Mount Rothwell
Place in Victoria, Australia
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Mount Rothwell is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located to the north east of the You Yangs hills, between Bacchus Marsh and Werribee.
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| Coordinates: 37.88112°S 144.44142°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1850 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3211 | ||||||||||||
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It is the location of the Mount Rothwell wildlife sanctuary and the historic Mount Rothwell homestead, built in 1873 for Pastoralist Robert Chirnside, (listed on the Victorian Heritage Register (H1107),[1] inherited on his father's death in 1918 by his grandson Dr James Chirnside, and occupied by the Chirnside family until about 2000.[2]
The homestead was used for filming of the 2003 Ned Kelly,[3] and was purchased in 2000 along with the estate by the Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre.[4]
Nearby is the Mount Rothwell Aboriginal stone arrangement known as Wurdi Youang[5] and the ruins of the Mount Rothwell Hotel.[6]