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#13887 - Lambrigg Homestead

Resource ID
Location
13887
Photograph 184
Title/subtitle
Lambrigg Homestead
Picture
Lambrigg Homestead
Format
Photograph
Publisher
16 January 1939
Physical description
Black & white photograph; 9cm x 14cm
Summary
Lambrigg Homestead, home of William Farrer, wheat experimentalist. Lambrigg (meaning - Hill of Lambs) was built by Farrer in 1894. The 240 acre Lambrigg property was transferred to Nina Farrer, daughter of Leopold de Salis from Cuppacumbalong, in 1882. Mrs Farrer sold Lambrigg to the Commonwealth in 1922.
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
Notes
On 16 January 1939 the Commonwealth's memorial to Farrer was unveiled at Lambrigg on the hill behind the homestead where Farrer is buried.