Seaview - Killalea

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NameSeaview - KillaleaAlternative NameKillalea State ParkKillalea FarmTypeBuildingFarmGeolocation^[1]DescriptionJames Buckley (son of Timothy and Mary) built the original part of the farmhouse 'Seaview', at the site we know as Killalea State Park. The original house was a rough timber sawn home built of pitsaw and ironbark, and in 1912, the rest of the house was added.

James also reputedly built some of the stone walls at the farm. James farmed 'Seaview' prior to the Fraser family. James served as Mayor of Shellharbour for many years.

James Buckley (son of Timothy and Mary) farmed 'Seaview' prior to the Dunster, and Fraser family.

In 1923, Hector Fraser and wife Hilda (nee Dunster) and their family moved from 'Brushgrove' Farm at North Macquarie, to 'Seaview', at Killalea.

Hilda Fraser later renamed the farm 'Killalea' after a chance meeting with Patrick Killalea, the son Edward and Maria Killalea who farmed the area in the 1860's.

Hector and Hilda's son, John McNevin Fraser was two years old when the family moved to 'Killalea'. He eventually took over the farm, which had a milking herd of about 60, and another 30 dry stock. In 1956, Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) purchased the property to build an explosives plant. The venture never went ahead and John was asked to remain on the property as manager. The Fraser's later moved to Kiama. In 1978, after the farm became part of the what is now known as Killalea Regional Park, the home was destroyed by fire.

Concrete slabs of the dairy, feed house, cattle trough, dry stone walls, and remnants of the garden are all that remain of Killalea farm today.

External LinkD. Buckley New House 1905Accident D Buckley's House 1905Clearing Out Sale at Killalea 1942Clearing Sale 1935Clearing Out Sale 'Killalea' 1942Roundabout Hector Fraser 1948Obituary Mr HG Fraser 1948Swan Song of TD Whitfield 1943