Cabbage Palm and Pear Tree - 'Rosetta Hill'

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NameCabbage Palm and Pear Tree - 'Rosetta Hill'Alternative NamePyrus Communis TreeTypeFloraGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

DescriptionThese trees lie on land acquired by Gabriel Timbs Snr, a well known Albion Park identity. The trees are remnants of his former 'Rosetta Hill' dairy farm.

‘Rosetta Hill’ is located at the centre of Samuel Terry’s 2000 acre grant (Terry's Meadows) and was issued in 1821. The physical hill on which the farmhouse sits, was named Rosetta, after Terry's wife.

In 1884, following the subdivision of the Terry's Meadows estate, Gabriel Timbs (Senior) purchased the property and constructed the home that remains today. The home is still owned by his descendants. Gabriel Timbs Snr was a very important pioneer, businessman, civic benefactor and dairy farmer.

Born in 1824 Waddeson, Buckingshire, England, he arrived in Sydney in 1839 on the ‘Formosa’ with brother Henry, sister Elizabeth and parents William and Martha Timbs who came to work for Henry Osborne at ‘Marshall Mount’. Gabriel was a founding member of the first public school board in Albion Park, Chairman of the committee to build the first Catholic Church, on the committee of the first Convent School Board, and an Alderman of Shellharbour Municipal Council.

Gabriel Timbs Snr erected shops in the township and in 1879 built the two storey Albion Park Hotel on the corner of Tongarra Road and Terry Street. He died in 1901 and bequeathed his entire estate of 5 farms and 'Rosetta Hill' to his wife, Ellen.

External LinkObituary The Late Mr Gabriel Timbs 1901

Cabbage Palm Tree, Stubbs Road, Albion Park, c.2003.

Heritage Information

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

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CollectionPlacesLocalityAlbion ParkPersonTimbs, Gabriel SnrPlaceRosetta Hill

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Cabbage Palm and Pear Tree - 'Rosetta Hill'