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    A BLUESTONE BENCHMARK

    Oct 31, 2018 4 minutes
    BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE
    PHOTOGRAPHY KEN BRASS

    As Jane Fraser sees it, there are so many whys in Yalla-Y-Poora homestead, a huge bluestone mansion at Tatyoon in Victoria’s Western District. Why did the founding Ware family build in such a mishmash of styles? There are Gothic, Palladian, Federation and high Victorian elements to the two-storey homestead. Why is it asymmetrical? And the big why: Why did they decide to dismantle the original homestead, which was completed in 1857, and just over 50 years later, rebuild a few hundred metres away?

    Yalla-Y-Poora has belonged to Jane’s husband, Tim’s family since his grandfather bought it in 1965. The 3500-acre (1400-hectare) property is a mere

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