439 Lake Goldsmith-Stockyard Hill Road

Stockyard Hill VIC 3373

One Family Ownership Since Settlement - First Time Offered to the Public.

Highly Productive volcanic soils suited to cropping, sheep, cattle, fattening, & wool growing.

History
Settled in the 1850s by George S. Exell who originally came from England. Ellimatta has been in one family ever since and in 1916 upon his death, the property was inherited by his son when the homestead was built holding distant views of Lake Goldsmith. Four generations on, Ellimatta is still in the same family ownership and will be offered to the public for the first time.

Location
A renowned location at Stockyard Hill with frontages to the Stockyard Hill Beaufort Road and the Lake Goldsmith Stockyard Hill Road, approx. 16 kilometres south of Beaufort, 15 kilometres north of Skipton and 60 kilometres west of Ballarat. Located under 2 hours drive from Melbourne.

Country
An outstanding balance of high quality volcanic soils varying from black to red
(being original volcanic crater). Highly versatile and productive with approximately 800
Acres arable with the balance being gently rolling basalt grazing country. Approx. 100 Acres
to canola and 375 Acres of red wheat.
Ellimatta is ideally suited to virtually any other crops such as barley, oats,
clover, hay and peas.

Subdivision
11 main paddocks with excellent fencing throughout.

Water
Bore (located at the woolshed) with electric submersible pump feeding to 250,000 litre
header tank which then gravity feeds to 20,000 & 10,000 gallon tanks gravity feeding entire farm.
There are 7 other bores on Ellimatta which are not being utilised due to the outstanding
current system.

Homestead
Of weatherboard/brick construction built in 1916 and offering excellent family living.
Comprising 5 bedrooms 2 bathrooms office large sunroom lounge (central ducted Coonara
fireplace) and spacious kitchen/dining area (gas hp/elec oven). Introduced by long treed driveway
and located in historic garden setting with in-ground pool.

Managers Cottage
2 bedrooms lounge kitchen bathroom.

Outbuildings
Excellent farm infrastructure including:
- 2 x 1,000 ton capacity bulk sheds
- Excellent 4 stand raised board woolshed with adjoining steel sheep yards
- As new 140 x 60 x 20 machinery/hayshed
- 2 further machinery sheds at the rear of the cottage