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 11…
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 in…
George Gray ‘Builder’ – Edmund Bull – Benjamin Baker & Waratah House
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 a…
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George Gray - Stonemason & Builder 