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The Stables
These stables are part of a Station dating back to the early 1840s, the Station was the springboard for European occupation and for the growth of local town (gazetted on 7 October 1801).
Covering more than 140,000 acres (56,658 hectares) The station includes an 1890s homestead and a group of rural station buildings, including barns, a blacksmith and butcher shop, and an iconic water tank stand.
Its social and historical significance is of undeniable importance in its association with Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie who went on to become the first colonial Treasurer of Queensland, and Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson the first premier of NSW in 1856.
The Station's Homestead was also the wedding reception venue of a well known Australian poet, Banjo Patterson, who married local girl Alice Walker in 1903
The Stables
These stables are part of a Station dating back to the early 1840s, the Station was the springboard for European occupation and for the growth of local town (gazetted on 7 October 1801).
Covering more than 140,000 acres (56,658 hectares) The station includes an 1890s homestead and a group of rural station buildings, including barns, a blacksmith and butcher shop, and an iconic water tank stand.
Its social and historical significance is of undeniable importance in its association with Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie who went on to become the first colonial Treasurer of Queensland, and Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson the first premier of NSW in 1856.
The Station's Homestead was also the wedding reception venue of a well known Australian poet, Banjo Patterson, who married local girl Alice Walker in 1903