Does anyone have any information on this old fireplace/chimney up behind Gentleman's Halt. It's about 400m up the hill from the campground. Looks like it could have been part of a cottage of some sort but no other foundations left that I saw. It's amazing how the trees have grown to it's contours.
Overgrown fireplace/chimney behind Gentleman's Halt
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Overgrown fireplace/chimney behind Gentleman's Halt
by Chamullo » Wed 12 Oct, 2022 2:57 pm
Hey all,
Does anyone have any information on this old fireplace/chimney up behind Gentleman's Halt. It's about 400m up the hill from the campground. Looks like it could have been part of a cottage of some sort but no other foundations left that I saw. It's amazing how the trees have grown to it's contours.
Does anyone have any information on this old fireplace/chimney up behind Gentleman's Halt. It's about 400m up the hill from the campground. Looks like it could have been part of a cottage of some sort but no other foundations left that I saw. It's amazing how the trees have grown to it's contours.
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Re: Overgrown fireplace/chimney behind Gentleman's Halt
by Warin » Wed 12 Oct, 2022 8:54 pm
A google turned up this ...
https://www.hawkesbury.org/name/gentlemans-halt-0.html
Must have been quite a settlement with a school.
https://www.hawkesbury.org/name/gentlemans-halt-0.html
Must have been quite a settlement with a school.
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Re: Overgrown fireplace/chimney behind Gentleman's Halt
by Chamullo » Thu 13 Oct, 2022 12:29 pm
Interesting. That house is quite far from where the chimney is but didn't realise there was such a community down there.
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Re: Overgrown fireplace/chimney behind Gentleman's Halt
by Warin » Thu 13 Oct, 2022 12:46 pm
Might find more on old maps ... Parish Maps..
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Re: Overgrown fireplace/chimney behind Gentleman's Halt
by michael_p » Thu 13 Oct, 2022 1:09 pm
Go here: https://hlrv.nswlrs.com.au/ and do a Parish search for Marramarra.
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Re: Overgrown fireplace/chimney behind Gentleman's Halt
by Chamullo » Thu 13 Oct, 2022 2:23 pm
michael_p wrote:Go here: https://hlrv.nswlrs.com.au/ and do a Parish search for Marramarra.
Thanks! Turns out that land belonged to Ward Stephens one of the founders of the Sydney Morning Herald
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