developed the property into a large sheep farm, building a house which was completed between 1830 and 1833. Leighland passed on the death of John Helder Wedge to his nephew Thomas Wedge, and on his death in 1880 eventually went out of the Wedge family, and, following its acquisition by Alfred Youl, has since been in the Youl family. The old homestead was burnt down in the 1950s. References J. Uhl, 'The Men from East Anglia: the Wedge Family an early pioneering family in Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip', reprinted from the Victorian Historical Magazine Vol XXXVII No 1 (Melbourne 1966); Crawford et al. (editors) The Diaries of John Helder Wedge, Royal Society of Tasmania, (Hobart 1962); Correspondence File for Wedge in Tasmanian Archives) John Helder Wedge, Field book 1835-1836. [manuscript]. MS 10768. State Library Victoria (Australia) External links Images and transcript of John Helder Wedge's field book Map of Port Phillip at the State Library of Victoria Drawing of Leighland, from c. 1843 1793 births 1872 deaths Explorers of Australia History of Tasmania History of Victoria (Australia) Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Van Diemen's Land people Colony of Tasmania people 19th-century Australian politicians 19th-century Australian public servants People from Cambridgeshire English emigrants to colonial Australia