The Victorian Government takes over Werribee Mansion from Corpus Christi College and begins full restoration. The Heritage-listed house and gardens are now open to visitors all year around.
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Daniel Mannix, purchases Werribee Park Mansion for the Catholic Church to be used as a training college for priests.
Andrew and Thomas Chirnside build their magnificent sixty-roomed Werribee Park Mansion built on a sweeping bend of the Werribee River.
The estate also included a working farm but in architectural terms this classic-style Italianate dwelling with its porticoed wings and soaring tower, dominated all other buildings in the Shire.
