OBJECT TITLE / NAME

The Briars

DATE1995

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.377

HISTORY

In 1843 Alexander Beatson Balcombe took over the ‘run’ named ‘Checkinkurk’ and changed the name of the property to ‘The Briars’ after his birthplace which was on the island of St Helena, in 1975 the sons of the late Elizabeth Claire a’beckett, who was the great grand-daughter of A.B. Balcombe made a generous gift of the homestead and surrounding acres to the Shire of Mornington and The National Trust

DESCRIPTION

An aerial view of The Briars, looking down on the homestead and surrounding area

SUBJECTS

Homesteads, Houses

KEYWORDS

Alexander Beatson Balcombe, Checkinkurk, Elizabeth Claire a’beckett, Homesteads, Houses, Mrnington Shire, The Briars, The National Trust