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GLASS Redlands Allens Flat, Victoria | 1856
Jesse Glass, the original owner of the family farm, acquired his land circa 1856. He had arrived from Wiltshire UK, and initially earned a tidy living growing vegetables and producing meat for the local gold miners. Timber was also cut and sold to fuel the gold dredges on the nearby river. Today the property produces [...][...read more ]
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FOLEY Fairview Cullerin NSW 2581 | 1845
Founding father Patrick Foley emigrated from Ireland in January 1841. He found employment at the Sydney Gazette for 4 years before moving inland to purchase 300 acres at Cullerin near Collector in1845. Fairview is now stewarded by Patrick’s great great grandson Peter wife Rachael and family.It runs both sheep and cattle. Photos supplied by the [...][...read more ]
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WARWICK Holowiliena South Station, via Cradock South Australia | 1853
William Warwick emigrated from Dumfries Scottland and settled on the property in 1853. He is listed on the ship’s manifest as a blacksmith, though by all accounts his family had a long history of farming in Scotland. Today Holowiliena is run by William’s great-grandson David and wife Carol and great great granddaughter Fiona.The property in [...][...read more ]
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SHERIDAN Dunroamin Collector NSW | 1862.
Original owner John Sheridan an immigrant from County Kildare, Ireland, purchased 40 acres close to the village of Collector in 1862. He paid the sum of 64 pounds 10 shillings for his new farm which became home to wife Lovey and their 11 children. The considerably extended property is now farmed by great-great granddaughter Jeanette [...][...read more ]
read moreWYE Yetambah Nyngan, NSW | 1917
The Wye family story began in 1917 when Sidney Wye took up a 2227 ha, a Soldier Settler block .Sidney had returned from World War I service having been wounded at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on April 25, 1915 .Yetamba, producing livestock and grain, is now run by the third and fourth-generation of the family John [...][...read more ]
read moreCREED Langmore Station, Raglan Queensland | 1868
Langmore Station was purchased by Thomas and George Creed on August 10, 1868 and iconic Queenslander homestead still proudly standing was built of light local timber in 1873. The Aborigines nicknamed the area the “valley of the giants” as the original settlers were massive man all over 6 feet tall and George was 6’7″. Today [...][...read more ]
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HENERY Alpana Station Blinman ,South Australia | 1878
Alpana Station in the heart of the Flinders Ranges, S.A. has been owned and managed by the Henery family for six generations. The name Alpana came from the Adnyamathanha people acknowledged as the original custodians of the land. Paddy Henery , born in County Clare Ireland in 1834, came to Australia in 1846. Purchasing the [...][...read more ]
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