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| Collingwood House at Liverpool, NSW, dates to 1810 |
Cabrogal clan of the Dharug people
Aboriginal tribes have lived near the Georges River for a long time. Around Liverpool, are the traditional lands of the Cabrogal clan of the Dharug people.
An area in the vicinity of Collingwood House was a meeting place for Dharug, Dharawal and Gandangara Aboriginal people.
Saul Samuel, a Jewish businessman and member of the Legislative Assembly, who also established a wool-scouring factory, owned Collingwood from 1869, until his death.
Places To Go
Collingwood House can be found on the Hume Highway, about 20 minutes walk from Liverpool Railway Station. Ample free parking is available.
Tours of Collingwood House are by appointment only.
Collingwood House Birkdale Crescent, Liverpool, NSW
Rosebank, 17 Speed Street, Liverpool, NSW
Read newspaper item, Aboriginal Fables
Aboriginal tribes have lived near the Georges River for a long time. Around Liverpool, are the traditional lands of the Cabrogal clan of the Dharug people.
An area in the vicinity of Collingwood House was a meeting place for Dharug, Dharawal and Gandangara Aboriginal people.
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| ABORIGINAL RELICS. LIVERPOOL, Monday. While ploughing along the George's River,near the Quarries, Mr. C. Giles unearthed a stone axe and part of a spear and boomerang. Mr. R. Tapping, an old resident of the town, recalled that the George's River tribe had a camp there, and that the aborigines made frequent hunting trips in the country between George's River and the Nepean.Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 13 February 1934 |
Collingwood House
Collingwood House at Liverpool dates to 1810 and is one of a few surviving buildings that adhere to the building code set out by Governor Lachlan Macquarie on Boxing Day, 1810.
In 1817, Governor Macquarie had a road built from Sydney to Liverpool and Campbelltown called "the Great Southern Road".
Collingwood House was built by Eber Bunker, a Nantucket whaling captain, who arrived in Australia as captain of a convict ship in 1791.
Captain Bunker was granted 500 acres of land, named it Collingwood Dale and built Collingwood homestead, which still stands on Birkdale Crescent today. This Georgian-style homestead is the oldest in Liverpool and is the fifth oldest building in NSW.
The Collingwood area developed into a village and was absorbed into greater Liverpool.
On 6-7 January 1858, the Exhibition of the Cumberland Agricultural Society, was held in the grounds of J H Atkinson, Collingwood. Much later, in 1882, the show moved to Moore Park and became known as the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1891.
Collingwood House at Liverpool dates to 1810 and is one of a few surviving buildings that adhere to the building code set out by Governor Lachlan Macquarie on Boxing Day, 1810.
In 1817, Governor Macquarie had a road built from Sydney to Liverpool and Campbelltown called "the Great Southern Road".
Collingwood House was built by Eber Bunker, a Nantucket whaling captain, who arrived in Australia as captain of a convict ship in 1791.
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| Captain Eber Bunker, ca. 1810 - miniature portrait State Library of NSW |
The Collingwood area developed into a village and was absorbed into greater Liverpool.
On 6-7 January 1858, the Exhibition of the Cumberland Agricultural Society, was held in the grounds of J H Atkinson, Collingwood. Much later, in 1882, the show moved to Moore Park and became known as the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1891.
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| Collingwood Scouring Works, Liverpool, NSW, The Australasian pastoralists' review : a monthly journal and record of all matters affecting the pastoral and landed interests throughout Australasia. Vol. 8 No. 10 (15 December 1898) |
Collingwood has also been the site of an alpaca farm, and golf clubhouse.
Glenfield Farm homestead dates from the original land grant of 1810. The farm house was built in 1817 by Dr. Charles Throsby, who arrived in New South Wales in 1802, as a surgeon on the transport "Coromande".
Governor Macquarie made Throsby a magistrate of the territory in March 1821, with main jurisdiction over the new County of Argyle. The property on Leacocks Lane, is the oldest continuously worked farm in Australia.
In 2009, on public land owned and managed by Liverpool City Council and zoned as Community Open Space, the Collingwood Precinct Aboriginal Place was officially declared.
Also in The Area
Rosebank
Also located in Liverpool is Rosebank Cottage, on Speed Street. The building is one of a few remaining heritage buildings on this street. as others were demolished in the 1970s to build apartment buildings.
Also located in Liverpool is Rosebank Cottage, on Speed Street. The building is one of a few remaining heritage buildings on this street. as others were demolished in the 1970s to build apartment buildings.
Rosebank was completed in 1883, designed by Varney Parkes (son of Sir Henry Parkes) and later became Queens College, school for girls.
Rosebank is the only large Victorian house remaining of the former historic Liverpool Township and is owned by Liverpool City Council.
Rosebank is the only large Victorian house remaining of the former historic Liverpool Township and is owned by Liverpool City Council.
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| Rosebank Cottage, on Speed Street, Liverpool, NSW, was completed in 1883, designed by Varney Parkes |
Glenfield Farm
Governor Macquarie made Throsby a magistrate of the territory in March 1821, with main jurisdiction over the new County of Argyle. The property on Leacocks Lane, is the oldest continuously worked farm in Australia.
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| Glenfield Farm homestead dates from the original land grant of 1810. The farm house was built in 1817 by Dr. Charles Throsby, who arrived in New South Wales in 1802, Liverpool, NSW |
Places To Go
Collingwood House can be found on the Hume Highway, about 20 minutes walk from Liverpool Railway Station. Ample free parking is available.
Tours of Collingwood House are by appointment only.
Collingwood House Birkdale Crescent, Liverpool, NSW
Rosebank, 17 Speed Street, Liverpool, NSW