Braidwood Properties, 1963-93
- Component identifier:
- Series 22
- Content Summary:
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In 1963 the Harris and his wife purchased a 2264 acre cattle property, known as Half Moon Farm, located in the hills near Mongarlowe, in southeast New South Wales. The property was run as a hobby farm where the Harris family spent their weekends and holidays. Following protracted negotiations the property was declared a wildlife refuge in 1968, and in 1981 a rare eucalypt, Eucalyptus recurva, was discovered there. Included in this Series are correspondence concerning mining rights and subdivision proposals, as well as documentation relating to the restoration of a stone inn situated on the property. In 1984, following the sale of their Mugga Way home, the Harrises retired to a former Anglican rectory, situated in Wilson Street, Braidwood, and used some of the garden space to develop a nursery which opened to the public in 1993.
Articles written on the topic of the discovery of Eucalyptus recurva have been filed in Series 18.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- In December 1994 the National Library of Australia purchased the papers of Stewart Harris, for more than twenty years Foreign Correspondent in Australia for The Times newspaper.
- Names:
- Stewart Harris
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2501768).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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