Allawah Place Dry Stone Wall and Fig Trees

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NameAllawah Place Dry Stone Wall and Fig TreesTypeLandscapeGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

Address12, 15, 17,Allawah Place,DunmoreFrom the mid 1840s onwards the Shellharbour district grew wheat until devastated by rust. The area turned to dairying and became famous for its local Illawarra Shorthorn breed. Large rural estates were fenced to denote boundaries of the properties.

The land this wall was built on, was owned by George Laurence Fuller of Dunmore House. In the 1860s, Fuller began buying up large areas of the original Peterborough estate. On the land he built homes for his tenant farmers, who worked the land for generations.

This farm was tenanted by the O’Dwyer family, who named it ‘Allawah’, and continued to farm throughout the 20th century until its residential subdivision.

Dry stone walling in Australia emerged in the mid 1800's, in areas where a proliferation of stone in the geological landscape, necessitated a clearing of the land.

Early settlers used locally available rock to build boundary fences, animal pens and retaining walls until about 1880, when wire became cheaply available for farm fencing. Several types of construction were used, but the most common was the A-frame double skin wall with large coping stones. (see also Dry Stone Walls Group).

Stone wall fencing, once common in the 19th century is increasingly rare. Walls were replaced with timber post and rail and wire fencing.

External LinkObituary Thomas Francis O'Dwyer 83 YearsMrs Thomas O'Dwyer 1931

Family

O'Dwyer

Fuller

Photograph

Fig Tree Allawah Farm

Locality

Dunmore

Allawah Place Dry Stone Wall, c.2000.

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet Last edited by: Erin Tierney

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet Last edited by: Erin Tierney

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet Last edited by: Erin Tierney

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Allawah Place Dry Stone Wall and Fig Trees