Branxton NSW. The Courthouse. Now the police station. Built in 1880 to the design of government architect James Barnet. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Branxton NSW. The Courthouse. Now the police station. Built in 1880 to the design of government architect James Barnet. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Branxton. Population 2,000.The private township here on the Hunter River was named Black Creek which was soon changed to Branxton in 1848.The town eventually grew as the gateway to the Upper Hunter and the Liverpool Plains. But its main claim to fame is as the birthplace of the Australian wine industry. Early wine maker James Busby planted is first vines on his property named Kirkton which was based on a 2,000 acre free land grant. He had published a treatise on French wine making in 1825.In 1830 he published a book on growing vines in the Hunter Valley. After touring France and Spain again in 1830 he planted his first vineyard in 1832. He was soon regarded as the “father of Australian and New Zealand viticulture”. Also in 1832 he was appointed as the Resident (Magistrate) of New Zealand to control relations between the Maori and whites and he eventually wrote a treaty of cessation for the Maori Chiefs to sign. Captain William Hobson was appointed to annex New Zealand. Busby wrote a draft of the Treaty of Waitangi which Hobson accepted and it was soon endorsed by the Maori Chiefs in Busby’s house at Waitangi. Busy bought land at Waitangi and farmed there. He died on a visit to England in 1871. The town of Branxton is on the main railway to Armidale and its railway station is heritage listed. Some of the heritage buildings in this pretty town starting in Cessnock Road are the 1879 built Anglican Church which was consecrated in 1881. Architect was John Horbury Hunt who designed many Anglian churches and the Newcastle Anglican Cathedral. Opposite the church is the old Courthouse, now used as the police station. It was built in 1880 with a classical façade and designed by government architect James Barnet. Around the corner to the right in Drinan Street is the neo-Georgian style Post Office built in 1926 and the Methodist Church opened in 1918. Part of it dates from 1865. Down on the Main highway on the corner is Victoria House. An elegant building erected in 1892 as a store and residence. Across the highway from it is the former Bank of New South Wales built in 1939 in the style of an American colonial residence. It has dormer windows, gables, window shutters and a number of Georgian style features. It is no longer a bank and a rare example of a bank building in this style! On the adjacent corner is a fine Edwardian/Federation style residence built 1910 to 1920. Beside it is a Bills Horse Trough. After George Bills, a horse lover died in 1927, his estate funded many horse troughs throughout Victoria and NSW in the 1930s. Along the main highway is the Royal Federal Hotel built in 1927. |
| 撮影日 | 2023-01-31 09:09:22 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |