Clarence Valley Today: Strathboogie

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Strathboogie

The 100,000+ acres of Strathboogie Station was squatted (stolen from the Aboriginal people/taken from the British Crown) in 1839/40 by Hugh Gordon. His wife Emily died giving birth to twins and then he married her sister who had come to the remote station to help raise the 6 children. To read more about this fascinating tragedy/romance and other historic pictures of the station click here.
This shot is of the shearing sheds and barns. The white/green colour scheme is used on all the outbuildings and is very attractive.

Thanks to winter and the bare trees we had glimpses of the historic pink granite homestead and gardens.

This is a Barn Charm Post. Click here for Tricia's fantastic meme

12 comments:

DianneAugust 9, 2011 at 9:29 AM
I agree Mark - these out-buildings look great painted in cream and green. Interesting history!
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DebbieAugust 9, 2011 at 10:12 PM
great, charming barn, it's a big one!! interesting history, i have been unlucky getting information about my barns, some are abandon and in other cases i can't find people who are interested in sharing the story!!
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TinaAugust 9, 2011 at 10:29 PM
Charming Barn :)
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TanyaAugust 10, 2011 at 12:26 AM
it's all in such terrific shape! looks like it would have been a lonely existence back then on 100,000 acres...
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Kim, USAAugust 10, 2011 at 12:43 AM
From a far the homestead looks very pretty. And the barn is pretty good looking too. Got to go to the link you link here I like this kind of stories ^_^

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MariAugust 10, 2011 at 3:13 AM
It's a very nice looking farm. I like the history and I love the name!
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LesleyAugust 10, 2011 at 3:24 AM
Such an interesting history for this homestead, especially that there were only two owners for so long! It sounds as if he was quite a prosperous man.
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EG WowAugust 10, 2011 at 4:52 AM
I think Australian history is fascinating!

The farm looks prosperous.
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TriciaAugust 10, 2011 at 5:08 AM
Absolutely splendid... I just can't get over the fact that someone in Australia is participating in Barn Charm... How cool is that!!! =)

The barns are gorgeous & the story is fascinating... the history of a place like this is very interesting to me... thanks so much for including it in this post.

Thank you, also, for joining in & linking up to Barn Charm, Mark, very much appreciated =)
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ElaineAugust 10, 2011 at 5:22 AM
Lovely photos! Wonderful to see Australian barns and the history too.
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Jill WellingtonAugust 13, 2011 at 1:03 AM
I just love seeing the barns in different parts of the world. That is one sprawling barn. Love the green roofs.
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CaroleAugust 16, 2011 at 3:30 AM
That's one heck of a barn, and an interesting history. Great shot.

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