1827, Albany
Established by the first settlers (Lockyer et al.) in 1827 as a government farm. Alexander Collie lived in a wattle and daub cottage on the site from 1831 and named the property Strawberry Hill. Govt Resident Richard Spencer was appointed 1833, when he acquired the farm and built a granite two-storey building in 1836 (NT). Charles Darwin stayed there when HMS Beagle called in to King George's Sound in 1836.
This is claimed to be the oldest farm in the state (1827) but not the oldest building, as the first farmhouse (Collie's) burned down in 1870. The extant building (Spencer's) is from 1836, and therefore not as old as the Fremantle Round House, which is from 1831.
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Register of Historic Places in Albany.
Garry Gillard | New: 23 June, 2022 | Now: 6 January, 2024