Woolmers Estate
The Archer family's other World Heritage estate, with a mansion preserved with its original furnishings and a two-hectare National Rose Garden.
Woolmers Estate was founded in 1817 by Thomas Archer and, like Brickendon, is part of the World Heritage Australian Convict Sites. The main mansion was lived in by six generations of the family until 1994, and its furniture, clothing, cars and everyday items have been kept as they were. Visits are by guided tour only. Outside are cottages where convict labourers lived, a bakery and a coach house. The National Rose Garden grows thousands of roses and is at its most beautiful when they bloom in early summer. Guided tour tickets cost more than AUD 20. A combined ticket with Brickendon is available, and there is a café on site.
Opening hours
About 9:30am–4pm
Nearby sights
- Brickendon Estate
- Evandale
- Clarendon House
- Cataract Gorge Reserve
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG)
- City Park
- James Boag Brewery
- National Automobile Museum of Tasmania