DURLEY HILLS
Copy of a b&w photo of a verandah-less, 2 windowed, corrugated iron-roofed cottage.
Off one end is a trellis and a tank, in front of which is a vegetable garden.
On the left of this are 3 adult women and 2 children.
Behind them is a large peaked trellis covered with a sparse creeper.
Trees in the background.
This cottage is located in the township of Toodyay which was known as Newcastle up until 1910.
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Writing on reverse of the photograph states " In Folewood Rd - now Sylvia Donegan's Place, once Stevens' home Durley Hills".
William Stevens arrived in the colony in the 1860s with his family and settled at St Anne's on the Avon River. Despite being washed out by the 1872 floods he prospered enough to build this house in 1875. His son Albert Stevens subsequently went into partnership with W Bull at 'Avondale', one of the largest vineyards in the state at the time. The youngest Stevens son, George, joined the Telegraph Office in 1874, aged 12, and rose to the highest ranks of the department over the years.
(ref: Shire of Toodyay Municipal Inventory Dec 2010)
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Nearest geotagged records:
- 'THE CASCADES' HOUSE IN FOLEWOOD ROAD, TOODYAY (0.16km away)
- JULIA HARPER'S COTTAGE, TOODYAY (0.43km away)
- HARPERS COTTAGE (0.46km away)
- BUILDING STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY LINE, TOODYAY 1964 (0.54km away)
- RAILWAY BRIDGE & NEW UNDERPASS AT TOODYAY (0.55km away)
- LOCOMOTIVE CROSSING HARPER ROAD RAILWAY BRIDGE (0.57km away)
- AVON RIVER FLOOD AT TOODYAY 1920S (0.64km away)
- TOODYAY RAILWAY BRIDGE FLOOD 1930 (0.67km away)
- STEAM TRAIN CROSSING AVON RIVER IN FLOOD (0.67km away)
- TOODYAY HOMES FOR THE AGED (BUTTERLY COTTAGES) (0.69km away)
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Other items from Shire of Toodyay
- PRESENTATION TO IAN MURRAY
- DIORAMA OF TOODYAY
- MACKINTOSH FAMILY
- STONE COTTAGE (POSSIBLY HASSELL'S COTTAGE)
- TOODYAY PIONEERS 1933
- SINCLAIR FAMILY STUDIO PORTRAIT
- THE TOWN CRIER
- SERIES OF PHOTO PROOFS FOR BACK TO TOODYAY SCHOOLS REUNION 1979
- DONALD & JESSIE ELIZABETH (NEE SYRED/MCKNOE) MACPHERSON
- TWO COUPLES IN FANCY DRESS
- VAD NURSES
- TEN MILE HILL SCHOOL