DURLEY HILLS

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Overview

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.

Historical information

This cottage is located in the township of Toodyay which was known as Newcastle up until 1910.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1054

Item type

Photographs

Width

12.8000 cm

Height or length

17.8000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Writing on reverse of the photograph states " In Folewood Rd - now Sylvia Donegan's Place, once Stevens' home Durley Hills".

Contextual Information

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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Historic significance

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-31.554297776143, 116.45768576939

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Shire of Toodyay

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