NEWGAIN HOMESTEAD

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c. 1900

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Overview

Newgain homestead with granary and blacksmith shop to left hand side behind the homestead.
The sulky shed is visible to the far left in the orchard where wells for household water were.
The shearing shed, barns, haystacks, stable, cowsheds and yards are all visible.
School with the orchard is to the right. Fruit trees extended to the creek in foreground.
The figure is Mrs Sarah Twine (wife of Henry). Sunnyside household built by Ernest Twine is visible to the rear left.

Historical information

Suggested date of photograph is based on other similar images in the museum collection which have been dated to around the turn of the century.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1477

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

240 mm

Height or length

300 mm

Contextual Information

James Twine came to the colony as a labourer in 1833 and bought a farm in Guildford. He traded this farm with Dr Viveash's Toodyay holdings in 1852 in order to consolidate his land with his stepson's inherited lands. Further purchases during the 1860s lead to a 1400 acre pastoral property he called 'Newgain". He and his sons also took large pastoral leases to the east and he developed the neighbouring farm, 'Maisemore'.
James Twine was an inaugural member of the Toodyay Road Board. He retired in 1874 and his sons took over management of the properties. (ref: Toodyay Municipal Inventory, 2010 listing ref 93)

This photo appears on p. 338 of the book "Old Toodyay and Newcastle" by Rica Erickson, 1974.

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Statement of significance

farmstead

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

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