Elizabeth Farm -

 

Elizabeth Farm 

The Boundary Stone 

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Crows Nest Housr - Corws Nest - New South Wales

 

Crows Nest House - Crows Nest - Sydney 

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Main Gates 

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Cantebury House

 Cantebury House



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Main Entrance 

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Drawing Room 
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Library
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Morning Room


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Stairs And Side Passage 

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Coach House 


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Stables

Campbell's Fields -

 

Campbells Fields 

Dr. William Redfern—Australia's first English-trained medical graduate and a notable emancipist—established a rural farming estate in the 1810s named Campbell Fields (sometimes referred to as Campbellfield). Located in the present-day suburb of Minto in Sydney's south-west, it is one of the region's earliest European land

Another Edmund Blackett Designed House. 

Barnstaple Manor - Five Dock

 

Barnstaple Manor - Barnstaple Road - Five Dock 

Brett Clements Rodd  (1809-1898) arrived in Australia in 1822 with his father and two brothers after the death of his mother. The young Rodd secured employment with Thomas Icely an enterprising merchant and shipping agent in Sydney.

In 1833 Rodd became a solicitor and by 1838 was prosperous enough to purchase two lots of the subdivided Five Dock Estate (previously known as Five Dock Farm) from Samuel Lyons. One piece of land was at the head of Five Dock Bay in present-day Chiswick. The other was at the head of Iron Cove, where Rodd built a house which he named Barnstaple Manor, after his birthplace in Devon.

In 1839 he married Sarah Jane Robertson and they had eight sons and four daughters. In 1859 Rodd put a deposit down to buy the island in Iron Cove known variously as Snake, Robbit or Rhode island. While the deal did not go through, Rodd nonetheless renamed the island in his own name.

The remains of Barnstaple Manor were still visible until the 1920s when it was demolished and the property subdivided. Many Five Dock streets bear the names of Sarah and Brent Rodd’s children including Brent, Burnell, Clements, Janet, Lenore, Trevanion and Undine streets. While, Barnstaple Road, Rodd Island, Rodd Point and Rodd Park also recall the family’s association with the area.

Brent Clements Rodd

Sarah Robertson

 
Hilton - 278 Liverpool Street - Darlinghurst - New South Wales
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Elizabeth Farm - Parramatta - New South Wales 

Elizabeth Farm - With Mrs Swann Sitting on the Front Verandah - 1926

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Elizabeth Farm - The Hallway - 1926

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Elizabeth Farm - The Front Verandah Looking Out - 1926

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Elizabeth Farm - Drawing Room - 1926

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Elizabeth Farm - Dining Room - 1926
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Elizabeth Farm - Bedroom - 1926
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The Boundary Stone Marking Between Granville And Parramatta on the Grounds Of Elizabeth Farm - 1926
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St Kilda House - Cnr Cathdral St & Palmer St - Woolloomooloo - New South Wales

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St Kilda House - Cnr Cathdral St & Palmer St - Woolloomooloo - New South Wales

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St Kilda House - Photo Taken in 1925

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Then.....

& Now.....

Another Beautiful Home, one of the Early Mansions Built in The Darlinghurst Heights / Woolloomooloo Area 

& Look At This Monstrocity Of Glass & Cheap Concrete They Replaced It With. There Were Other Options, 

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You Can Call It Progress..... 

I  CALL  IT  RAPE  OF  OUR  HISTORY

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The Citizens Of Sydney Must Demand More From The Politicians & Government To Protect the Cultural Hertiage Of The Area

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Save St Kilda House - Tribune - Wed March 6th 1957 pg 6

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Want Homes - Not Carpark - The Tribune - Wed March 6 1957 

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Homes Before Profits

The Tribune - Wed March 6 Feb 1957 Pg 12

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