A Homestead By The Bay
Once the home of the Langhorne family, Altona Homestead is now home of the Altona Laverton Historical Society. We warmly welcome visitors and invite you to explore beautiful Altona and savour our famous Devonshire Tea.
Celebrating Local History
From a tiny seaside township to a thriving city, Altona and district has a rich and fascinating history to discover. Read about it here and visit the homestead to learn more.
Acknowledgement
We acknowledge and show our respect to the Kulin Nation and the Boonwurrung people who are the traditional custodians of this land, waterways, flora and fauna. We pay our respect to their elders both past and present.
Latest News
July 10, 2021
WWW.HobsonsBayQRwalks.com.au is a QR code podcast installation created by local artist Gina Kennedy with contributions from over 50 members of the Hobsons Bay Community. QR codes will be installed on the footpaths to scan and listen to local stories while you’re out for a walk. The QR Codes will be installed at […]
June 4, 2021
Tweddle was born in 1920 out of a desire to stop significant infant mortality, malnutrition and infection affecting thousands of Victorian babies. In the early 1920’s when Tweddle commenced, mums and dads would ride their bikes or walk for miles pushing huge prams to get to Tweddle but today, everyone […]
May 15, 2021
The Langhorne grave within the Williamstown cemetery holds a mystery that has only been revealed with a member of our society decided to look into the condition of both the Langhorne graves and their headstones. The unfortunate Sarah was interred in a grave in Williamstown Cemetery. Using a double plot, […]
April 18, 2021
Devonshire Teas at the Homestead are back commencing Sunday 1 May 2022. We are continuing with the booking changes that we introduced last year. Are bookings necessary? Yes, due to COVID safety and to limit the number of people, within the Homestead space, we have limited our seating to 30 people […]
March 3, 2021
Last year, due to COVID, we were unable to spend as much time meeting at the Altona Homestead, but this did not stop our members undertaking hundreds of hours of work from their homes. Our members have been busy answering emails regarding all aspects of life in the early days […]
December 9, 2020
Welcome to our new project looking at the lives and contributions of early European pioneers to the Altona and Laverton area. We will take a glimpse into the hard work and endeavour they brought in order to make this area of Melbourne’s west such a great place for us to […]
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