Tarrawarra is a locality in
Victoria
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,
Australia, 45 km north-east of
Melbourne's central business district
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, located within the
Shire of Yarra Ranges
The Shire of Yarra Ranges, also known as Yarra Ranges Council, is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the outer eastern and northeastern suburbs of Melbourne extending into the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. It has ...
local government area. Tarrawarra recorded a population of 81 at the .
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It was originally known as View Hill estate, and was purchased in 1893 by David Syme, owner and publisher of '']The Age
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'' newspaper, who expanded it and gave it its present name, which is of Aboriginal origin. The name refers to "slow waters", describing the local arc in the Yarra River. The Post Office opened on 4 June 1900 and closed in 1957.Yarra Valley Railway
The Yarra Valley Railway is a heritage railway operating on a section of the former Healesville railway which operated between Lilydale and Healesville in the Yarra Valley area northeast of Melbourne, Australia.
History
The Lilydale-Melbo ...
who are working towards reopening the line from Healesville through Tarrawarra to Yarra Glen.
In 1954 Cistercian
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Monks from Ireland purchased one section of the property comprising , including the large house built by David Syme for his daughter and established Tarrawarra Abbey of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists). Since that time the community has built additional buildings including a large library in 2006. The monks support themselves by operating a beef farm and by Tarrawarra Eucharistic Breads.
Another section of the original estate today is TarraWarra Estate winery, which opened in 1983 and which produces chardonnay
Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new ...
and pinot noir
Pinot Noir () is a red-wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French language, French words for ''pine'' and ''black.' ...
, and the TarraWarra Museum of Art
TarraWarra Museum of Art is an art museum in Tarrawarra, Victoria, 45 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. Founded by philanthropists and art collectors Eva and Marc Besen, it is the first museum of art in Australia supported by a significant pr ...
, which opened in 2000.
References
External links
Cistercian order in Australia
also Tarrawarra Abbey home page
(SMH Travel)
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Yarra Valley
Yarra Ranges
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