garden a hipped roof and two chimneys
visible

SUBJECTS

Homesteads, Houses

KEYWORDS

Alexander Beatson Balcombe, Homesteads, Houses, National Trust, Shire of Mornington, ‘The Briars’