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Carwoola Homestead
Carwoola Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead complex at 1071 Captains Flat Road, Carwoola, New South Wales, Carwoola, Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1830 to 1850 by William Rutledge and later his brother Thomas Rutledge (1817-1904), Thomas Rutledge. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The botanist Allan Cunningham (botanist), Allan Cunningham journeyed across the Molonglo Plains in April 1824 while leading an expedition into southern New South Wales. He called this flat country Marley's Plains, unaware they had also been called Friday's Plains two years earlier. Both names were superseded by use of the word "Molonglo". In 1835 Cunningham's younger brother Richard, the Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Sydney Botanic Garden, was clubbed to death by aborigines while accompanying the NSW Surveyor General of New South Wales, Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell (explorer) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carwoola, New South Wales
Carwoola is a locality in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is immediately to the south of the Kowen, Kowen district, which is located in the Australian Capital Territory. The Molonglo River passes through the Carwoola area before opening out into the Molonglo Plains. The Kings Highway (Australia), Kings Highway and Captains Flat Road are the two major through routes. Carwoola is part of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and the Southern Tablelands geographic area. The area also roughly aligns with the original Carwoola Parish. Community Carwoola has a Community Hall, managed by the local Community Association and a Rural Fire Brigade of the NSW RFS, NSW Rural Fire Service (the Carwoola Brigade, formerly Stoney Creek Brigade) as well two public areas in Bowen Street and Molonglo River Drive. Carwoola Landcare (organisation), Landcare is also an active part of the Molonglo River, Molonglo Catchment Group. History The first European expeditions to the area we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |