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”
Charles Simpson – Waratah and Warden of Newcastle
Brinkburn Farm to the Folly, Waratah In order to trace Charles Simpson’s story we need to find where he was employed. He appeared to be a judicious man not prone like some others to rush out and buy extravagant large land or property portions nor to seek advancement politically. He appears to plan the leasingContinue reading “Charles Simpson – Waratah and Warden of Newcastle”
Charles Simpson – Brinkburn Farm on the Hunter
Magistrate and Justice of the Peace Charles Simpson 1845 – 1846 – Patrick’s Plains and Singleton On 16 September 1844, Charles Simpson was appointed a Church Warden at the Scone Parish of the Church of England: ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF NEWCASTLE – SCONE PARISH: [See also A5252 (i)] + GRAY, NANCY: A6083 (i) Agreement to appointContinue reading “Charles Simpson – Brinkburn Farm on the Hunter”
Charles Simpson – Scone, NSW
Marriage, Magistrate and Justice of the Peace Charles Simpson – Scone, New South Wales The arrival of ‘Mr Simpson’ on the ‘Frankfield’ on 3 July 1841 taken alongside the advertisement of a property just outside Scone where we know Charles Simpson was living in 1842 with the addition of C Simpson living at the residenceContinue reading “Charles Simpson – Scone, NSW”
Arrival in New South Wales
Arrival in Sydney Cove The ‘Thomas Arbuthnot’ arrived in Sydney on the 17th January 1849 with a family bereaved and depleted. Sarah Ann was 7 years of age, Maurice 5 years and George Abner 2 ½ years old, George was without his wife and baby son, the children without a mother. There were a seriesContinue reading “Arrival in New South Wales”
George Gray - Stonemason & Builder 