What a wonderful morning with friends sketching the Historic Newstead House.
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Brisbane's
oldest surviving residence, Newstead House, is based in Newstead. It
was built by Patrick Leslie who had settled on the Darling Downs in
1840, and bought the land at Newstead (35 acres) in 1846 for 51 pounds.
He named the original cottage 'Newstead' after Newstead Abbey in
England. The house has evolved from the original cottage into the grand
residence we are now familiar with.
The
Leslie family only lived in the house for a year before it was sold to
Captain John Wickham, the first police magistrate and government
resident for the Moreton Bay District. He was also Patrick Leslie's
brother-in-law. Wickham was the commander of the Beagle upon which
Charles Darwin also sailed.
In
1939, the Queensland Government enacted the Newstead House Trust, which
was the first legislation in Queensland to preserve an historic
structure.
A4 Holcroft Sketchbook Mechanical pencil - Unipin pen and watercolour.
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