Windemere - Culture and History

The area was settled in the early 1830s by Dr Matthias Gaunt who had arrived in Van Diemen's Land with his wife and five sons in May, 1831. They were immediately granted 1050 hectares on the Tamar and Gaunt named it, after the beautiful English lake, Windemere.

In an act which mixed ego with godliness, Gaunt spent £100 building a church on his property which he named St Matthias after himself. He is buried in the cemetery.