Anlaby. Tasmanian Tiger Euphorbia. Historic station near Kapunda. Variegated and white flower Euphorbia with Photinia with red leaves in background.
Anlaby Station.
White settlement in the Kapunda district began with the arrival of Frederick Hansborough Dutton and his brother Francis and his station manager Alexander Buchanan in 1839. A third brother William was also involved with the property. They squatted on land along the Light River and established Anlaby station. When Special Surveys were available in 1840 they paid £4,000 for the Light River Special Survey. They were then able to select the best 4,000 acres( land had to be at least £1 per acre) and the government had 11,000 acres of land to put up for public auction. They leased additional land from 1842. Frederick moved to Melbourne and his brother Francis took over the property with his other brother William Hampden Dutton. It was Francis in 1842 who discovered some copper on the run. William died early in 1849 and Francis became the main proprietor of Anlaby but his brother Frederick maintained a financial interest in the run. When the bachelor Frederick died in 1890 he left Anlaby to one of the sons of his brother William, not Francis.
Anlaby Station was located on a spring and named after a village in Yorkshire. It was near the Stock Travelling Route from NSW that was used to drove sheep and cattle and eventually horses down into SA along the Murray River and then across into the Adelaide Hills. By 1842 Duttons had 9,750 sheep, the largest flock in the state. During the 1840s and 1850s wool brought premier prices in England as it was desperately needed to supply the booming mills of the Industrial Revolution. These high prices made Duttons extremely wealthy. By 1851 Francis Dutton had taken out more leases on land that stretched as far as Eudunda and Robertstown. The property had increased to 70,000 acres (28,328 ha) of freehold land and the first 10,000 sheep had been increased to 60,000 sheep. He employed 20 men and their families on the property including some Chinese shepherds. For much of the time Francis lived in England and his brother Frederick lived on the property with the manager Buchanan. Duttons also participated in the Mt Remarkable Special Survey and the Kapunda copper mine.
The Anlaby homestead was built in 1840, extended in the 1850s and then again in 1908 and 1928. The writer Geoffrey Dutton was the last of the family to live there until the property was sold during 1977. At some stage various members of the British royal family have stayed there.
The gardens were a special feature of the homestead and in the early 20th century 14 full time gardeners were employed. They tended rose beds, conservatories, garden beds and croquet greens and tennis courts. The homestead complex included stables, coach house, blacksmith’s shop, offices and workers’ cottages.
As closer settlement encroached on Anlaby Dutton bought up freehold land to create his huge estate. The 70,000 acres of land included some of the best well watered and fertile soil in the state. It stretched 10 miles by 14 miles. Dutton was usually referred to as Squire Dutton. Like the English gentry the Duttons were major benefactors of Kapunda and a gift of £2,500 was given to start the Kapunda hospital fund and £500 was given for Dutton Park. Although the estate escaped the effects of the 1869 Strangways Closer Settlement Act it did not escape the 1905 Closer Settlement Act. The government resumed 24,000 acres of Anlaby at that time and put it up for public auction. A further 7,000 acres were resumed and sold in 1911, and more was resumed after World War One.
Anlaby. Tasmanian Tiger Euphorbia. Historic station near Kapunda. Variegated and white flower Euphorbia with Photinia with red leaves in background.
Anlaby Station.
White settlement in the Kapunda district began with the arrival of Frederick Hansborough Dutton and his brother Francis and his station manager Alexander Buchanan in 1839. A third brother William was also involved with the property. They squatted on land along the Light River and established Anlaby station. When Special Surveys were available in 1840 they paid £4,000 for the Light River Special Survey. They were then able to select the best 4,000 acres( land had to be at least £1 per acre) and the government had 11,000 acres of land to put up for public auction. They leased additional land from 1842. Frederick moved to Melbourne and his brother Francis took over the property with his other brother William Hampden Dutton. It was Francis in 1842 who discovered some copper on the run. William died early in 1849 and Francis became the main proprietor of Anlaby but his brother Frederick maintained a financial interest in the run. When the bachelor Frederick died in 1890 he left Anlaby to one of the sons of his brother William, not Francis.
Anlaby Station was located on a spring and named after a village in Yorkshire. It was near the Stock Travelling Route from NSW that was used to drove sheep and cattle and eventually horses down into SA along the Murray River and then across into the Adelaide Hills. By 1842 Duttons had 9,750 sheep, the largest flock in the state. During the 1840s and 1850s wool brought premier prices in England as it was desperately needed to supply the booming mills of the Industrial Revolution. These high prices made Duttons extremely wealthy. By 1851 Francis Dutton had taken out more leases on land that stretched as far as Eudunda and Robertstown. The property had increased to 70,000 acres (28,328 ha) of freehold land and the first 10,000 sheep had been increased to 60,000 sheep. He employed 20 men and their families on the property including some Chinese shepherds. For much of the time Francis lived in England and his brother Frederick lived on the property with the manager Buchanan. Duttons also participated in the Mt Remarkable Special Survey and the Kapunda copper mine.
The Anlaby homestead was built in 1840, extended in the 1850s and then again in 1908 and 1928. The writer Geoffrey Dutton was the last of the family to live there until the property was sold during 1977. At some stage various members of the British royal family have stayed there.
The gardens were a special feature of the homestead and in the early 20th century 14 full time gardeners were employed. They tended rose beds, conservatories, garden beds and croquet greens and tennis courts. The homestead complex included stables, coach house, blacksmith’s shop, offices and workers’ cottages.
As closer settlement encroached on Anlaby Dutton bought up freehold land to create his huge estate. The 70,000 acres of land included some of the best well watered and fertile soil in the state. It stretched 10 miles by 14 miles. Dutton was usually referred to as Squire Dutton. Like the English gentry the Duttons were major benefactors of Kapunda and a gift of £2,500 was given to start the Kapunda hospital fund and £500 was given for Dutton Park. Although the estate escaped the effects of the 1869 Strangways Closer Settlement Act it did not escape the 1905 Closer Settlement Act. The government resumed 24,000 acres of Anlaby at that time and put it up for public auction. A further 7,000 acres were resumed and sold in 1911, and more was resumed after World War One.