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Latitude
-33.868693
Longitude
151.10851
Start Date
1819
End Date
1838

Description

c700 acre farm est. halfway between Sydney and Parramatta, incorporating a timber station to clear the land. Desc. by Macquarie as: 4 weather boarded Barracks, for one superintendent, two overseers, and forty convict labourers, employed hire to cut and saw timber for the public buildings'. Charcoal for the forges and foundries was also prepared there. Reduced in scale in 1838 and used as a base for the Mounted Police with a stockade for prisoners travelling between Sydney and Pmatta. Used to detain Canadian Exiles 1840-44.

Sources

ID
tcfd04

Extended Data

category
Convict
sitetype
Govt farm