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"Stradbroke" at Rostrevor [B 10766] • Photograph

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Summary

Residence of W. R. Swan, "Stradbroke". This two storey house with a one storey wing and attached conservatory was built in 1840 by Thomas A Forrest on the Rostrevor Estate which at its peak in 1882 included over 600 acres. The original house comprised of four rooms with servants quarters on the edge of the creek. This house was named "Waldend" after a relative's estate near Birmingham. After Sheriff Forrest was struck off for fradulently building houses for other people on land that was not his the house was sold to Frederick Bayne who enlarged the house and named it "Stradbroke". Later it was sold to Richard Beetson and then William Robert Swan. Water from Fourth Creek enabled the growing of vines and fruit trees.Other owners included Samuel William Pearce, Walter Frederick Walkley and CL Du Bois. The house was eventually demolished in 1966.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.6 cm x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Rostrevor Collection

Subject

Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- Rostrevor
Stradbroke Park (Rostrevor, S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

22/12/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,222 x 2,445 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

23.67 MB

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