A recipient of a Heritage Council of WA Community Heritage Grant has released the first two episodes of a documentary series titled Esperance Historic Homesteads, focusing on some of the original homesteads and buildings that remain standing in the Esperance region. The series opens a window into how people who built or worked at these places lived, significant events over the years, and how these places helped to shape the region into the place it is today.
The first episode tells the story of Dempster Homestead and the people who've lived and worked there over the past 150-years.
Dempster Homestead is the oldest building in the Esperance region, built by the Dempster brothers, who first came to Esperance Bay in 1863. The land in this area was already home to the Wudjari Nyungar people for thousands of years before their arrival.
The episode follows the lives and stories of those who lived in the Dempster Homestead from 1863 till present day.
Watch the first episode about Dempster Homestead.
The second episode of Esperance Historic Homesteads series tells the story of Lynburn Station, built in 1872 by Campbell Taylor. Lynburn Homestead is the second oldest building remaining in the Esperance region and is also located on land that has been home to the Wudjari Nyungar people for many thousands of years. The Thomas River, which flows past the homestead, is a significant cultural corridor for the Wudjari people as they historically travelled from the coast to further inland.
This episode follows the lives of those who lived and worked at Lynburn Station, significant events associated with the station and how these stories have helped shape Esperance into the place we see today.
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