Lanyon Homestead, Heritage homestead in Tharwa, Australia.

Lanyon Homestead is a homestead built in 1859 from local fieldstone, located south of Canberra near the Murrumbidgee River. The house, courtyard buildings and gardens stand on a working grazing property below the Brindabella Ranges. The courtyard layout recalls the Derbyshire background of early settler James Wright.

Timothy Beard, a pardoned convict, ran cattle on the site from 1829. James Wright and John Hamilton Mortimer Lanyon settled there as squatters in 1833, bought land by 1835 and held fifteen convicts, rising to thirty by 1837. Andrew Cunningham built the present fieldstone homestead in 1859; the government acquired the property in 1974.

The property functions as both a heritage site and a working farm, with livestock grazing around the restored buildings and period rooms. This dual role reflects how colonial properties operated as integrated farming and domestic spaces rather than as isolated museums.

The homestead can be toured with guides who explain the restored buildings and period rooms inside the main structures. The surrounding gardens and grounds are open for walking, allowing visitors to explore the property at their own pace.

The homestead opened in 1975 as the Sidney Nolan Gallery, housing a collection of paintings by Sir Sidney Nolan. A purpose-built gallery was added in 1980. During the 2003 Canberra bushfires, a wedding was taking place when ember attack threatened the site; a single fire truck hosed down the buildings and the homestead survived.