Waratah House George Gray ‘Builder & Stonemason’ – Edmund Bull ‘Labourer & Gardener’ – Ben Baker ‘Carpenter & Timber Merchant’ There are multiple references both from family as well as newspaper articles, and early historians that give the source of the name of the builder of Waratah House as being George Gray along with aContinue reading “George Gray ‘Builder’ – Edmund Bull – Benjamin Baker & Waratah House”
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Building Waratah House
Building a house & estate at ‘the folly’ 1850 -1853 A thesis submitted in 1971 by Ross M. Deamer – Houses Erected on Original Land Grants in the Lower Hunter, Paterson and Williams River Valleys Between 1800 – 1850 2 encompasses aspects of building some of the original houses in the Hunter Rover regions. Including inContinue reading “Building Waratah House”
Waratah House – Myths, Legends and Facts
‘The Folly’ 1849 – 1854 As a starting point for the time frames for George Gray, Edmund Bull and Benjamin Baker arriving as the first settlers on Charles Simpson’s land at ‘the folly’, it can noted that Charles Simpson Title Deeds for allotment 50 are dated 22 October 1849 and for allotment 50 are dated 11Continue reading “Waratah House – Myths, Legends and Facts”
New Freugh to Waratah
The Gray, Bull & Baker Families – New Freugh to the Folly It needs to be remembered that the population of these areas are very small, people would travel further to see neighbours and organise social activities where they could all meet and spend time together. So it is important to look at the proximitiesContinue reading “New Freugh to Waratah”
Benjamin Baker – New Freugh Station
When recalling an encounter with a fearsome Aboriginal man who he called ‘Better Bread’, George Abner Gray: ‘My sister, brother and I were sitting at the end of our hunt and sister was reading … Better Bread was at his camp as usual and seems to think we were teasing him; all at once heContinue reading “Benjamin Baker – New Freugh Station”
George Gray – New Freugh Station
George Gray – New Freugh It was after the death of Frances and George’s insolvency, that George and Ann Gray set out to emigrate to join his brother in law, now a widower, Edmund Bull and his family of three young children. The story recent family conveys, is that Edmund Bull wrote to his brotherContinue reading “George Gray – New Freugh Station”
George Gray - Stonemason & Builder 