Swansea Dairy Site

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NameSwansea Dairy SiteGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

DescriptionThe fig tree and silo on Croome road are remnants of the ‘Swansea’ dairy, whose farmhouse is situated across the road from the original dairy. Swansea was once owned by the Youll family.

The original owners of the land were the Norris family, and their farm, 'Mt Wentworth', was once situated on the next farm across from ‘Swansea’, to the south.

The Umbrella pines (Pinus Pinea) situated along Croome Road stand where the entrance to the original 'Mt Wentworth' farm stood, and were probably planted by the Norris family.

Concrete silos were being built in the area, by 1908, The silo is often twinned with a tree in the landscape, usually on a ridge or hilltop: the spreading tree provided shade for the cows awaiting milking, and the silo provided additional year round nutrition as they were milked.

Silos were located near the barn,and connected to the feed areas or milking sheds, and the size considered an optimum for a man, or family operation, to fork down the amount of silage needed per day.

The silo is also an example of a government sponsored silo building promotion in the 1920-30s, where a standard set of forms were provided to small farmers to assist them to build silos cheaply.

Shellharbour Council later constructed the road which dissected the farm, with the dairy on the east side and the farmhouse on the west The farmhouse 'Swansea' was later purchased by Shellharbour Council and used by caretakers of the Croome Road Sporting Complex, built on the former farming lands.

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Swansea Dairy

Place

Swansea

Swansea Dairy, Croom, c.2003.

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet

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Swansea Dairy Site