Pioneer Drive Fig Trees

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NamePioneer Drive Fig TreesTypeFloraGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

AddressPioneer Drive,BlackbuttDescriptionThese fig trees lie on what was once the Clout Brothers farm. The farmhouse was on the south side of Tongarra Road and on the west slopes of Stoney Range, Lot 1 of the adjoining Bassett Darley Estate.

The Clout farm house was on the south side of Tongarra Road and on the west slopes of Stoney Range, Lot 1 of the adjoining Bassett Darley Estate.

The following excerpts are taken from an oral history interview with Tom Clout -

'In 1908 a farm on Stoney Range was for sale and my father (a publican from Balgownie at the time), was interested, so we went out one Sunday to have a look. We had a coach and buggy and with all the family we used to go on picnics. Dad thought his brother would like it, so he went to the sale and bid'.

'All around the Oak Flats area was called the Oak Flats Cornflats. They used to grow a lot of corn then. Corn was used to feed the horses, everyone in those days had horses for work, and there were no motor cars around much. Then my father got his brother (Bert) to come and live and work on the farm at Oak Flats. He worked it on shares'.

'I used to go with my Uncle Bert to milk the cows and help him with the work. I used to love having holidays on the farm to help Uncle Bert. I used to have a push bike and I would ride from Balgownie to Oak Flats. They still wanted me to milk on Monday mornings, but I still had to ride to Balgownie and go to school. I used to get to school about 11am, because it was a fair way'.

In 1916 Tom Clout was 16 years of age and left school to work full time on the farm with his brother who was 13 years of age. In the late 1920s Tom’s brother wanted to farm on his own and it was then that Lot 9, 103 acres was sold to the Rural Land Co on 12th September 1927 and became the Panorama estate.

Fig Tree, Pioneer Drive, Blackbutt

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

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Pioneer Drive Fig Trees