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Avon Park, York
Avon Park is a park adjacent to the centre of the town of York, Western Australia on the Avon River. History The land between the Lowe St and the Avon River was amongst the first of the town allotments surveyed in 1841. From March 1857, the York Agricultural Society was given the right to use the land adjacent to the south of Macartney Street as a showground “until required for other purposes”. And from that time, it was continuously used for the York Agricultural Fair. In 1885 the Society procured a 99-year lease from the Government of that land for a peppercorn rent. The land immediately to the north, between what is now Christie Retreat and Macartney Street, was unused, but was one of the few pieces of land that the public could enter along the Avon River. The Society used the land which it leased to display and auction animals, but the whole of the land alongside Bland’s Pool was used as a fair ground. In May, 1890, the Commissioners of the York Agricultural S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York, Western Australia
York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated on the Avon River, east of Perth in the Wheatbelt, on Ballardong Nyoongar land,King, A and Parker, E: York, Western Australia's first inland town, Parker Print, 2003 p.3. and is the seat of the Shire of York. The name of the region was suggested by JS Clarkson during an expedition in October 1830 because of its similarity to his own county in England, Yorkshire.John E Deacon: A Survey of the Historical Development of the Avon Valley with Particular Reference to York, Western Australia During the Years 1830-1850, UWA, 1948. After thousands of years of occupation by Ballardong Nyoongar people, the area was first settled by Europeans in 1831, two years after Perth was settled in 1829. A town was established in 1835 with the release of town allotments and the first buildings were erected in 1836. The region was important throughout the 19th century for sheep and grain farming, sandalwood, cattle, goats, pigs and ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon River, Western Australia
The Avon River is a river in Western Australia. A tributary of the Swan River, the Avon flows from source to mouth, with a catchment area of . Avon catchment area Lake Yealering in the Shire of Wickepin is the point of origin for the upper Avon River, and the catchment size above the confluence with the Salt River at Yenyening Lakes is . The basin covers much of the West Australian wheatbelt and extends beyond that in some areas near almost-always-dry Lake Moore in the northeast, water is received regularly from only the extreme western edge of the basin. Indeed, until an abnormally wet year in 1963 it was not realised that the northeastern part of the basin beyond Wongan Hills ever drained water into the river. Under present climatic conditions, it is almost impossible to produce runoff from anywhere outside the extreme west of the basin because the amount of rain required to fall before runoff would begin is as high or higher than the mean annual rainfall. The river has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faversham House
Faversham House is a heritage-listed "grand residence" overlooking Avon Terrace in York, Western Australia. The house, named after the birthplace of John Henry Monger Snr,A.M. Clack and Jenni McColl: York Sketchbook, p. 48. was built in four stages by the Monger family. With almost fifty rooms, Faversham House was one of the largest colonial residences in York. John Henry Monger Snr John Henry Monger Snr arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1829 as a sponsored immigrant, and after building and operating a sawmill near Perth at what was later called Lake Monger, he moved to York and in 1836, and started the first hotel in York, The York Hotel, on Avon Terrace below where Faversham House was to be built. He formally purchased the land from Rivett Henry Bland and Arthur Trimmer for £100 in April 1838. In 1841, he established a general store opposite the hotel.John E Deacon: A Survey of the Historical Development of the Avon Valley with Particular Reference to York, Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Hotel, York
The Castle Hotel in York, Western Australia, York is one of the oldest surviving hotels in Western Australia. Its first proprietor was Samuel Smale Craig, Samuel Craig and it was then held by members of the Craig family for 137 years. The hotel was constructed in three stages, the old section on Avon Terrace, York, Avon Terrace in 1853, extended in 1862, and the corner Federation Filigree addition, built by May Craig in 1905/1912. History The Crown Grant for the land on which the Castle Hotel stands was originally granted to John Henry Monger Snr on 3 November 1852 for £11. He also took a grant of the property to the rear for £11. The original part of the current building which is called the Castle Hotel (right hand side on Avon Terrace, York, Avon Terrace) was constructed in 1853 for Samuel Craig using ticket-of-leave men from the York Convict Hiring Depot. By September 1853, Craig was trading as the Castle Hotel and the York Agricultural Society held a meeting there. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
