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I I I HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

. . . ALISON McGREGOR

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Acknowledgements Foreword

CONTENTS

List o£ Illustrations

INTRODUCTION 1

B-ener.a1. Ini'ormation Climate G-e·ology, Soils and 'Vegetation 'The 1fN.acquaTi-e Farmt! Site

PERIO]) 1 Exploration of Ku-ring-gai Early Se-ttlement The Land Title of "Macquarie Farm" Successive Owners and Possible TIevelopment

of' the Site

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Setting up the Farm The Farm Shed The Farm House The Dallimore Occupancy JToblems for O~chardists

J'ERIOD 3. Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 The End of an Era - The End of "Macquarie

Farm" Footnotes

Abbreviations, Sources of Information Bibliography Appendix Maps and Drawings Illustrations

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I wish to thank the many people who as'sisted with

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First of all Mrs. Margaret Wyatt for suggesting the

subject and her encouragement, Father John Pearce for allow­

ing access to the Passionist Monastery to make the study and

his help with information and to Father WaIter McEntee for

permission to use the Archives of the Passionist Order, to

reproduce photographs f illustrations and his sketch and for

his generosity with his valuable time. T am also indebted

to. Father .Gerard Mahoney and Bro·ther Gabriel Prestan for

their in£ormation on the early period of Callege activities

and members of the Nancarraw and Dallimare families for in­

formation about their' families otherwise unohtainable.

The assis'tance given by l.ocal. families was also. in­

valuable" particularly Mr .. Jack. Clarke,.. Mr .. Jim.. DenningJ

Mr. Jim RUBBell.,. the Hughes i"amil.y", Mr· ... Harry Churchland.

and. Uamel.lia. €fraV'S' and Mirg. Ga.y H'atstead •.

T. am. inde,bted to. Mr ... Ke'U Hall,. Mr. llan Stein of

Lysaghts,. Mr .. Thorpe (Water Baard).,. .Mr. Tan Bowie (Uni. of

Sydney)" lVfr. John Flynn (Dept. of Pu.blic Works), Mr •. Tony

Kelly (nept .. of Education) ~ Mr. Wakeman (Lands Department),

Mr'.. Barne'Y' Bambrick (Masada. College)". Father Shi.el (C-orpus.

Christi. Churehl f- Mr. K .. Skinner (UatJagham College) as weLl.

as: members of the srta:!f's Q"f' KU-ring-gai Mun:i.c.ipru. C"otm.ciI."

the Ar'ch.i.ves: Office'S' Mi:f:chell Lt"brar;y-" the Regi.s.trar.-Go ... ~neral,r s;

Departmeu-t and they Department: or Agri.attLtur:a ..

I ant particular1..;r gra:t:eful.. to the arch.itects of the

t I tio.ns for :this' study: Mr. Clement Glancey' for his .f"athert's

! plans af the Passionist Colleg~f Mr. Alan Eedy (Carpus

various buil.dings who supplie·d, p.1.a....""lS and all.owed reprodu.c:~

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",Macquarie Farmtr was the name .chosen :in 1816 when 40 acres - o:f land in -the -!larish n:f G{}rdon was prom.ised -tD ti.cllae1

Ansell.. 'The grant 'Was 3.ssued in 3..£51, but i:t :was :not i'anne.ii

until half a century late-r when :an .orchard was -es'talllished :on

the s'i te .. This orchard survived ~Dr mor.e -than :30 years be:fore

s~ccumbing to a busMire in 1.912 and it was ne-ver :replaced as

an orchard. Then, seventy years later another fire destroyed the unique century-old f'armhous·e. Today a f'ew foundations uf--'­

the old house and the remnants of' a farm building are all that are le'f't f'rom the days of' the orchard.

From the 1960' s the land .has been progressi-vely .sub­

divided and roads .:put through-. 'There are now :four .:enucational.

insti tutions and f'ifty-three private residence's within the

boundaries of the original 40 acre grant,as well as a 'Playing f'ield and a :public reserve. ,

This report will tra~e ~e development of' the site f'rom the f'irst white settlement irl Aus~,alia until the present day within the context of' the local scene. In this parti'cular case it seems appropriate to separate the development chronologically into three periods and to contain historical material within its relevant period.

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Maps and Drawings

1 Locality and Exploration Map la Geological overlay 2 1835 Map - Parish of Gordon 3 1840 Map - :Parish of Gordon 4 1897 Map - Parish of Gordon 6 1951 Aerial Map of "Macquarie Farm" Site 7 1981 Aerial Map of "Macquarie Farmtt Site

8 Ground Plan of Farm Shed 9 Elevations of Farm Shed

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15 Plan of IlMacquarie Farm" 'Site showing subdivisions 1984

16 Ground Plan of :Passionist College, St. Ives

17 Elevations of Passionist College 18 Site Plan of Corpus Christi 19 Floor Plan of Corpus Christi Church 20 Section Plan of Corpus Christi Church 21 Site Plan of Corpus Christi - Church and School Buildings 22 Site Plan of Callaghan Staff College 23 Contour map of Masada site 24 Site Plan of Masada High School

:PHOTOG~S, etco 1 -'3 Trees 4 Bungaroo 5 - 6 Aboriginal rock engraving and site 7 "Greenwood" 8 - 9 !.lDomain Hotel It 10 !.!Macquarie Farmlt 11-16 Farm. shed 17 Parliament House, Sydney 18 Farm shed 19 Horse shafts 20-22 Farm equipment 23 Sketch of Farmhouse, "Macquarie Farmtt' 24-29 Farmhouse fire 30-33 Demolition of farmhouse 34 Well 35,36 Specimens from farmhouse. 37 Cornish tinner's cottage 38-39 "Nancemeer lt

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Cover of Invitation to Foundation Stone Laying Eope Pius X Memorial College Feeding chickens "Macquarie Farm" Gymnasium Chapel at Passionist College Grounds of Fassionis~ College Callaghan Staff College Corpus Christi Church Masada High School ~rivate residences on subdivided land from

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General Information.

When granted the 40 acres of land known as "Macquarie

Farm rr was des,cribed as being in the Parish of Gordon, County of

Cumberland, as it is today. The district was known as Lane Cove

from about 1840 until the early 1890 I'S, first being described in

the Elect'oral Rolls as St. Ives in 1894. Earlier maps had shown

the whole area north of Sydney Harbour" from Pennant Hills in

the west to M~nly Cov~ in t~e east, as Hun~erls Hill.

St. Ives is in, the present Municipality of Ku-ring-gai,

which was constituted as a Shire in 1906', converting to a

Municipality in 1928. 1 Ku-ring-gai derived its name from that

of the Aboriginal tribe whose territory included t~is area and

a large stretch along the East Coast. 2

Map 1 shows the main boundaries of Ku-ring-gai Municip­

aI.it.y t:o' ne' Cackl.e and C:owan Creeks in. the: north'f, the Lane Gave

R.iver in the' south-west and Middle Harbour Cre'ek to the east. A

r'id'ge runs: approximateTy: midway' through the municipality from'

ll.'O;r'th-:-west; to; soath-east: and the firg:t main traek followed this

ri,dge, wh::Ech is the rau te of the· Pae::ific: Highway to.day ..

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. I{u.-ring-gad. has a warm.. temperate cl.imate with a normal

mean maximum temperature of' 20.,2°0' .. in the ho,tte'st month and a

n~lI:mal. mean minimum of 10 .. 3°0: .. in. the coldest month.. When

fXQ'sts: occur they axe rare~y s:evere·,.. bu.t bus:h fires are a con­

~'t; 'threat in; nO'lt ~ weather ...

R.~a!:l.1. waa nat af":e'i.c:ialiy J:elcoxdeti at 3:t:.. Lves l' D:u.t:

:readings;, taken at' 2tu:r~ ta:, the IWrm and Rose~ 'to? the:

sotd;;n, prioX' ta, 1:~ shOW' tfie avexage amma:t radnfa;1J. at Rase­

viILe aver a 3Q:-year pertod and at T:t.lJ!:ramtllTa for' a IQ-year :geriod were 11.29 mm and 1.1.85, mm, respectivel.y.. However,., there is

a, rain shadow over' S~. Lves and areas: north-east of the ridge

ge,ne-rally're'ceive abau:t 1.00 mm. p.a •. lesS' than those south-west of' the' ridge·.,S

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the Hawkesbury sandstone formation and the Wianamatta g~oup and

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- - . "Macquarie Farm" -lies .. well "i thin the Wianamatta' shale' area -- . but in Ku-ring-gai-the upper stages of calcar?ous_~q_~tl~~-__ __ eous sandstones have eroded away so that only the lower clay

shales remain. 4

In 1954 an extensive ~nd detailed soil survey was eon­ducted in Xu-ring-gai.by the ChemiBts 1 ~ranch o~ the ~epartment of Agriculture in conjunction with the PhYSics Section, c. S. I.R. 0.. The site of "Macquarie Farmft is classed with the

Strickland-W.a:rrangi Association." whi'ch i£; chaTaetel"ized by ,a,

loam to 'Clay loam sur,.f'a,ce laye:r :a::f aeoui; ,30 em .. 'Over .a heavy clay subsoil, though ilepi;hs vi" -topsoil are -vari.able.5

The natural vegetation assoeiat~d wi~h the Strickland­,Warrangi soil type is nry Schlerophyll Forest dominated by

Stringybarks, Grey Iron Bark (E. panieulata) and .Bloodwood (E. gummifera). .---

The "Macquarie Farm" .Site. Most of-the-40 acres is plateau, the highest po~t

approximately 160 m. above sea leve'l; it slope.s slightly 'to the south 'anddrops away at ·thesouth-esstern c'orner 'to -a:P'pTOX­

imately 150 m. above sea level (-see dwgs. 22 & 23). 'The south­eastern corner is no~ a reserve, conserving a small percentage of the tree species which were once prolific on this 40 acre si te. Specimens of the following sP~~ie\",still present are:

Turpentine (Syncarpia glom~ifera) Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata) J3arigalay Stri.ngybark (Eucalyptus b'otryoides) Blackbutt (E. pilularis) Red Eloodwood (E. gummifera) Ironbark (E. paniculata)

Fittosporum undulata is also present as an understorey, but these trees are all young specimens, so it seems they have recently come in as a replacement for the original undergrowth cleared away by the Council.

This identification has been checked by Mro Tim Workman of the Parks and Gardens nepartment of' Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council, who says the height, girth and healthy con­dition of these trees indicate a deep rich soil very suitable for successful orchard cultivation. Illustration I does no·t do these trees full justice as the larger specimens are out o~ range.

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Unfortunately the above list includes only a fraction of the varieties once growing on the site, for in

the late 1930's- twenty different varieties were counted by Brother Gabriel Preston of the Passionist College.

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PERIOD 1

Exploration of Ku-ring-gai. It is believed that the first white men to visit

Ku-ring·-gai spent the night of 16th April, 1788 extremely close to the site of "Macquarie: Farm".

Within three months of the first landing Governor .Ph.illip with nine companions explored the country north of Sydney to gain knowledge ~f' the land and judge its possibilit­ies. A study was made from Surgeon White's Journal ~or .Prof­eSS.OT Wood in 1926 when it was judged that the party spent the f'~st night (15.4.l7B8) at Curl CllTl Creek. The next morning the -party continued westward and the going was so fatiguing that two seamen could go no further. Six members of the.party traced the north-western branch of Middle Harbour until tithe flowing of the tide ceased and a fresh water stream co~~ncedll~ this place is now known as Bungaroo ~ll. 4). Professor Wood's route is marked on Map 1.

White wrote in his journal on 16th April that there was no single trace that natives had been recently in those parts. :However, numeTous rock engravings and cave shelters recorded by the National Parks an~ Wildlife Service provide archaeological eyidence that Aborigines did frequent the area~ A simple rock engraving in close proximity to "Macquarie Farm" is shown in illustration 6 and its location is marked on Map 1.

While it is on record that Lieut. Ralph Clark travelled by boat up the Lane Cove River in 1790, the 1805 expedition by botanist George Caley is of more significance to "Macquarie Farm". Caley set out from John Macarthur's Pennant Hills farm and passed through places known today as Fox Valley to Lover's Jump Creek, noting that the timber was chiefly blue gum and she-oak, he continued east through St. Ives barely north of "Macquarie Farm" to Terrey Hills and the coast (see Map 1). His return route seems to have passed just south of "Macquarie Farm" and through Turramurra where he thought good farms might be possible and, in general he had not seen such good forest in the country.7

* Early settler, Robert Pymble Jnr., told of Aborigines from Cowan Creek camping on the hill above his orchard (known today as Pymble Hill) when on their way to the west, but by about 1856 this had faded out. (L. Thorne - p.54)

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Early Settlement.

It is not' surpris·ing that- the land north of the harbour

was not se'ttled earlier because access from Sydney was either

by water or a long way around and o-ther areas were easier to

reach. Pe'rhaps, Caley's report he-lped development for in 1806

James Milson was granted 50 acres and built a house on the

north side· of Port Jackson. Other grants followed and Map 2

of 1835 shows how the early settlement pattern stretched north­

ward along: the ridge.

By 1835 there were a number' of grants in St. Ives,

known, then as Lane Cove. The main track followed the ridge,

to be known as the Lane Cove Road, later as the Gordon Road

and, is today the 'Pacific Highway_ An 1840 map (Map 3) reveals

a marked increase in access roads.

The Land Title of ItMacquarie Farm" \

A copy of Grant No. 537, which gives a description 01\ the boundaries: and location is on p.5a. This "Macquarie Farml~ grant- was promised to ex-convict' Michael Ansell by' Governor

Macqp;ari.e on 1.6th January" 181.6, and issued by Governor Darling

on 1.9th O'ctooe'r" 1831 ~

The' terms, and conditiolIS' of the grant: included: that- l/­per annum. quit rent be paid for ever from 1st January 1827.

No part o£ the land could be aI_ienated within five years of the­

date- of' promise~. and within that period twelve acres should be

cleared or £60 be spent on improvements. However, it is doubt­

f'u1. whe-ther Michael Anse1.1 fulfilled the c:ondit:ions of this

granJ; .. The Land was C:Qnveyanced from. Mi.chaeI Anse:ll to; William.

Fowler on 1.5tn Augu:st.J:' 1.833. and from. Vfil.li.a:m Fowler t.o Thomas

~des:\ in. 1.8~ (prabahlyat the same time~ bat the day and

mo:nth were not: entered on. the< trans-f"erJ., There is no record

of Et. transfer from H'yndes to Thomas Brown who sold: to· J".G.

Edwards on 29th. September" l876 .. 3f Edwards sold to Richard . 8

Nancarrow in March, 1877 for £187.

Whe'n Edwards applied to have the land brought under the

provision of the Real. Eroperty Act (26 Victoria No. 9) :for

., , 3£ There was actually-a succession 'br trans:f'ers -arid' mortgages in this period and the Bank o:f Australasia.was unable to disclose a title, so this was overcome by the Registrar

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alld its Dependt>1lciu, alld Vice Adllliral 'If thl' same, ~'I'. (~'I'. (~'I'.

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..... /c"t-..(/_' .. '"' <. f...~; r ";'l...: -' " uithilli tile -Appurte·nanc€?s-w·liatsoeve;. SA\'ING AND NG all stfch parts of the said Land as may hereafter be set out for a ~way or ~y~, by

Person lawfully authorised in that respect, together with the right of taking and removing all Stone Gr:n:el. all Indigenous Timber, and all other Materials, the produce of the said Land. which may be

at any Time for the con~truction and repair of ~wa:vs and Bridges. for Naval Purposes, )~nd Works; TO BE HELD with the Appurtenances, reserving as aforesaid. to the said ... ,.~ .. ~:"N;? -----.. - .. --. . '-'- h .. ;<--Heirs and Assigns, for ever; ON CONDITION

therefore Yearly, to HIS l\f.UEST,.Y. His Heirs and Successors. or as He, or any of them shall Quft-Rent,orSum ..... of ~/." to',,&- ...... ... _" ________ _

forever, from the .. !.-: :.;.'t!' ___ . ____ ... _ . _Day of - ~,.< .... '. . ... __ ... __ One thousand h~ndr~d ~nd ,a.;", -7 -<. <-.... ,.,... --- ,>,unless the sam~be redeemed witltin J\~enty Years said ..r,:-z<"'t< -- --.- -.-.-Day of '!'?r?'.'t'C<-A -/ --'" . _. Onc thousand f'j,.;<- 2-.-hunc1red

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Heirs. within the Term of Five Years from the date (of the pom~se) tirst ahovementi«?;ned, and that course of the said Term of Five Years from the said date .;.(" ... ,-<~.c.- ___ ._ . _______ . _

thereof he deared and cultivated. oJ: Buildi~gs or F~nces be erected. or other permanent imprl?ve-be made thereon, to the value of t:""<.r~ "e;,., ..... l"'t . . . ---- _. _ .. _____ Sterlmg,

of the same be produced, \([lenever required by the proper Ofiicer on HIS MAJESTY'S

ALWAYS, that if the said Quit-Rent be at any Time unpaid Twenty Days after shall become due, or if anyone or more of the aforesaid Clauses or Conditions be not duly ob-

then this Grant shall be void, and it shall be lawful for HIS MAJESTY, or any of His Successors, Person duly authorised in that Behalf, to re-enter into the said Lands, or any part thereof, and to remove the said Grantee, hL;- -- Heirs and Assigns, and to hold or re-grant the same, these

notwithstanding.

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'Nancarrow it was necessary that Thomas ~rown be .granted a Possessory Title and Statutory neclarations ~ere proYided_~y __ ~ several long-term residents of the district.

These revealed that Anthony Bartho (£armer) had known the site to be unoccupied £or 10 years until the last eight months by Nancarrow. 9 William Henry McKeown (..frui tgrower) had

knovm it to be in its natural state' for 30 yearslO and 'thi's was

·c orro b ora te d by Jame s Pym bl e (landholder) .11 Orchardist ~ ~OlIlas .:Brown, himself', de.clared that he had known the land.~ previously

owned by Hynd'es, i'or 30 years; he .had occllpi:eil it .h:i:DJ.s€l.:f ::for

the last twenty years and fro:m his -earliest acquaintance with

the land until the time o~ ~ossess2on by Nancax.row it bad re­mained in its natural state, c·ove:red 'with ::forest 'timber exc€]?t

:for such cutting which was per£ormed with his .knowledge and direction. He also stated that -previous to his taking. -charge of the property no attempt was ever made toim'prove it and until disposal of it to Nancarrow, no claim had 'ever been made by any person. 12

The Torrens Title was dated 20th ~bruary, l8?8.

Successive Owners and 'Possible Development of the Bite .. Michael Msel1 was convicted in l800; his sentence

seven years and in 1802 he arrived in the Colony Qn the "Coromandel" .13 In 1819 he married Eliiabeth Hutchins.on. 14

On Ansell ' s 1820 Memorial to ~ove~or Macquarie solic-i ting a grant of land his address is described as Lane Cove', I

Hunter's Hil1. 15 It is probable he was then living on "Hunter's Hill Farm", which is now Killara Golf Links. The 60 acres called "Hunter's Hill Farm" was promised to Samuel Midgley in 1814 and granted in 1821, but Ansell had leased it from Midgley for three years in I813~6 which was before the date of the prom­ise and Midgley sold it to him for £50 in 181617 before the grant was issued.

AnseIl received his own first grant in 1823; it was 40 acres in the District of Hunter's Hill. Because he had emplo~ convicts on it he applied for more land in 1825, when his Memorial to John Oxley stated he was-:

"a settler residing at Lane Cove on a Forty acre Grant ,made to him by the late Governor Macquarie, the only Grant Memorialist ever received and which he has con­siderably improved.

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"That on this Grant Memorialist has employed the Two Convicts named in the accompanying Certificate from the General Muster Records,* and therefore prays an additional Grant conformable to the Government and General Orders of the 8th November 1824." 18

Despite the fact that Ansell did not sell his first 40 acre grant until 184219 the 1828 Census only listed him as a farmer with 60 acres at Hunter's Hill. He had 18 acres cleared and six cultivated. He employed two labourers and

Charlotte Wood, a servant.1 The only stock were four 'cattle'.

Again, in 1831, when the deed was issued for the

"Macquarie Farm" Ansell stated that he was residing on "Hunt­er's Hill Farm" in the Parish of Gordon, granted by Governor Macquarie to Samuel Midgley.20

Ansell disposed of "Macquarie Farm" on 16.8.1833 and while he may have been clearing or improving it to fulfil the

conditions of this grant I can find no evidence to suggest that he did. However, it is very possible that he allowed some' timber to be sold from this site as the earliest industry, timber-getting was thriving at this time. Bullock teams con­tinually transported logs down the track (now Fidden's Wharf Road) beside his "Hunter's Hill Farm" to Fidden's Wharf at the

Lane Cove River and saw pits were numerous in the area. Also at close proximity to ftMacquarie Farm" Daniel Dering Mathew, at a cost of £2000, set up the first private sawmill. It was worked by oxen and the machinery came from England. 21

When William Fowler assigned "Macquarie Farm" to Thomas Hyndes for £18/8/- cash in 1833 he was probably acting in the capacity of lawyer, but he has been variously described as lawyer and timber merc-hant. 22

* List of two Convicts, who mustered in the employ of Michael Ansell of Lane Cove: Name Vessel Years of Musters

Ins~ RalIh "Atlas 11 1823, 1824 Johnson, John ''Recovery'' 1823, 1824, 1825

~ 'Michael'Ansell sold his first 40 acre grant, together with all buildings, to Samuel lifons on 11th November, 1842 for 10/-. He transferred his 60 acres known as "Hunter's Hill Farm", with appurtenances, to George Porter on 29th June, l840_in exchange for an annuity of £50 (weekly on Monday) to Michael Ansell and Charlotte Wood, during their joint lives secured on the lands at Hunter's Hill. (Book S pp.5l-53 R.G.) This is also covered in Michael Ansell's will, when he stip­ulated that Catherine (siq Wood be given sufficient mainten­ance and support should she survive him. He died on 26.11.1846 aged 70 years. (Probate records)

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Thomas Hyndes arrived in the Colony as a convict in

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gaol gangs and he became a master-sawyer and timber procurer. He had a 100 acre grant at Cook's River, but Macquarie can­celled it. He next squatted on Lane Cove land hoping to re­ceive it by grant and he employed men timber-getting and at his saw pit there. However, Robert pymble selected that lo­cation for his 600 aCTe grant and Hyndes was given a 2000 acre

23 lease i'urthe:r north. (see Map' 2)

Rynd€,s also had atilllber yard in Sussex .street and

logg-ed -t:imber, llartic-ula:rly c-sdar :f'rom his leases in -the Illa­wa-rra :Dis-tri:c-t. He had houses in both Sussex Street and Chapel Row (now Castlereagh street). It is not difficult to understand Hyndes' interest in "Macquarie Farm" and, in 1833, the year he bought it, he also bought 10 acres of Crown Land on the Lane Cove River to build his own wharf because timber was often stolen from the Government Wharf nearby.24 However,

it is not known whether Hyndes actually logged any timber from the -''1l!racquarie Farm" site and he died in 1855.

By the time Thomas Brown was associated with the site there were thriving orchards in the district, planted as land was cleared by convict labour, but logging continued while the orchards became established.

On part of n.n. Mathew's 800 acre grant Richard Hill established a very fine orchard in 1838. He grew oranges,

-25 peaches, nectarines, pears, grapes and watermelons. It was later sold for £7,000 to W.H. McXeown, who had two grants of land near "Macquarie Farmtl. (Map 4)

Robert Pymble's grandson, J.G. Edwards later reminis­ced of 1850 at his grandfather's orchard:

"It filled me with delight to look down upon these beautiful trees with young green shoots and the white fragrant blossoms, the golden fruit nestling among the leaves, and hear the bullock-drivers shouting, the crack of their whips; then not far distant the swish of the saw where convicts were working at the saw-pits." 26

Thomas Brown als 0 had land on parts of Ma thew's 800 acre grant 0 One se-ction was his orchard, the other was known as Brown's bush, which was later gazetted as the Dalrymple~ay State Forest in 1926. Today the Canisius College is where the orchard was and the forest is now the Dalrymple-Hay Nature

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Reserve. Brown's family say he never removed trees from this bush area,. but merely us.ed the leaf mould for his orchard. 27

However, Thomas Brown's interest in "Macquarie Farm" may have been purely for its timber as his brother John was a very successful timber merchant. Both brothers built fine stone houses c. 1870 and Thomas Brown's ItGreenwoodt! (Ill. 7)

is classified with the National Trust.

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For many years before Richard Merryfield Nancarrow

owned "Macquarie Farm" orchards were thriving in the district.

D.D. Mathew's 800 acre grant had been subdivided and orchards

were taking over from timber. -: The late entry of "Macquarie

Farm" into fruit growing may be due to its location as the

most remote of the early grants in this area.

Richard Nancarrow was born at Mitchell, near Truro, in

the tin Eining area o~ Cornwall~ His reason for buying these

40 acres seems to have been primarily to help the family oi' his

l-a'te brother J-ohn.. (See:p. lOa) The Nancarrows were a family

.o:f stonemasons and John worked. about the tin mines at Mi tchell,

but, like his father before him, had died of the Fmasons' dis-tl 'I' , 29 ease , s~ 1COS1S.

Richard arrived in Australia c. 1851 and spent the

first two years in South Australia, then ten in Victoria before

moving to New South Wales. 30 It is not known what he did in

those early years but there was a great influx of Cornishmen

to the i'lourishing South Australian copper mines in the 40's

and 50 ' s and many 'Cornish' buildings of stone were erected there. 31

The first recorded trace of Richard Nancarrow in Sydnew

seems to be at a Or own Land Auction where he purchased a town

lot on the corner of Sir John Young Orescent and ~almer Street,

Woolloomooloo, in October 1870. The title deed states that he

was a contractor, but when he married the following year his occupation was given as 'master stone mason,?2 Illustrations

8 and 9 show the "Domain Hotel!l erected on this tovm. lot in

1874 and known by that name until 1930 when it was changed to

the "Hotel Merryfield". Strangely this family name 'Merryfield'

was only chosen after the hotel had passed from the hands of the Nancarrow family~3

Presumably Nancarrow was the builder of this well known hotel with its trim, popular at that period, of polychrome

brick and it seems likely that the sandstone carvings at the main entrance are his own work. He was entered as a builder in

the Sand's directory of 1877; the first year his name appeared.

Soon after he had purchased "Macquarie Farm" two of

Nancarrow's nephews arrived in Sydney on the "Earl Dalhousie"

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William NANCARROW = Joanna MERRIFIELD M.12.6.1791 at East Newlyn, CORNWALL

William NANCARROW :8apt. 11.9'.1793 M.28.6.1827 Elisabeth MER,IFIELD

at East Newlyn

I Michael

I Richard Merryfield :8.1828 at Mitchel1,

Cornwall M.1871 = Maria CARROLL

at Sydney D.1888

j Richard Edward :8.1871

, Wi11iam :8.1876 D. 1877 M. = Agnes Rose

D.1926

No issue

I John :8.1829 M. = Elizabeth

I MER I FIELD D.1871 at Cornwall

I James :8.1831

I Elizabeth :8.1833

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I Joanna :8.1835

= ..... HARRIS L-(son W.J. HARRIS) = ..... WHITEING

To Launceston, Tas.'

Richarl Merryfield :8.1861 at Mitchell,

Cornwall M.1866 = Emily :8ROMLEY

(of pymble)

williaJ James :8.1863

ElhabetA Mary :8.1866

PhilliP~ Ann :8.1868

.1 Reginald :8.11371

D.1910

I Richard Ernest :8.1887 at

St. Ives

I William :8.1888 st. Ives

(To :8athurst)

Edlth :8.1890 st. Ives

Reg{nald :8.1891 st. Ives

1\ A J.ce

:8.1895 St. Ives

Al~ert :8.1896 St. Ives

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:8athurst St. Ives M.1929 = Ethel DEXTER = Robert MUNRO

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Audrey Emily Frederick Alfred Peter

* (have assisted with information on the Nancarrow Xamily and "Macquarie Farm")

Refs. Cornwall county Index (Gen. Socy) Registry :8irths,.Deaths and Marriages (Sydney) Pre-1900 Index Probate Office Records.

seiena * JJhn :8.1902

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on tQ..e 7th May, 1877. The shipping records state that Richard

(15) was a farm labourer and William (13) a mason. Twelve

months later their mother Elizabeth arrived with the younger

members of her family, Elizabeth, Phillipa and Reginald on the

flErato ".

Setting up the Farm. The first building on the site was a small weatherboard

cottage on the north east of the property built by a local

builder,. Jack Linigen, and pulled down in 1913,34 but today this

area is built over by rece'nt housing. With some residential accommodation on the property it

seems probable tha't the next building would have been the farm

shed constructed from timber from the site. (Ills.12-16)

The Farm Shed.

This shed was constructed with heavy a~zed ~osts (30cms.

thick) of ironbark sunk into the ground. These are rebated on \

the internal sides to take the horizontal timbers, but internal

supporting posts were left in the round as shown in D.l'Yg.8. This

framew'ork was clad externally between the posts with corrugated,

g,alvanfzed iron.... Cen,tral pos,ts ~ both ends ti only extend to the

top of the internal trusses,. but extra posts must have been •

present- to support the roof on the western side as old photos show that. the roof was once' symme,trical (see Il1.10 &: Dwg.9-(7) )

and the empty rebates for timbers now gone are present at both ends of the building.

The doubl,e Warren truss'as have chamfered edges and a

fine- degree of' finish for a bu,flding of this nature and it app­

e-ars the;y were- originally painted: with a product of that time

and not re-painted; since.. This must ha.ve been. an. early use of

the Warren truss in Australia for i.ts origin:. the'metal g,irders

of' American bridge construction; only dated to the 1870r-s.35

Parliament House, Sydney (IIl.17) has similar trusses beneath36 the balcony on the northern side; these are dated to c.1890-92.

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However, it would be expected that this farm building would have

been needed and completed before 1880 and probably before 1879

becaus.e Richard Nancarrow Snr .. was' working on the Garden Palace

I and Exhibition Building37' with James Barnett at that~ date. The corrugated iron roof ha~ a wide overhang and it is

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but i.t s.e~l!l~ .:t.4~.t s.~9.1ioiL_..!'.A.~iDwE~.8) once housed the farm cart and ,.farm -equipment. Rebates .for horizontal timbers on the west­ern posts indicate that the iron wall once extended to the ~loor (Dwg~ 9). There are several examples o£ the trademark:

,on the southern wall, but many unnecessary nail

holes indicate that here the iron is re-used. ~avies ~rothers in Wolverhampton was a well-known English ,company., but they became J)avies J3rothers

& -co. 'Li;ii.. in lB85., so it 'is -possibl"e that this "iron may pre-daie that ieba~<" .. '5.8 ,NQ ,other brand marks are evi-dent.

SectiD.n lf13"n was used 'i:ox .:fru-i tpa-cking -and grading~9 The

eastern side is enclDsed to a height o~ l429 m. with a horizon­tal plank wall and a ledged and braced door with ship-lap battens, :fitted with C'T C hinges and a bar bolt.

Section t'c" 'originally .contained two horse stalls40 and this _is apparent . .from the .feed trough on the northern end of the

wes'tern wall and the marks where a second trough was beside it (n1.,.18). The north., south and dividing walls (1.79m.high) were linen with sawn planks of variable widths, some circular-sawn. Two planks still attached to the feed trough are all that remain of the 0.1 viding wall and- only two remain on the northern wall, but nail holes in the horizontal timber show that it was once fully lined (Dwg.9). As the southern stall's opening has been enclosed with similar planks this indicates their re-use. Solid steel.gudgeon pins on the three supporting posts on the eastern side of this section (Dwg.9 & 111.16) are the only.evidence for what 'mus~ have been four heavy double doors. Their height must have been at least 6' as the gudgeon pins are 5f6~" (1.69m.) apart; the middle post has four pins and the outside posts two.

"A" and tf~" have dirt floors, but "c" has brick and rubble, added in the 1930's.41

Until ,recently there was a lo.ft in area "C", but this was removed in case of .fire. Illustration 18 shows a horizontal block over the post between the .feed bins and another block on the .far left hand post: these helped support the loft floor. Apparently -the roughly-made feed chute on the left-hand stall was used to -transfer feed from the loft to the trough below and a s'imila:r one is above the other trough, but their inferior con­struction indicates that these were not part of the origina~ fi\1f ings. Access to the loft was by removable ladder. from area "B".

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The roof and shed walls are painted green except for

the present weste'rn wall, which was only an interior wall at the

time of patnting. Vihen the land was subdivided this shed un­

fortunately straddled the Masada High School boundary, so the

roof was lopped and part of the shed on the western side has

gone. This area had' included a two-bail milking shed and a

lean-'to section for storing fruit cases. 43 The milking shed

will be mentioned further in Period 3.

Two rows of bricks, now barely visible because the area

has been filled in, must have once formed the side~ of a drain

to carry rainwater from the roof away from the building (Thvg.8)

but now the shed has guttering.

The

the

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Farm House.

Only a few foundations {Dwg.lO) remain on the site since I

fire in 1982 ,(see p.13a~ Fo~tunately photographs exist of

actual fire and of' the ho'use during demolition (Ills. 24-33)

thes'e together with a verY\de~initive, though uncompleted,

sketch (lll .. 23) g.ive a very good representation of the construc­

tio,n of this house •.

I have been tol.d that the house and the shed were a pair4.4 and the, illustrations show that the framework, cladding

and ro,ofing are similar., However, unlike the shed, the support-

'ing posts: of the house were not sunk into the ground, but rested

on. concrete foundations; this further suggests that the house

was erec:ted later than the shed. .An 18"x18 1t block of sandstone

14ft above ground l.e-vel formed the foundation for the south-east

corneT' pos.t. and. a hol.e in the- cen.tre of the block probably held

~ metal. rod t:o an,ch,or the post.. The re'ason .I:'or only one stone

b1.ae:k: is :perhap-s tha:t Q'ne gost was s:h.orter th:an required ..

It has; be'en wri t:i;en that the "'huge ironbark beams It were

!!dUea: on the property~5 bu.t in:. the late 1930 t s Mr. John: ffughes

(the-n in his '7'0 l'S),. who l.ived. on. the orchard i1IlIllediately sou.th

of ftMacq"uarie FarmJ tol.d ::Brother Gab-riel Preston. of witnessing

bull.ock tea.ms, bring,: the hug:e iron. bark pos-ts on to the property

from e ls-ewhere .. 46

Sandstock bricks for the chimneys were made on the site

from local shaly-clay,. similar to that exposed. today in local

ctlttings, __ - The. location of the horse-powered pug-mill near the

dam is shown o,n Dwg .13 and this is well-remembered by many local

people, for it wasstill_ir:t sttu until a1Jout :r~f:tLY~.::tFs_.ago~ _._ .... -. -_. - -- -- - -----------------

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t HISTORIC COTTAGE IN_- BLAZE-J ! Fire has destroyed an, 1I1stonc- cottage in tbe grounds of Passionist Monastery, St Ives.. .. 'MIe building, beheved to f.ave been built around l85It, YaS !.be oripla.l f2rm.b0use wben the land was. called Macquarie Farm. , ~

• 1be farm was a parcel 01. aces granted to !licbael ~ in Oct l83l. He named fie property after Gove:Dor' _,acquarie whom be re­pnied as o.e true frieDd or t:ee settlers and emand­ja.ted ~"Kts.

t ~ ~ _later II!Ied ~ stcr:age &rea. 1'JJe prop-f':! bought bY. the Pas.. ' , ' Fatben in 1_

~~~== . re unable ~o save the

Canse of tbe outbreak is

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Extract .from North Shore Times (3.3.19B2)

Exclusive use limilar to thOil: that existed at Dover Heights.

SIR: Is the Wran Government I ,overnment of the people or onc tbat serves those with sectarian intere~l.J?

Currently. the field is used by three ,o¥crnment schools, one privale scboolllnd two sporting or~anl~tion.s U ",cl I as many local resldc:nts.

The cue of College Crescent Sports Field, St Ives. smacu of circumsl£ncC$

The Government is about to allow the pn\lllte school. Masada College, a

$800,000 link road is opened

5T IVES' $800,000 link rood was oHiciolly OfWtned Io$t week by Commlulon4H" for Moln Roods, he. Loder.

l'onslrudlon of t~ bilk be-­tW~l!n Mona Val~ Rd and Slank-y SI Wl!.li thl! flnil prom· Il>l' made by Akll!rman SIt'H'n KlJng~r wht-n ~Ift:lt'd Mayor oC K u-nng·"iU a y~iU' ago

Prt'"ldlfig at lhe opemng ceremony was Ius Iic;! orrl\.·",1 duly before lIteppmg do .. n at Ihe milyoral el~t"llons un Thur.!day night. ,

wood via "rlerllli lInd Archbukl fW:"

11 I" ho~ thdl tht' new c<lrrl;,g'· .... y WIll ~Iop

molon~I" "-'1Ol!( rt'!>ldt'ntl .. 1 strrt'b 10 g~llrom MOll'" Vali' Rd to ~:""'It'rn Artt'n", I 1<<1,

/(l!dudlOfl In Ir.dlll' III Stanle), SI ~ .. 00 t"pt'(1.-d to m<lkt' It t'a~lt'r for .<lllhu, lonn',. 10 get oul of SI Iv~ Ambul.JOn· SI<llon

five-year feue with a.o option to purchue.

Tbe Minister for Education bu acknowledged that ""the Government was as conscious as you arc 0( the rdative lad: of open space in the area",

The land WIU to have been bought by Ku,rina"ai Council, but in Februuy 19!!2 It decIded not to proceed, -bavin, regard for the large number of repr!>­,entations received (rom 'portin, poups, nearby schools and numeroUl tndi~iduals overwhdminJ1y 6upportin, the retention of the e1.1stina playin, fields." The coundl was aoin, 10 wlxlivide the land {or rCl>identi&1 UIO..

Wily is this public land bein, landed over to a privau sectarian ..:hool for tbe exclusiye UlC of 300 pupib when 1,700 studenu from I.hrcc JOyemmcnl ICbooIs and onc privau: a,cbool (M~) DOW have &cccuT

C..a Tyiw. PnsWe.t.,

se IlCI So.dI Prlm.a.ry SdMIoI eo..aalry AaIodadoe.,

Honce Street. Se I ...

Extract from Sydney Morning Herald. (1.10.1984)

Cost of Ih~ link road III

shilrt"d ''l.juaU) by Ku,nng gal ('ounnl «lld lht' Dt'p.lrtmt'nl of ", .. UI Hu .. ds,

Tht' prujt't't Includes con, slructlOn ur ~ "en I,'" I.lIIt', p.orl..llli> lJ~) •• JIIU a lr .. ffll: rounu .. buul "I [hi' In'

It'r~dlull uf Lull. Hu, !lurilc~ :--[ .. Ild ~1~lill') \l

Extract from North Shore Times (3.10.1984)

Tht' luur,l .. ne link ro"d JOin" up IO-llh route ~1i43, ",hl< h rUII, UU"'fI to Ch .. h

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The chimney bricks were laid in irregular Colonial bond, some­times three rows of stretchers, sometimes five, between the rows

of headers. (See Ills.27 & 28) The corbelling of the chimney shafts is clearly defined

in the. sketch (111.23) done shortly before the fire. The chimney pots were earthenware pipes and the use of pipes for ch~mney pots seems an-aesthetically suitable choice for a plain corrugated iron house, but Nancarrow had already used similar pots for his more elaborate "Domain Hotel" (111.8).

A rough sketch of the probable layout of the house (Dwg. 11) is derived from information. supplied by Father WaIter McEntee and Mr. A. Dallimore, who have also kindly described the interior.

The interior was well finished with a cedar staircase, some walnut was used and t~e s~cond-storey flooring was of polish­ed tallow wood. The walls were lined to a height of about 4' with vertic'~ timpering and the upper section and ceilings were lined with lath an~ plaster. Some remnants of the latter show the cement pl~st~r was a1:out ~" thick, finished with an in coating of fine plaster.

Mantelpie.ces were marble and fireplace surrounds were fin­ished with smoo.th, cement render (1116.30, 31). Each level had three fireplaces, the kitchen one contained a "Colonial" style wood-burning stove. The kitchen floor was concrete and the steps were slate. 47

Windows can be seen in many of the illustrations but '( unf'ortunately there is no record of the doors. \

This house seems to have been quite unique in a district where- houses we-re usually smaller, Single-storeyed and of' wea~her­hoard,. bu,t' it is remini.s·cent of many Gornish house's (see Ill .. S7)

I ~d perhaps deriv.es from those., The apparent. reaso.n :for the- ~ron

cladding: was a precaution agains:t hush fire's and the' plaster lin­ing provided suffici.ent insulation to keep it cool. 48 What the' original purpose was f'or the large second storey room is unkn?W~~ but it has been used for parties, wedding receptions and dances.

It had been recorded (before the fire) that the iron clad-- 50

ding of the house was branded 'ORB-IGUANA'. A se ction 0 f this iron, but unfortunately without a brand, is retained .in the arch:­ives at the Passionist Monastery, St. Ives, together with examples or the sandstock bricks, ventilators and nails, etc. and some of these are shown in Dwg.12 and Ills. 35 & 36.

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Mr. Alan Stein, Librarian for John Lysaght at Port

Kembla, is both interested and perplexed at· the presence of this brand of iron in Australia as Lysaghts have no record of its ever having been made here. He suggested that it may have been produced in England for ex~ort to South America as the iguana is a South American animal and it was common to use nationalis tic symbols such as Emu, Kiwi and Wattle as sales, gimmicks. However, the brand is not listed on any export sheffiE in his possession. Another possibility is that it was manuf'a-c­

tured in Lysaght fS Argentini'an 'Plant, but -this was only est:ab­lished after "World War 1,-51 so if' this were the source, it 1

would not be the original iron cladding. I A small brick building at the back of the house ho~ed

the laundry, a washroom with a round iron bath tub and at ~Le southern side two toilets. This building has been dem~lis~d as it was on -the land now owned by the' EducatiQn Departme~~.

It is thought that the old plants to the front of where the old house sto.od were planted by Mrs. Elizabeth ·Nancarrow. A large magnolia did not survive the fire, but two camellia trees are still alive and flowering. While their trunks are no great size it is possible they are original plants for they have been identified as an old Japonica variety "Virginia Franco" named and introduced from Italy in 1856. 52

It is unlikely that Richard Nancarrow Snr. participated greatly in the running of the orchard for he was continually listed as a builder at his hotel address in the Sands Directo~.

There is also conflicting information as to the type of orchard established at "Macquarie Farm". The Nancarrow family believes it to have been grapes and citrus, but descendants of the Dallimores, who farmed it in the 1890's, say it never had much citrus, but had stone fruits: peaches, apricots, nectarines and plums; as well as apples and pears. The latter seems reas­onable for, while citrus trees take longer to come into economic bearing, 40-year trees still bear well. 53

Young Richard Nancarrow*was told by his uncle that the farm would be his one day,54but when Richard Snr. died intestate in 1888 it naturally went to his widow.

31: Brother William was a stone mason, probably helped by his uncle in the early years. Later he worked in Bathurst and was responsible for the carving over the entrance of the Eathurst Gaol.

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It is interestw..g that at this date this land "on the

Stoney Creek Road" was described as: "Orchard and bush lf and was valued at The house with stable and outhouses at The working plant consisting of

horse, cart, plough, farming imple­ments and other garden tools at

£1180 475

50 Total £1705 (55

Young Richard had married Emily Bromley, daughter of a

local orchardist, in 1886 and no doubt working an orchard for an uncle's witlow did not appear to hold great prospects for their

future. In 1891 they purchased 14 acres of land immediately north of If Macquarie Farm,,56 and this was planted as a citrus

orchard. An 86' well was sunk and Jack Linigen, Emily's uncle, he.lped build a weatherboard house. This house, with its later additions is illustrated (38 & 39), the photos were taken in August, 1984 just b,efore the house was dismantled and removed to

another local site, but it is not known whether this house res­embled the first house built by Linigen on ItMacquarie Farm".

Neither is it known exactly when the younger Nancarrows actually transferred from "Macquarie Farmlf to their own orchard across the road,. but it seems probable that they would have

waited until their trees were bearing. The electoral rolls do not help because Mro TIallimore who managed the orchard for Mrs. Maria Nancarrow from some date early in the 1890's is not listed

"? during this period. (

Unfortunately 14 acres of orchard Idid not prove econom­ically sufficient to support the growing ~ancarrow family so they appointed a manager' and moved to Wyagdon 1ear Bathurst, where they s'uc.cessfully- farmed bees 0> I

The Dall.imore. Occupancy .. I There are two· distinc:t phases of the· Dallimare occupancy,

the first" or the orchard phase was a continuation of the Nancarrow occupancy but a. bush fire in 19~2 completely changed

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the means at livelihood. The TIallimore family emigrated from the Isle of Wight in

1885. Clement Dallimore, an experienced gardener, first worked for the Toohey family at Strathfield before managing IIMacquarie Farm" until. 1908, when he leased it until his wife died in 1932.

Mr. A. Dallimore of Bombala clearly remembers his grand­parents' farm and he has supplied details for the plan (Dwg.13)

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A single-furrow horse-drawn plough, A single-horse hayrake, A hand-turned chaff-cutter, A hand-turned corn-cracking machine. Shovels, mattocks and fencing tools, and A hand-worked cast-iron pump for the well.

Problems for Orchardists

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In the early days orchardists had to cope on their own, the .first help was when the Export and Import ::Branch o.f the nepartment of Agriculture was set up in l889~5'7 XTotests had

been made to .Bir Benry :Parkes about the importation of diseased :fruit and the introduction of inse-cts -and disease in apples fran San Francisco. 58 Codlin Moth had acclimatized itself in Parra­matta59 and there were also complaints about the cramped con­

ditions and increased charges for storage at the markets. 60

Orchardists also had to contend with flying foxes ea~ out their orchards because of a lack of their natural foods due

to a very dry season. 61 (There is still a colony of flying foxes in the st. Ives area and'any summer evening they can be seen overhead at 'dusk).

The 1920 1 s was considered the onset period of infest­ation by the Mediterranean Fruit Fly62 though the Cumberland

Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate reported active fly in late peaches on the 11th February, 1912.

Before the railway line was put through from Hornsby to Milson's Point in 189363 transport of fruit to the -markets was very time-consuming for St. Ives orchardists, who had to leave home at midnight and travel along very rugged roads to Milson's Point to catch the 4.30 a.m. punt to the markets. 64 With the coming of the railway market agents came into being and the Dallimores sent their fruit by train from rymble to Milson's Point where agents collected it.

The 1912 Bush Fire. Older residents of the area vividly remember the 1912

bush fire and some remember it as January, yet neither the Sydney Morning Herald nor the Daily Telegraph reported it, in­dicating how isolated from the world St. Ives was at that time. The nearest thing was a mention of high temperatures and' a bush fire in scrub between pymble and Beecroft. 65

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The fire concerning ttMacquarie Farm" is alleged to have

commenced somewhere close, swept out to the coast, but returned

the next day to incinerate a. horse and a cow in their paddocks

and, except for a few apricots" burn out the orchard, but it

somehow ignored the- buildings.. Mr. Dallimore remembers the clear

view to Barrenjoey Lighthouse from an upstairs window after the

fire had swept all before it.

After the fire the orchard was not replanted; the reason

is not known, but it is possibly because the Dallimores did. not

own the property and neither was any lease recorded on the deed.

Over the next twenty years 'tMacquarie Farm" provided a

very varied means of support. Extra cows were kept and milk,

butter and cream were sold locally. Poddy calves were raised

and a Jersey bull was used as' a stud to service other people's

cows for a fee. Sometimes agistment for dry cows or working

horses and racehorses resting was' allowed for a fee. Turkeys'

and fowls and eggs were supplied. to shops an.d local people and

these birds had to be shut in at night on acc·ount of marauding

foxes. Herbs were grown for a. herbalist in. the city and aspar­

agus, pass ionfru.i t and vegetables grown f'or sale.,

Homing pige'ons were· reared in. a I.o.,f-t and sald to SydneY'

gun clubs f'or live shooting and thos-e that were missed returned

home to be sold again.. This was legal at that time and s·o was

coursing, so at one time greyhounds were trained. there and

coursing afternoons held on Saturdays; the greyhounds· chas-ing

live rabbits.

By the time the Dall:imores l.e.:E"t. ''Macquarie- Farmtt the;

D~pression was, in fhll. swi.ng and man$' Local. orciIaras ceased to - ~ 56 function:. as; such hecause' ret't1J:::rrs were tOQ I.ow to make a. l:r:m:.n:g; ..

.A. dair~ named Hm:reli ran.. al. iew' cOW's on -the :tanti and the house

wag let until the property' was: su:td in:. 1.9-35 ... 6';7

Film 1lfaking. During this peri.od some scenes were sho·t.

on the uncleared area near Pi ttwater- (lat'er Mona. Vale) Road for

the Au.stralian film "The Squatter's Daughter-If made in 1933.,

Later, scenes for ItLet· George Do Itft (1938) were' shot in the same

place. Hbwever, fio charge was. made for the use of the land and. 68 films in' that period had to be made on a shoe-string budget.

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and 1 perch on -the N.W .. corner when the 'Parish road, ,gazetted

in 1870, became a .public Toad in 1912, so the area o£ the prop-

,er~y transl'·erxe.d to the. J?as.sion3.st ,Father.s on 17th :December,

1935 was 39 acres :2 Toods and 3.9 perches~ 69

!rhe ]?assionist Order was :founded by 3?aul J)aneo at the

b~gi'Il11ing oj' the 18thCentu:r:y .in. the :'papal r.eign Dj' l'o.pe Clement

n..,.?!) 'l:n .Australi.a this Order 'WaS :.i'i:rst ~.stablishea at :Ma:rric:k­

villa in 188? .ana i i; -expandeii to ·Goulburn ana .Adelaide in 2890-

lBBl... .The j'ourth Jumtra12an -e.s"t:abl.:isbment .is ;ai; st .. Ives 'where

the ..:follildation Etone vi' the C:ollege >:was laid :on Sunday., 7th

FebruaTY., 193'7.. The cover of' the invitation (Ill. 40) shows an

artist's 'impression, bird ' s eye view, of how the building was

expected to be up.Dn .cDmpletion 01' an intended second stage.

Mterc'ompletiDno:f the :first stage the :Pope :Pius X

][emorial Co.llege was opened on .loth OctobeT, 1937 and an Opening

.Day sce.ne {Ill .. 4l) :not Dnly shows the £~e 'bui1.ding" hut also

·the 'bare nature -01' -the :front area -01' -the c-ollege grounds at that

date. A l'arge expanse of' 'bare land i'8 also evident at the back,

to the south o':f the Co'llege (Il1.l0).

From 1937 to 1972 hundreds Df stUdents who had commenced

at this college at twelve ·to fifteen years of age were put

through thei;r Juniorate. 'They wDuld then spend a Novitiate

year at Goulburn prior to studying philesophy ;fer two years and

theology for fDur years at Adelaide. 7l

.The original intention of the .Passionist Fathers had

been to extend the college as shewn in illustratien 40 so. that

the stUdents could complete all their training at St. Ives.

Also the cellege was to. be conducted as a self-supporting

operation.

In 1934 Father Stephen, :Provincial, writing to the Ye~y

Rev. Father Consultor stated that any of the brothers who had

seen it were delighted with the site and location:

. tr Tt is in the hill co untry o'nly a .mere ten miles f'rDm Sydney .•

"The property comprises 40 acres of excellent land. Tall gumtrees line the western and northern sides (sic) 'and shelter it from the cold winds of winter and hot winds of summer. There is enly a -dairy farm -c'ottage -with' some sheds on the place. About half of the land is

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level plateau, the remainder slopes slightly toward the south. It affords a splendid opportunity to build according to our needs.

"The price asked at present is eight thousand pounds. We hope to buy it for less, but as land values are now it is worth the full amount to us. We have searched in every direc,tion for two years and we can find nothing so sui table for bur purpose. If 72

Phase 1. The only buildings retained when the Passion­

ist Fathers occupied "Macquarie Farm" were the house, laundry and shedo The house fulfilled the need for caretaker accommod­

ation until the College was opened. During this time fencing was erected, the old well was pumped out by the Fire Brigade and then made safe with a new timber topo In the house, the large second-storey room was transformed into a chapel. 73

The first stage of the College was designed as the Novitiate and it was intended for eight priests and 45 students. It is traditional Romanesque with a cloistered and arcaded quad­rangle formed by three permanent wings and a temporary screen wall. The red face bricks are laid in Flemish bond and the archways finished with specially moulded bricks (Ills. 41-42). In keeping with the Passionists' vows of 'Poverty, Chastity and Obedience' the interior conforms to the severe Monastic tradit­ion of the Middle Ages; (Ills.43-44) the architect has omitted any superfluous decorative features except for the main stair-

74 ' ~ case., Five classrooms wer. included on the ground floor and a dormitory and twelve bedro ms on the -the first floor. (Ilwgs.16 17)

Ehase 2. Once the College was occupied some of the land became a farm once moleo To supply the College needs the Passio'nist Brothers planted a small orchard on the eas tern side

I of the property, vegetable-& we-re grown in a fenced area (Ill.46~ there were 8-10 roosts and an enclosure for paul try and two stalls for pigs (Dwg.14), but the slaughtering of the latter was done at a piggery. S~ cows were kept for mi~king and they roamed fre~ from the north"':western area to the dam;' usually there were calves and a bull was kept also. Hay and oats were grown for feed and a chaff~cutter was purchased second-hand at Hornsby. There was a draught-horse and a hand plough and later a hay-rake. The horse was kept outside and the- old horse stalls were used to store coal and coke. 75

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floor of the bails was bricked over. At first the animals used the old dam for water, but this became polluted by the seepage from the septic tank so it was filled in as soon as a brick water trough was erected (Dwg.14).

-Playing fields and tennis courts were built and the

second storey of the old house was used for a gymnaSium, table

tennis and boxing. Other rooms were used as extra classrooms

when the need arose. 76

The only ~arming ~mplements still on the site are in the shed. The only identifying marks on the hay-rake (Ill .. ID )

are:RXT below the seat RK35 on Dne wheel 89l1U on the other wheel.

The chaff-cutter, Model No. 509, ~atent No. 25004/35 (Ills.20T 22) was manufactured by J. Buncle, Engineers of Melbourne. An

attached plate showed that it had come through the agents,

George Howell, Farm Machinery Exchange, High street, Penrith. John Buncle commenced business in Melbourne in 1853 and has been described as the "grand-old man of the chaff-cutting in­dustry,,~7 but the firm; John Buncle and Son ~ty. Ltd. went into liq~idation in the 1950's.78 George Howell operated his ex­change from 1941 to 1958, closing down when there was no longer a call for this type of equipment. 79 (For further details on patent No. 25004/35 see Appendix)

Phase 3. The pigs were discontinued and an updating of the equipment took place, the floor of the bails was concreted when electricity was connected and electric milking machines~eB installed (the electricity wires to the shed can be seen in Illustration 47). A Ferguson tractor and a mower were put into use. This equipment has been disposed of.

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Phase 4. While it remained a rural community longer than the rest of Ku-ring-gai, big changes were occurring in St. Ives, development- and suburbanization were taking over. Stanley Street was extended to Yarrabung Road in 1959 to service settle­to the east and this spelt the end of Clarke's orchard (Dwg.13), the last surviving commercial orchard in this area. This big change can be appreciated by comparing aerial photos of 1951 and 1981 (Maps 6 - 7).

The first allotment alienated from "Macquarie Farm" was

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approximately one acre sold in 1961 (ItCII in DNg.15) to Corpus

Christi School, which needed to expand. The school had commenc­

ed in 1953 when a, small church was bU.il t on two lots of land

from the original George Bean grant ("A" &: !tB" - Dwg.15).

Lessons at that time were held in the church and the desks moved

out on Sundays.80

In 1963 the ~assionist Fathers decided not to proceed

with extensions to their St. Ives College because a C'ollege for

Advanced Theological S·tudents was to be built elsewhere, but, as

finance was needed for this they applied to Ku-ring-gai Council

for permission to subdivide some land8l and a little over five

acres was sold for $76,000 to Frank Ivor Investments.. This land

was divided into 17 lots and Newhaven Place (Lots 1-17 TIwg.15).

In, 1966 a further 30 lots were' stLbdivided. These' are

located in Killeaton Street, Yarrabung Road and the new College

Crescent. The land for the crescent was d'edicated to the publio

at that time and Lot 18 was' dedicated as a Public Reserve 9 The

Commonwealth Bank then purchased the- area between. the Reserve

and the' Newhaven Place subdivisian :for $55,,000 and Cal,laghan

StaIi' Colleg~ now stands on. this land ...

Du.ring this perio:d the College added a. new chapeT

(:tll. 49, 50) de-signed by Terence naly,.. who also designe.d the

gymnasium (Ills. 48,.. 24) bu.t unfortunately 111:. Daly was unable

to supply plans of' these buildings. Because the second stage

of the College originally propos'ed was. not to be· built the new

chapel has be.en c.entred along the, western. wall of" the Coll.ege ...

As the College was then: equ.i.1Wed wi.:fu a modern. gtJUlllasium.

the aId house waS' no, l.~r\ re:q:u:iredi, ~o.r this, rmrIlose sa i;t was

utilized in. other' ways. . s.uch. as. rtorag,e... A. new cOJ!i1IIercia! enter­

prise,. duck-raIs;fng:" was. commenced "by the ~ay brothers; and tire

duckS' 'ranged f'ree:l.y aver the area now occupied by- Mas.ada HlgJ.l

School. Some·times 300 ducks were processed in a. wee·k; thes.e

had to reach their retail outlets early in the mornings., Tha

old kitchen was taken over f'or dressing the du.cks. and the old.

laundry was converted into an incine·rator. 82

It- was soon noticed that app:arent-ly the ducks: had a

deleter'iOus ef..fec.:t- on -the- tre.es.- in, _th~_area-83_ and.:-ailing t.urp.~ ___ . _

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hood the College -was -progressi-ve-ly --tra-ining~mrra:tleTL1umb-ers,-----,

and, in 1972, the Junior College at St. Ives was discontinued.3f

Farming was no longe:r necessary so the lana -still owned was in excess of re,quirements. Howey.er, Corpus Christi was expanding

and wanted to build a new .church and school -extensions (Dwgs,.

18-21, Ills. 56-57) so area tt])11 (.Dwg .. l5) -was .sold to them ..

Also the Education ])epartment anticipated thene-ed :for another

high school in 'the m:-ea so on l2th Bept:e1Ilher~ 1872 'they pur­

'Chase·d ar-eas sh'Own as n,E1'., ".F~u and 4lGn (Jm-g.,15) i.'07' $420.,000 ..

Lat-ex" ,a .iie:mogr.aphi.e S'lu:wey eT heads in the ea:tclllnent

area was undertaken and a:fter ros-cussion with the ;prj:vaiie

school's j,n -the area j:twas 'u'ecided that the situation had , 84

changed and another ,high -school was not neeae.d~ Area "Ft!

(2.'26 hectares) was sold to Nasada College for their High

School Centre on 17th December, 1982 for $740,000; area 11]5tl

.(3147 sq.m.) was sold to COT1>l1S Christ"i :for $90,000 :on ,the

7th April, 1983, but area I1SU, the oval., was retained by 'the

J)epartment~

Masada High School has been negotiating to purchase

this _oval, which is now considerea by the Education J)epartment

to b,e surplus to the"ir needs, 85 but the outcome is unce-rtain

as the~~s currently an outcry from some local groups as ex­

pressed i~ the letter on page 13a.

The last subdivision' sold by the :Passionist Fathers

was seven lots from Killeaton Street through to College Cres­

cent in 1980 and land values have increased enormously. In

1965 residen~ial lots sold for $4,500 in Newhaven Elace and

in College Street in 1981 $125,000 was a standard price.

Illustrations 60-62 are examples of' the housing in these

subdivisions.

The End of an Era - The End of t1Macquarie Farm"

By the 1980's after so much subdivision the old farm

buildings were exposed to' view and fOT some time before the

fire boys were trespassing in the farmhouse, which was merely

used for storage then. Lower windows were enclosed with iron

-* Older students nOVl train for one year at Melbourne after their regular schooling. They then spend their Novitiate year at st. Ives before returning to Melbourne -.fDr a further five years' training.

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to discourage this entry (see 111.27), but early in 1982 the inside was burnt out and this unique building had to be demol­ished. The old camphor laurel tree in illustration 23 had been

considered dead before the fire, but strangely since the fire

it has new life and is now thrivingo

As the old laundry and the watering trough were on the site of the present oval they have had to be demolished. The

farm shed had no future either as it straddled the.Masada

boundary and some sections had to go. It has no particular

use at the College today, but while it will stand it is to be

allowed to stay.

The current situation is that the College is now much

larger than requirements demand for usually no more than six­

teen persons are in residence at one time. Disposal is not considered an economic solution and, as the building is sound, no move is contemplated. Although land prices in the area are very high there are no thoughts at present of further land disposal in case, in the future, needs may change. Recently considerable planting of native trees and shrubs has taken place around the newer boundaries. While this open land is retained the College is able to lease agistment facilities for six horses (Ills. 52-53), for which there is a desperate need

in the dif:,rict, so while this continues a little of the old rural atm sphere remains.

B cause "Macquarie Farm lt stayed intact for so long an

opportunifY was there for educational institutions to acquire areas of ~uitable size for their requirements and the original

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40 acres' is now primarily insti tut,ional. The Link: Road t re-I .

cently completed (see Dwg.15) has cut the land i~ two, alien-ating 17 res-i.dential blocks from the remainder,: which is now seemingly more linked with adjoining blocks: the Council-owned Ku-ring-g~i Community Children's Centre and the privately­owned Noddy Kindergarten. The former replaced the Creative Arts Centre six years ago and caters for 20 children a day, the latter has been operating for fifteen years and caters for 60 children per day.86

87 As the Corpus Christi Primary School now has 425 pupils

and the Masada High School (Drgs.23, 24 & Ills. 58, 59) is plann­ing for a maximum of 600 students when their extensions are

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completed88 and, as the access to all these places is the

Link Road, the traffic will be considerable at certain times of the day when cars are picking-up or delivering children. This problem emerged in 1983 after Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council commissioned an envir~ental impact study of the new through road upon the area. So far the solution has been a welded wire fence separating access to the schools from the

main flow of through traffico (See p.13a)

To 'Complete the institutional aspects of the area the Oallaghan S'taff College of -the Commonwealth Banking Corporat­ion is run like an hotel and about 700 of their employees are put through formal courses each year. These are usually of .two, sometimes three, weekS,' duration and there are seven courses each of about 20 people. The range of courses is for

cadets in their mid-20's to higher management and the amenities include a swimming pool and tennis court. 89 (See Ills. 54-55 and J)wg. 22)

In the early days of "Macquarie Farm" it seems the whole of the local community was related due·to a network of

intermarriages with all the other families as tends to happen

in small rural commumities. Everyone knew each other and there was a great deal of co-operation. Today there is a similar co-operation in this area.

The ~assionist College allowed the Corpus Christi School children to use their gymnasium when they needed one and now it is used by the Masada High School. There has been good co-operation about the use of the oval and the Callaghan College put functions on a couple of times a year for the benefit of their neighbours, both the institutions and the local residents, and there is a markedly friendly atmosphere among all concerned.

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Ku-rD;g-gai. The Ku-ring-gai Historical Soc~e~~ 1973 p.47

Ibid. p.5

A Soi,l Survey of the t1unicipa1i t¥ of Ku-ring-gai, Sydney. Govt. Prlnter. 1959 pp. 8, 9

Ibid. p.13

Ibid. p.16

Notes on ItExp1orations under Governor Phi11iprr R.A.H.S. J"ournal and Proc­eedings. Vol. 12 1926 p. 27

A History of North Shore sldney From 1788 to Today. A .. & R. 970 p.i2

8 R.G. Lands Application 4373 9

10 11 12

Statutory

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De c1ara tion 3.11.1877 It 8.11.1877 n' 12 .. 11 .• 1877 If 2.11 •. 1877

13 A.O. -- Shipping-Records 14 R.,G.,-B.D .. M4' Pre.-I.9'OO Index 15 A.O.. Reel 4/l823'

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16 Edwards, J.G. "History of Kil1ara ,. near Sydneyft R.A_H.S. J"ournal & Proceedings. Vol. 12-13 ' 1926-27 p .. l16

17 R .. G., Lands Book S 399 18 A.O. - Reel 1083 19 R .. G. Lands Book 2 No., 452 p.,1,3Z

20 A.D .. -- Ree~ 1083 (Lette·rs to: aolomaI Secre-&arYJ 2l 1:horne" Les; Qpoocit~ ]iP.,. 40-42

22 R .. G. Lands (Old T'i:tIes Ilemari.a1. Book; ff Nos .. aaT,. 888)

23 Thorne·" Les

24 Thorne-, Les' 25 Ha1stead" Gay

26' Thorne" Les . 27 Brown~ J".E~R.

28 R.G:.-B.D.M. 29 Nancarrow, Peter

Op'., ci:t;.,. pp", 45-45

Ibid ... p .. 46

The StorY' 0:[ St., Ives. Nungurner Press Sydney. 1982 p.48

Op.cit .. p.52

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.. A.ua.tral j an Pione.e-r Techno..1Ggy...-- __ ,, __ ' Heinemann Educational Aust. 1979 60-73

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Nancarrow family

Smith, C .. A.

.39 'Da1.1:i:m.or.e, A ..

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42 :P.r.eston..,:Bro.,.:g.,. 42 nlcE-ntee.,:Fr .. W.

43 J)allimore,; A-.

44 ~earce, Fr. J.

4p Halstead, Gay

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'Early Rot Halvanising" J?art 3. J)ec .. 1978 _ (Lys.aghts - .Port KE:mbla)

"Correspondence 'tt

Oral Oral

Cor.respon-d'Em"Ce

Oral Op .. ci t. p.311

46 ?re s ton, Bro.G. Oral

48 Munro, Mrs. E. (Nancarrow f'amily) Oral (Rer mother said so) 49 Dallimore, A. Oral 50 .Halstead", -Gay ;{)p • .cit. p.511

51 Warren, E. "'Th-e Iron & .st-eel Industries·tl 19'70 ];).123 - (Lysaghts -- ~ort K-embla)

52 Churchland, H. Oral & The Australian Camellia Research ·Soci-ety ..

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54 Nancarro~, p~r Oral 55 Probate Office records 56 .. R.G. Land (Vol. 458 Fol. 335) 57

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59 60 61 62 63 64

Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate. (27.10.88 p.5)

Ibid. (1.12.1888) Ibid. (26.1.1889 p.2 & 30.3.1889) Ibid. (11.5.89)

DeptQ of Agriculture - Entomology Branch. Thorne, Ies Op.cit. p.127

Halstead, Gay O];).cit. p. 390 & p.10'7

-65 CUffiber1and Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate (17.1.1912)

66 Clarke, Jack Oral

67 Denning, Jim Oral

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Bates, Xavier C.R Help ~anted c. 1950 McEntee Fr. W. Oral stephen, Father (Provincial)

Letter to Very Rev. Father Consultor (1934)

Preston, Bro. G. Oral Glancey, C. Preston, Bro. G.

Article on Pope Pius X Memorial College. Oral

Mahoney, Fr. G. Oral

Howell, l'fJXs. G. Biography on John Buncle (M.L. Sydney) Oral

Howell, Mrs. G. Oral Shiel, Father Oral

Letter from Provincial Superior to Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council (6.11.63)

McEntee Fr. W. Oral Clarke, Jack Oral Kelly, T. (Education Dept.) Kelly, T. " " Ku-ring~gai Community Children's Centre

& Eroprietor, Noddy Kindergarten Shiel, Fr. Oral

Letter from Masada High School to Town Clerk, K.M.C. Skinner, K. 1 (Dep. Head of Ora Callaghan College)

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'Registrar General - Lands Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board NEWSPA1'ERS

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Brown, J.E.R. Churchland, H. Clarke, Jack. Dallimore, A. Denning, Jim Glancey, C. Hall, Ken Rowell Mrs. G. McEntee Fr. W. Mahoney Fr. G. Munro, Mrs. E. Nancarrow, A.P. Noddy Kindergarten (Eroprietor) Pearce Fr. John Preston .Bro. G. Shiel Fr. Skinner K.(Commonwealth Bank) Bambrick, B. Bowie, T.

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Halstead, Gay

Li ttle r.p. &. Storrier, R.R e'

Smi th" C .·A.

Thorne J' Les,

Warren, E.

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"Copper, Tin, Silver, Lead &. Zinc lt in Birmingham, J.,Jack" T. &. Jeans, D. Australian Pioneer Technology. Heinemann Educational Aust. 1979

Notes on "Explorations under Governor Ehillipll R.A.H.S. Journal and Eroceedings Vo. 12 1926

"History of' Killara, near Sydney" E.A.H.S. Journal &. Proceedings Vol. 12-13 1926-27

The Story of St. Ives., Nungurner Press. 1982

'Ku-ring-gai.. The Kil-ring-gai Hist­orical Society. 197'3

A Soil Survey of' the Municipality of Ku-ring-gai, Sydney. Govt .. Printer 1959

nEarly FIot Galvanising lt Part 3' :Dec. 1978. (Lysaghts - J?ort Kembla.)

A £fist-OH of' North Shore Syi1ney From 88 to 'Eada;r.. A. & R. 19'(Q

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APPENDIX

Noc 25,004135.

APPLICATION DATED

26th October, 1935.

HE:t\'RY CARTER.

~\ ccepted, 8th January, 1936. I,odged, 27th July, 1936.

Aecepted, 26th October, 1936. 11th Xovember, 1936.

Class 10.7. Dmwing attached.

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.

"Improvements in or relating to chaffcutting machines." I, HENRY CARTER, of 57 Octavia Street, frequent stoppages for its removal and may

:::It. Kilda, in the State of Victoria, Oom- even cause serious damage to the machine monwealth of Australia, Company Director,. with risk of injury to the operator. hereby declare this invention and the ':' An important object of the invention is

5 manner in which it is to be performed, to be to obyiate the abo,e-recited disadvantages 5 as follows:- _ in the chaffing of green and wet materials by

This inyention relates to improvements ill mounting the knives of a chaffcutting ehaff-cutting machines, ,and it has been marhine upon members which radiate from deyised primarily with the object of and rotate in balanc€ about an axis and have

10 enabling green fodder, such as meadow their extremities remote from the axis free 10 grass, lucerne or the like to be efficiently and unconnected by a rim or the like. The cut into chaff while avoiding the difficulty radiating members are connected, prefer .. of clogging apt to occur when such green ably integrally, with a central hub, and the fodder is chaffed Oll "haffcuttf>l'S of usual former and the latter form a knife-carrying

15 construction. spider. The free extremities of the radiat- 15 ,V'1l€n green or damp foddel', such as ing members or arms of the knife-carrying

lucerne, meadow' hay or the like is cut by n i>pidel' terminate near the inner surface of r.haffcutter having the usual knife wheel a protective casing 01' cover wherein the enclosed in a cover Or hood, the chaff Pl'O- knife-carrying spider is enclosed, and ill

20 duced accumulates within the coyer and rotating the radiating arms move closely 20 causes dogging which impedes the cutting past the inner surface of the cover and dis­and preyents the free discharge of the chaff. lodgp the adhering green ehaff therefrom. Moreoyer, when cutting green, tangled Ol' .i..s the impro,ed knife-carrying spider is Iyet material the saltle is carried centl'i· l'imless, free acce~5 can be obtained to the _

25 fugally along the spokes to the rim of the kni,"es,;;o that the same may be sharpened 26 knife wheel which being smooth runs freely and set with greater com"enience and through and has 110 effed in dislodging the faeility than is possible when they are damp and adhesive material which become;:; mounted upon a knife wheel of l~8nal jammed in the eoyer and necessitates ('onstrnc-tion.

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A.nother obj,ect of the m,ention is to pl'O­\Tide the casing which 'encloses the knif~­carrying spider with an outlet througn which the green chaff as well as the material

5 dislodged by the rotating membel's or arms is freely discharged.

A. further object of the inyention is to provide means carried by the rotating members or arms for clearing the interior

lO of the casing of adhering chaffed material and for directing the same to the outlet.

In the accompanying dl~awing" to which reference is now directed:-

Figure 1 is a Bide ele-vation of rotary 15 knife-carrying means according to the

invention. Figure 2 is a rear ele':ation of a chaff­

('utter fitted with the rotary knife-carrying means shown in Figure 1 and including ,a

20 casing enclosing the knife-carrying meam and having a discharge outlet.

Figures 3 and 4 illustrate fragmentary details of the invention.

In these drawings, the numeral 1 indicate::! 25 a spider having three arms 2 formed

integrally with ,and radiating from.a central hub 3 a,bout which the arms 2 are evenly ·spaced in balanced relation.

The s.pider arms 2, which may be made 30 somewhat stronger than the spokes of the

usual knife 'wheel, are each pro,ided with a ,knife·4 of orthodox type and either of conye..\: ,shape (as shown) or of concave formation} wJiich is .adjustably :fixed to the spider arms

35.1 by :bolts.5 and set screws 6 i']1 the ordinary manner.

Inapply:i:ng a spider 1 fitted with knife­carrying arms 2 to a chaffcutier the hu~ 3 is provided with 'an axial hole 7 int0 whlch

40 the cutter -shaft 8 is fitted and keyed or ~ otherwise rron-turna:bly connected.

The spider 1 and the knives 4 thel'eOll arc enclosed in a casing 9 the inner surface of which is positioned near to the knife-carry-

45 ing arms '2, which in rotating p~event the damp adhesive chaff from adherlllg to the interior of the flasing 9 and thus prevent clogging.

In order that tile action of the spider .50 a1.'lTIS 2 may be more efficient in removing

the damp freshly-cut chaff, the outer extremities of tile said arms may be fitted with wipers 10 carried by brackets 11, an:l the said wipers move closely past, but do

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not contact with, the inner surface of the casing 9. If preferred, the wipers 10 may he formed integrally with the spider arm 2.

The casing 9 is provided with a tangen­tial outlet 12 through which the green chaff 5 and the material dislodged by the arms 2 ]s ejected from the machine.

To fThl'ther assist in the prevention of clogging, combs of special pitch may be utilised and the top comb may be adjustable. 10 Such combs, however, are of usual construc­tion and do not per se form part of the present invention.

In some cases in which it may be desirable to j-'crease the momentum of the spider 1 15 and knives 4, a bala1lCe wheel 01' fly-wheel (not shown) may be fixed to :the cutter "haft 8 exteriorly of the casing 9. It will be understood that a driving pulley 13 mounted 011 the cutter shaft 8 may be 20 utilised as a balance wheel by provid~g it with a rim of sufficiently heavy construction.

• \.lthough an embodiment of the invention is illustrated and has been described ill ,»:hich three knife-carrying arms 2 are used, 25 it' will ,be obvious that two 01' more than three of such arms balanced about the hub 3 may be used if desired.

~foreo:vC'I', while it is distinctly a'dvan­tageous that the knife-carrying arms 2 30 should be evenly spaced apart, it is realised that the said 8:rms 'could be unevenly spaced and made of appropriate weights in them­selves, or be counterbalanced by weights, to obtain balance about the hub '3. 35

N otwithsta::ndilIg that the invention had bcen described with special reference to its use in the cutting ,of green or damp fodder into chaff, it may be used ,nth adValltage for chaffing hay and other campm'atively 40 dry materials.

Haying now fully described and ascer­tained my said invention and the manner in which it is to he performed, I declare that what I claim is:- 45

1. In a cha:ffcuttin[.; machine, rotary knife-carrying members radiating from and rotating about an axis and having their end" remote from the axis free and unconnected by a rim or the like, an enclmmre wherein .50 the knife-carrying memhers rotate, and an outlet on the enc1osUl'e for chaffed material.

2. In a chaffcutting machine the con­~truction aR claimed in Olaim 1 wherein

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expelling means are provided on the knife­carrying members for eJecting tht' chaffed material through the outlet.

3. III a ehaffcutting machine, the con-5 l>trnction as claimed in Olaim 2, wherein

the expelling means comprise wipers secured to or formed integrally -with the knife-carry­ing members.

:1:. In a chaffcutting machine, the con-10 struction according to anyone of the preced­

ing claims, wherein the knife-carrying members comprise arms which radiate from a central hub llon-turnably secured to the eutter shaft.

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a rim or the like, a knife adjusta!bly secured to each of the radiating arms, wipers on the free extremities of the radiating arms, a easing enclosing the radiating arms and hav­ing its inner surfaee located closely to, but 5 clear of, the wiper::;, and a tangential out-let on the casing.

6. In a chaffcutting machine, the con­struction as claimed in Olaim 5, wherein the wipers are carried by brackets secured 10 to the radiating arms.

7. The improvement8 in chaffcutting machines herein described and illustrated by the accompanying explanatory drawings.

Dated this 26th day of October, 1936. 15

AKTROKY J. CALLINAN,

Patent Attorney for Applicants.

'Yitness-.T ames H. Anderson.

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Survivors from bush fires, near Abor inal site, St.

Abor inal rock engraving, St. Ives.

Fish and river engraved by pecking holes in stone. 6.

4. Bungaroo, St. Ives.

Tidal limit of Middle Harbour. Site of Governor Phillip's camp - 16th April, 178~

5. Location of Abor inal site, St. Ive s .

(See below)

"Greenwood" Mona Vale Road, • Ives. Built c. le70.

The home of Thomas Er own , who owned "Macquarie Farm"

(1984

Polychrome brick and carved sandstone entrance of the former "Domain 1" (later

tel Merryfield lf)

(1984 )

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10. The former ItMacquarie Farm", Pope Pius X Memorial Col le

to: Archives, Passionist Order.

St. Ives (late 1930's) showing in the background.

11.

The part-demolished "Macquarie Farm" shed.

(1984 )

In the foreground is the fence erected by Brother Gabriel Preston in the late 1930's. Masada High School is in the background.

tern side d.

Double row of

(1984 )

shrubs recently anted are ong the liioundary.

end of farm oval and

Staff the

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(1984 )

14.

View of d from north-east, showing modern lean- addition at the nor rn end.

(1 )

13.

Internal view of shed from the northern end showing vertical plank wall of horse s tall and gudgeon pins on door posts.

(1984 )

16.

view of d from the southern , showing double-Warren trusses, with red edges. Part of roof capping has gone.

(1984 )

15.

Northern end of iament se,

with s ar Warren trusses to those in the farm shed. se were added here c. 1

(1984 )

17.

Northern area of farm shed which was originally two horse stalls. Shows feed chute over left hand stall and food trough in right hand stall.

On the back wall is a post which supported the loft floor.

(1984 )

18.

Southern area of farm shed now houses discarded farm equipment; a hayrake and a chaff-cutter.

(1984 )

20.

pairs of horse shafts with different fittings lean against the horizontal plank wall of the central area of the shed.

(1984 )

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orname top added # to old well, 1970's.

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the use was dismantled to be re-erected on another site .

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