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Late Donald McLean's home, Strathalbyn [B 10408] • Photograph

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Summary

Late Donald McLean's home, Strathalbyn. He was a pastoralist and is remembered as the colony's first wheat grower. Donald McLean was born in Duisky, on Loch Eli, Lochaber, Scotland on 26 September 1779. He was an investor with the South Australian Company. He married Christina McPhee who was born in the village of Crieff near Ardnasaul, Inverness. They had 10 children. He died at his home Auchanada on 11 October 1855 (spelled Auchananda in newspaper death notices). After his death he left the property to his wife Christina for the duration of her life. Christina McLean (nee McPhee) of Crieff, Ardnasaul on Lock Arkaig, Inverness, Scotland, died 9 April 1869 at Auchananda, and her youngest son Hugh advertised the property for sale. It was described as a "splendid block of land, with stone house of 4 rooms erected thereon, and containing 16 acres (more or less), being Portions of Sections 2601 and 2663, near the Township of Strathalbyn." See 'Advertising' pages in the 'Southern Argus', Thursday 28 September 1876, page 2. The spelling of the name of the property varies - Auchanada/Auchananda/Auchanada's, although reported in the newspapers as Auchanadala.

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Physical description

Photograph; 25.2 cm x 17.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1900

Collection

Part of Strathalbyn Collection

Subject

McLean, Donald, 1772-1855
Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- Strathalbyn

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Date

09/12/2005

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Resolution

3,357 x 2,804 pixels (9.4 MP)

Size

28.27 MB

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