- HERITAGE CITATION REPORT FOR CITY OF BENDIGO Mount Camel Homestead Hermes No 33043 Place Citation 29-Dec-2009 03:24 PM Report
History of House, 770 Heathcote-Rochester Road, Mount Camel Margaret Hyde selected 320 acres at Mount Camel as part of a preemptive right under the 1847 Land Act, that enabled tenants of pastoral runs to freehold areas of up to 640 acres. The license for the Mount Camel run was granted to William Keith in 1842, though it was then known as Calbinibbin Creek. Keith did not undertake substantial development of the land, and it was not until later in the 1840s, under the ownership of Margaret Hyde, that it was established it as a sheep station.[8] Margaret Hyde was the widow of George Hyde, who had arrived in Melbourne aboard the Ariadne on the 8th January 1841. Prior to their arrival, the Hydes had lived in Honduras, where George had worked as a magistrate.[9] The Hydes' bought Greenhills Station from John Hunter Patterson and lived there until after George Hyde's death in 1844. Margaret Hyde employed John Hays as her overseer when she purchased Mount Camel Station from Keith circa 1848.[10] On the 2nd June 1853, Robert L. Paterson wrote on the behalf of Margaret Hyde in application to purchase 320 acres under pre-emptive right, which was to include the 'homestead and valuable improvements' at Mount Camel.[11] After a series of disputes over land and the boundaries of Margaret Hyde's parcel of land, Mount Camel Station was sold to James Daniel Robertson and Hugh Taylor Robertson, brothers from Launceston, Tasmania, in 1861.[12] Following the death of his brother in 1864, Hugh Robertson sold Mount Camel to William Degraves in 1865. The following year the pastoral lease for Mount Camel was transferred to Robert William Nutt and Robert Willan, Melbourne solicitors, who represented Degraves' banking interests.[13] Degraves sold the station to his nephew, Charles P. Davis, though the place continued to be run by George Oliver, who had been employed as overseer by the Robertson Brothers. Much improvement of the station was undertaken during the late 1860s, as the station gradually shifted from a grazing sheep to paddocks. John Begg was employed first as the overseer of Mount Camel, then later as the manager. By the early 1900s he had been overtaken in this position by Arthur Begg, his son.[14] Charles P. Davis George Oliver, who had been employed as overseer by the Robertson Brothers. Much improvement of the station was undertaken during the late 1860s, as the station gradually shifted from a grazing sheep to paddocks. John Begg was employed first as the overseer of Mount Camel, then later as the manager. By the early 1900s he had been overtaken in this position by Arthur Begg, his son.[14] Charles P. Davis owned the station until it was acquired by the Victorian Government in 1921 as land for soldier settlement. The 12,300 acres of Mount Camel Station was divided into twenty blocks of varying sizes and distributed amongst returned servicemen from the First World War over the subsequent years. A block of 415 acres including the Mount Camel homestead was granted to Major Frederick George Code, a veteran of the Boer and First World Wars.[15] This property has been in the Safstrom name from 1944 when it was purchased from Major Code's estate.[16]
[1] Randell, J. O. (1985). McIvor: A History of the Shire and the Township of Heathcote, Shire of McIvor, p. 1.
[2] Randell, J. O. (1985), p. 31.
[3] Randell, J. O. (1985), p. 31.
[4] Randell, J. O. (1985), p. 21.
[5] Randell, J. O. (1985), p. 195.
[6] Heritage Victoria, (n.d), Eppalock Weir, Hermes entry 6482
[7] Spreadborough, Robert and Anderson, Hugh (1983). Victorian Squatters, Red Rooster Press, Ascot Vale, p. 173
[8] Randell, J. O. (1982), Pastoral settlement in northern Victoria, Vol. 2: The Campaspe District, Chandos, Burwood, Victoria, p. 462.
[9] Randell, J. O. (1982), p. 467.
[10] Randell, J. O. (1982), p. 468.
[11] Randell, J. O. (1982), p. 472. Page 3 of 6
History of Mount Camel Mount Camel was a 40,000 acre sheep run licensed to Margaret Hyde on the 4th October 1848. The station was originally known as Mount Campbell, but by the 1870s its name had changed to Mount Camel.[6] She sold the license to J. D. and H. T. Robertson in 1861, but by 1863 High Taylor Robertson was the sole owner of the license. In 1865, Robert William Nutt and Robert Willan were the owners of the license, and they sold it to Charles Degraves of Hobart in 1869. CharlesParry Davis acquired Mount Camel in 1875.[7] It was later part of a grant of 470 acres to Thomas Henry Dickenson on the 30th March 1949 through the Soldier Settlement Scheme, comprising Allotments 13, 13A and 13B of Section 23.[8] A vast tract of the former Mount Camel sheep run had been donated to the Soldier Settlement Board by Charles Percy Davis and his son, Edwards Degraves Davis, in 1921, and much of this land was subdivided and sold to returned servicemen for £6/4/6 per acre.[9] Mount Camel Station was taken up by William Keith in 1842 and originally known as Mount Campbell Station.[10] Margaret Hyde bought the place from Keith in an the former Mount Camel sheep run had been donated to the Soldier Settlement Board by Charles Percy Davis and his son, Edwards Degraves Davis, in 1921, and much of this land was subdivided and sold to returned servicemen for £6/4/6 per acre.[9] Mount Camel Station was taken up by William Keith in 1842 and originally known as Mount Campbell Station.[10] Margaret Hyde bought the place from Keith in an auction in 1847, and thereafter held the lease from the Government over the 40,000 acre property, including its 2,200 sheep.[11] Davis took over Mount Camel Station in 1875, and made substantial improvements to both the land and the quality of his livestock.[12]
1858 George Hyde Jr was managing his mother Margaret's station.
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