The Monte Cristo Homestead touted as Australia’s most haunted house is up for sale for the first time in 60 years

The Monte Cristo Homestead — touted as Australia’s most haunted home — has been listed for sale for the first time in 62 years.

Perched atop a hill in Junee, in northwest NSW, the Victorian-style manor is reportedly home to ten ghosts who haunt it’s expansive grounds a number of tragic incidents.

The homestead had become a popular haunt for ghost hunters attending tours across the property up until November last year when it was shut down following the death of owner Olive Ryan at the age of 93.

Monte Cristo was built in 1885 by local farmer Christopher Crawley after a significant turn in wealth from constructing the Junee Hotel to accompany a new railway station in the regional town.

Crawley died in 1910 and his family lived at the homestead until leaving it in the hands of caretakers in 1948, resulting in the property falling victim to vandals, thieves and the passage of time.

Ryan and her husband Reginald purchased the home in 1963 vowing to restore it to it’s original state, a job they continued for the rest of their lives.

Crawley and his wife Elizabeth are said to be part of a cast of at least ten ghosts who remain at the homestead, according to local legend.

Among them are two maids Crawley supposedly impregnated and one of their sons who was supposedly chained up in the coach room having suffered a traumatic head injury as a child.

Children who visit the home report feeling unsettled near it’s main staircase, where Crawley’s 10-month-old granddaughter died after being dropped by a nursemaid in 1917.

Guests at the home have also reported feeling chills, being touched, hearing disembodied voices and seeing ghostly apparitions.

Despite the claims, selling agent for Ray White Junee, Jason Barrett, hopes the home’s historical value will lure in buyers.

“Where the site was chosen for it would have been the premium site in Junee at the time,” he told 7News.com.au.

“They’re high on the hill overlooking the valley, overlooking the town. It is certainly deserving of that position.”

Barrett admitted he has heard the numerous ghost stories surrounding the manor, but no one on his team have experienced anything paranormal.

“There was no glitches in our cameraman’s equipment or anything like that,” he said.

Alongside the manor, ballroom, pool and stables, a successful buyer will also land the extensive collection of antiques stockpiled by the Ryans.

Barrett said the Ryan couple’s family were “saddened” to sell off the property, but also “keen to pass on the torch” to someone who can carry on their legacy.