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From: "Peter Brown" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Bonnett Farm
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:13:39 +1100
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The old stone house that Mike talks about was the overseer's house for the
convict station close by. I think it might later have been used by overseers
of the shot tower as well. It is called "Acton".
There is an old farm house right on the top of the Bonnet, lying back a bit
in the trees. Very old.
Perhaps you could get a book on the history of Brown's River. I had one
recently that had good photos. I can't remember who wrote it.
I grew up in Taroona as well.

Helen Brown
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From: "Mike and Robin Hurburgh" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Bonnett Farm


> Rebecca,
>
> Bonnet Hill is the end of the range of hills extending from Mt Nelson
south
> towards Kingston. Kingston is about 12 km south of Hobart and used to be
> known as Browns River - the river is still there. Bonnet Hill has
> tremendous views of the mouth of the Derwent River, out into Storm Bay,
and
> down the D'Entreacasteux Channel.
>
> I used to live in Taroona nearby and know the area well. There were, and
> still are several small properties on the slopes of Bonnet HillI, but I
> cannot recall any particular property still with the name Bonnet Farm.
The
> road from Hobart to Browns River, built by convict labour, climbs up from
> Taroona, over the slopes of Bonnet Hill and down to Kingston. Just below
> the highest point on the road is a large stone house, large not in area,
but
> one storey high on the road, three storeys on the other. It is the oldest
> building in the area, and certainly dates back to the era you are
interested
> in, but I cannot recall the details of its history.
>
> I will make some enquiries for you.
>
> I am also interested in the name YORK, but of a slightly later era - have
> you come across the names Charlotte and Ulrick Augustus in your searching?
> They are brother and sister and ostensibly part of a large family of
Yorks.
> I have birth records of all their siblings, but there doesn't seem to be
any
> record of their births in Tasmania (I am very confident that they were
born
> there). And of the family these two are the ones I know most about -
Ulrick
> is my ggfather. The lack of confirmation of their parentage is one of my
> major frustrations at the moment.
>
>
> Mike Hurburgh
>
>
>
>
>
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