Home Hill

Home Hill is a heritage-listed historic house museum at 77 Middle Road, Miandetta in Devonport, Tasmania. Built in 1916, it was the family home of Joseph Lyons, Australia's tenth Prime Minister (1932-1939), and Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives. Operated as a museum, it preserves original furnishings, personal collections and gardens overlooking the Mersey River, illustrating interwar domestic life and political history.

Visitors can expect a guided tour of the two-storey weatherboard house set in established gardens on a hill overlooking the Mersey River. Inside, rooms are presented with original furniture, photographs, books, clothing and personal memorabilia of the Lyons family. The tour covers the family home, kitchen, bedrooms and display areas, with interpretation of domestic life in the 1920s-1930s and the political careers of Joseph and Enid Lyons. The garden and exterior can be viewed, and a small shop offers souvenirs.

Built in 1916 for Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons, Home Hill was the family residence where they raised their 12 children. Joseph Lyons served as Premier of Tasmania (1923-1928) and as 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1932-1939), dying in office in 1939. Dame Enid Lyons later became the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives (1943) and the first woman in federal Cabinet. The house is listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register and classified by the National Trust.

Home Hill illustrates interwar Australian domestic life, family and community values, and the social history of a prominent political family. It preserves collections associated with Joseph and Dame Enid Lyons and serves as a cultural and educational site interpreting Tasmanian and national political heritage.