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Broughton House, Parramatta
Broughton House is a heritage-listed former residence, school and now nursing home at 43a Thomas Street, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1838 and was possibly designed by John Verge. It has also been known as Newlands, Bowden House, Parramatta Convalescent Home and Parramatta Nursing Home. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 1 October 1999. History The block on which Broughton House now stands was part of two sixty acre farms, stretching from today's Isabella Street south to the River, that were granted to two seamen from HMS ''Sirius'', Robert Webb ( 1762–1799) and William Reid ( 1765–?) in March 1791, by Governor Phillip, for farming. Huts were built for them, two acres of land cleared and they were granted food, seed, agricultural tools, livestock and medical attention. Their assigned convicts were provided for from the public stores for one year.Kass et al 1996, 30 Over the two decades, Farm No. 7 and adj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parramatta
Parramatta (; ) is a suburb (Australia), suburb and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River. It is commonly regarded as the secondary central business district of metropolitan Greater Sydney, Sydney. Parramatta is the municipal seat of the Local government areas of New South Wales, local government area of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as one of the primary centres of the Greater Sydney metropolitan region, along with the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Campbelltown, and Liverpool, New South Wales, Liverpool. Parramatta also has a long history as a second administrative centre in the Sydney metropolitan region, playing host to a number of government departments, as well as state and federal courts. It is often colloquially referred to as "Parra" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnean Society Of London
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collections, and publishes academic journals and books on plant and animal biology. The society also awards a number of prestigious medals and prizes. A product of the Age of Enlightenment, 18th-century enlightenment, the society is the oldest extant biological society in the world and is historically important as the venue for the first public presentation of the theory of evolution by natural selection on 1 July 1858. The patron of the society is Anne, Princess Royal. Honorary members include: King Charles III of the United Kingdom, Emeritus Emperor Akihito of Japan, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (both of the latter have active interests in natural history), and the eminent naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenboroug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experiment Farm Cottage
Experiment Farm Cottage is a heritage-listed former farm and residence and now house museum at 9 Ruse Street, Harris Park, City of Parramatta, Sydney, Australia. It is one of Australia's oldest standing residences, being built in . It is located at the site of Experiment Farm, Australia's first European farmstead, which was itself created by Australia's first land grant. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History In 1789, James Ruse was chosen by Governor Arthur Phillip to run an experiment to see how long it would take a man to support himself. Ruse was granted of cleared land, as well as assistance for clearing an additional . He was also provided with two sows and six hens. He was fed and clothed from the public store for 15 months, after which time he had become successfully self-sufficient and was granted an additional . In October 1793, Ruse sold his farm to surgeon John Harris, builder of the substantial colonial cottage which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Macarthur
Elizabeth Macarthur (14 August 1766 – 9 February 1850) was an English-born landowner and businesswomen who was wife of John Macarthur. Early life Elizabeth Macarthur was born in Bridgerule England, the daughter of provincial farmers, Richard and Grace Veale of Cornish origin. Her father died when she was aged four years. Her mother remarried when she was 11, leaving Elizabeth in the care of her grandfather, John, and friend. Elizabeth married Plymouth soldier John Macarthur in 1788. In 1790, with her newborn son Edward, she accompanied John and his regiment, the New South Wales Corps, to the recently established colony of New South Wales, travelling on the Second Fleet. Life in New South Wales Elizabeth was the first soldier's wife to arrive in New South Wales. Being educated, articulate, and well-read, her letters provide an important record of the infant convict town of Sydney and colonial life. She was an amateur astronomer and botanist and enjoyed a privileged posit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lease And Release
A lease and release is a form of conveyance of real property involving the lease of land by its owner to a tenant, followed by a release (relinquishment) of the landlord's interest in the property to the tenant. This sequence of transactions was commonly used to transfer full freehold title to real estate under real property law. The lease and release was a mode of conveyance of freehold estates formerly common in England and in New York. Between its parties it achieves the same outcome as a deed of grant/transfer/conveyance. History The lease and release is said by Blackstone to have been invented by Serjeant Moore, soon after the enactment of the Statute of Uses. It was a way of avoiding the Statute of Enrolments which required enrolment of a bargain and sale. A lease, in fact being a bargain and sale upon some pecuniary consideration for one year or some other nominal term, is made by the bargainor of a whole freehold (with no fetter on alienation) to a lessee who is in fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasurer Of New South Wales
The treasurer of New South Wales, known from 1856 to 1959 as the colonial treasurer of New South Wales, is the Minister of the Crown, minister in the Government of New South Wales responsible for government expenditure and revenue raising and is the head of the The Treasury (New South Wales), New South Wales Treasury. The treasurer plays a key role in the economic policy of the government. The current treasurer, since 28 March 2023 is Daniel Mookhey. Each year, the treasurer presents the NSW Budget to the Parliament. In some other countries the equivalent role is the minister for finance, although NSW has had a separate office of that name responsible for regulating government spending. For 103 years, the treasurer was originally known as the 'colonial treasurer', however the 'colonial' word was removed with the passing of the ''Ministers of the Crown Act 1959 (NSW)'' from 1 April 1959. Treasurers Forster, Stuart, Dibbs, Jennings, Reid, Lyne, Waddell, Carruthers, McGowen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Western Highway
Great Western Highway is a state highway in New South Wales, Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst, on the state's Central Tablelands. The highway also has local road names between the Sydney city centre and Parramatta, being: Broadway, Sydney, Broadway from to , Parramatta Road from Chippendale to Parramatta, and Church Street through Parramatta. Route The eastern terminus of Great Western Highway is at Railway Square, at the intersection of Broadway, Sydney, Broadway with Quay Street, in the inner-city suburb of Haymarket, New South Wales, Haymarket and just south of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD. From Railway Square, the highway follows Broadway south and west, to the intersection with City Road, Sydney, City Road (Princes Highway), where the highway changes name to Parramatta Road and heads generally west towards Parramatta. Hume Highway (Liverpool Road) branches south-west at Summer Hill, New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Road, Sydney
Victoria Road is a major road in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, connecting Parramatta with Rozelle and is currently one of the longest roads in Sydney. The road passes over two major bridges: the Iron Cove Bridge over Iron Cove, and the Gladesville Bridge over the Parramatta River. Route Victoria Road commences at the intersection of O'Connell Street in Parramatta and heads east as a four-lane dual-carriageway road, passing over an interchange with James Ruse Drive in eastern Parramatta, under an interchange with Silverwater Road in Ermington, over another interchange with Devlin Street in Ryde, through Gladesville and Drummoyne, and terminating at a modified intersection with City West Link and Western Distributor at Rozelle. It is predominantly three lanes in each direction between Rozelle and Gladesville, and two or three lanes in each direction west of Gladesville. A large number of Busways and Transit Systems bus routes travel along Victoria Road, and during pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macleay River
The Macleay River is a river that spans the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Formed by the confluence of the Gara River, Salisbury Waters and Bakers Creek, the Macleay River rises below Blue Nobby Mountain, east of Uralla within the Great Dividing Range. The river flows in a meandering course generally east by south, joined by twenty-six tributaries including the Apsley, Chandler, and Dyke rivers and passing through a number of spectacular gorges and waterfalls in Cunnawarra National Park and Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, through heritage-listed mountain village Bellbrook amidst others, before reaching its mouth at the Tasman Sea, near South West Rocks. The river descends over its course. The river flows through the town of Kempsey. At the river is traversed by the Pacific Highway via the Macleay River Bridge (Dhanggati language: ''Yapang gurraarrbang gayandugayigu''). At the time of its of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Bay House
Elizabeth Bay House is a heritage-listed Australian Colonial Regency style house and grotto in the inner Sydney suburb of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales. The property at 7 Onslow Avenue is owned by Sydney Living Museums, funded by the Government of New South Wales. The design of the house and grotto are attributed to John Verge and John Bibb. It was constructed between 1832 and 1839 by James Hume, with the assistance of convict and free artisans. The property also features a carriage drive off Onslow Avenue that was designed by Edward Deas Thomson and was originally surrounded by a garden. Elizabeth Bay House is a superb example of Australian colonial architecture, best known for its central elliptical saloon with domed lantern and geometric staircase, and was listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Elizabeth Bay / Gurrajin Elizabeth Bay had been the site of a fishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lawson (explorer)
William Lawson, (2 June 1774 – 16 June 1850) was a British soldier, explorer, land owner, grazier and politician who migrated to Sydney, New South Wales in 1800. Along with Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, he pioneered the 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains, first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Blue Mountains by British colonists. Early life Lawson was born in Finchley, Middlesex, England to John Lawson and his second wife Hannah Summers. His father owned a successful chandler (occupation), chandler business and was a descendant of the Richard Lawson of High Riggs, Scottish Lawson family of Cairnmuir House in the Pentland Hills of Edinburgh, Scotland. Lawson was educated in London and trained as a surveyor. He decided to join the British Army and purchased a commission in the New South Wales Corps as an ensign (rank), ensign for £300 in 1799. He received orders to transfer to Sydney, arriving there in November 1800. Officer in the 'Rum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
