Gillimanning Farm House Ruins

Statement of Significance

The site is significant as representative of a way of life no longer practiced, and the associations with the pioneers of the district.

Physical Description

Ruins of original mud brick dwelling. The roof has gone but the walls remain.

History

Trott held the pastoral lease over this area, during which time the dwelling was built. It seems that with the disappearance of poultry from the property, baits were set for the foxes, however eight aboriginal people died of poisoning and were subsequently laid to rest on an adjacent property.
This property was the first to be taken up as an agricultural settlement in the Gillimanning area and the original mud brick house was the first in the district. Two generations of the Clifford family farmed the property, and sold out during the Second World War. The Cliffords had constructed another house on the property which was used as the school for a while when the Gillimanning Hall blew down. That place which was also the Gillimanning phone exchange, was demolished at the end of the 1930s.

Condition

Site- Ruins

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