Eton Vale Homestead Ruins

Eton Vale Homestead Ruins are the remains of an early pastoral station with visible brick structures including a chimney, two cement-rendered staircases, and stone hearth foundations. Scattered building materials and structural fragments across the site still indicate the original house orientation and layout from its construction periods.

Eton Vale Station was founded in 1840 as the second pastoral run in Queensland, shifting from grazing to wheat farming and sheep breeding by 1850. A fire destroyed the main house later, leaving behind the stone structures and foundations visible at the site today.

The estate displayed English settlement design with workers' cottages, a school, and farm buildings that reflect early European patterns in Australia. This mix of residential and working structures shows how a pastoral station functioned as a community hub in the colonial landscape.

The ruins are located beside the New England Highway and are visible from the road. The exposed structures allow visitors to trace the original building footprints and understand the layout of the property.

Two bunya pines from the original homestead garden still stand beside the ruins today, marking where the main house was destroyed by fire in 1912. These large trees serve as living witnesses to the property's past landscaping.