The Briars

The Briars is the National Trust-listed 1851 homestead of one of the peninsula’s first pastoral runs. Sitting on 96 hectares, it includes original farm buildings, parklands and a wildlife reserve. The homestead houses the Dame Mabel Brookes collection of Napoleonic relics, with changing exhibits that may include locks of the emperor’s hair and his death mask.

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