Wallcliffe House was a heritage listed

Heritage Council of Western Australia

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 two storey stone, shingle and corrugated iron homestead located near Prevelly

Prevelly, Western Australia

Prevelly is a townsite in the South West region of Western Australia. It is located on the coast at the mouth of Margaret River at the northern end of Calgardup Bay...

 and the mouth of the Margaret River in Western Australia

Western Australia

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. It was built by Alfred

Alfred Bussell

Alfred Pickmore Bussell was an early settler in Western Australia.Alfred Bussell was born at Portsea, Hampshire in England on 21 June 1816. He was educated at Winchester College in England, but after the death of his father the family decided to emigrate to Western Australia...

 and Ellen Bussell (nee Heppingstone) between 1855 and 1865 in the Victorian

Victorian

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-Georgian

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 style, using limestone quarried on the property and pit-sawn jarrah.

Before building Wallcliffe, the Bussells had a 300 hectares (741.3 acre) property "Ellensbrook" near Yallingup

Yallingup, Western Australia

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. This was subsequently damaged by fire, prompting the move to Wallcliffe. Wallcliffe became the centerpiece of a 24000 hectares (59,305.2 acre) estate extending from Cowaramup

Cowaramup, Western Australia

Cowaramup is a town in the South West of Western Australia, 12 kilometres north of Margaret River in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.-Name:...

 to the Donnelly River

Donnelly River

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. In 1876, 16 year-old Grace Bussell

Grace Bussell

Grace Vernon Bussell , later Grace Drake-Brockman, was the 16-year-old heroine of the SS Georgette disaster in Western Australia on 1 December 1876. Bussell, along with Aboriginal stockman Sam Isaacs, helped save the lives of around 50 people with a quick thinking rescue from shore...

 famously helped save the lives of around 50 people as the SS Georgette

SS Georgette

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 sunk off nearby Calgardup Bay

Calgardup Bay (Western Australia)

Calgardup Bay is located in the Australian state of Western Australia, 10 km south-west of the town of Margaret River. The tourist resort of Prevelly is located at the northern end of the bay....

. The property stayed in the Bussell family

Bussell family

The Bussell family were a family of early settlers in colonial Western Australia. Four members of the Bussell family emigrated from England to Western Australia in 1831, with more members following in the next few years...

 until being sold in 1902 to A.C. Loaring and N. McLeod, after the Union Bank foreclosed

Foreclosure

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.

The southern coastal portion of the Wallcliffe property was sold in 1953 to be used as a caravan park and for camping. That area was subsequently subdivided and parts later became the township of Prevelly.

In 1988-89 it was renovated extensively by the then owners Mark and Cate Hohnen and since then has been used for private purposes. The property is currently owned by prominent Western Australian businessman Michael Chaney.

In November 2011 the homestead was destroyed by a major bushfire in the area.