Mount Cornish Homestead
| Mount Cornish Homestead | |
|---|---|
Muttaburra, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia | |
| Coordinates | 22°33′14″S 144°36′45″E / 22.5538°S 144.6125°E |
| Official name | Mt Cornish Homestead |
| Type | state heritage |
| Designated | 21 August 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600009 |
  Location of Mount Cornish Homestead in Queensland  Mount Cornish Homestead (Australia) | |
Mount Cornish Homestead is a heritage-listed
History
Mount Cornish was established on the head of the Thomson River in 1872 as an outstation of the Bowen Downs Station which was taken up by William Landsborough in 1861. The Edkins family, along with 12,000 head of cattle were sent to manage Bowen Downs Station, from which Mount Cornish was later resumed. Prior to the construction of a wooden house in 1876, the Edkins lived in a simple mud hut with a roof of bark. In 1883, a stone section was added to the wooden house. It comprised two rooms surrounded by a verandah. The white stone was quarried approximately one mile from the site and it is thought to have been constructed by two highly skilled German masons. Mount Cornish was partially resumed in 1889. The property was again divided in 1895 and this was followed by droughts which lasted until 1902. Bowen Downs was partially resumed after the lease expired in 1927 and continued to operate as a sheep and cattle run until the 1960s.[1]
Heritage listing
Mount Cornish Homestead was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 August 1992.
References
- ^ a b "Mt Cornish Homestead (entry 600009)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
Attribution
Further reading
- Moloney, Louise; Moloney, Louise, (compiler.) (2014), The spirits of Bowen Downs (Second ed.), Salisbury, Brisbane Boolarong Press, ISBN 978-1-925046-79-3) — includes Mount Cornish
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External links
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