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Wanstead; Stephen Marsh Esq, April 30 1853

By
Conrad Martens
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a966010 / PXC 295, 8]
(Mitchell Library)

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Bark huts and country estates
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Bridges Residential building Rivers and Catchments
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Martens, Conrad

State Library of New South Wales

Bark huts and country estates

In their drive to establish country estates and thriving industries in the Cooks River valley during the nineteenth century, European settlers exploited the water, timber and fertile soils of the Cooks River with little appreciation of the impact of their 'improvements'

Bridges

Residential building

Rivers and Catchments

Wanstead estate

Property spanning the Cooks River with the house built on the south side at Undercliffe in 1836. Attempts to subdivide the property during the 1840s depression failed and the land was auctioned as the Unwin's Hill Estate in 1905 and 1907.

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