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Author: Dr Sue Rosen
Client: Private Client
In 1790, Captain Watkin Tench led an exploratory expedition which passed though the general Liverpool area. The country was described as: '… remarkably pleasant to the eye; everywhere the foot trod on thick and luxuriant grass...'
Alexander Raby Riley, a London-born merchant, arrived in Australia as a free settler in June 1804. In 1809, he began to develop his grant of land near Liverpool, which he named Raby.
With little farming experience, but with an excellent grasp of colonial trading and mercantile affairs, he made a profitable business of trading in colonial wool, in addition to developing his wool sheep at Raby.
In his 1824 Views in Australia, Joseph Lycett portrayed the property in a romanticised fashion, writing:
'The farm of Raby is...remarkable for having,...the commanding piece of water that...forms the head of the South Creek, one of the principal and most important branches of the Hawkesbury River. The Pasture here is of the most fertile character, and is principally devoted to the grazing of fine-woolled Sheep: from fifteen hundred to two thousand...Such is the mildness of the climate, that no shelter is ever required for these sheep, even in the depth of Winter, which is the Lambing Season; nor, except on very few occasions, is any food prepared for them, except the natural grass of the surrounding pastures.'
From c.1810, the site was part of the Raby property, which was generally used to pasture Riley’s Saxon merion sheep. Following the end of the Riley’s ownership, the land was again advertised mainly for grazing. William Moore utilised the site for mixed farming from 1867. The site was subdivided several times between 1905 and 1915, though it retained its agricultural use. Aerial images from 1947 show a market garden and paddocks with patchy tree cover. Contemporary aerial images confirm further land disturbance by the greater intensity of crop production employed across the majority of the site, in addition to two dwellings constructed post 1947.
Regional Office Building Heritage Impact Statement - National Parks and Wildlife Service
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: National Parks and Wildlife Service The team was pleased to prepare a Heritage Impact Statement for the National Parks and Wildlife Service's Regional Office in…
122 Dickson Road Leppington - Property History
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Private Client In 1790, Captain Watkin Tench led an exploratory expedition which passed though the general Liverpool area. The country was described as: '… remarkably…
Kalkarri Cottages, NPWS - Heritage Impact Statement
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Sydney North Region, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Environment and Heritage This one-bedroom cottage is a simple weatherboard and fibro cement (asbestos) utilitarian structure…
Taronga Zoo History and Research Project
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Liz Gorman, David Rosen Client: Taronga Conservation Society of Australia Taronga Zoo requires a new comprehensive history of the development of the site…
Aboriginal Heritage Due Diligence Assessment Report, 215 Seventh Avenue, Austral
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, David Burke and Liz Gorman Client: P.S Graham & Associates The purpose of this statement of due diligence is to determine if Aboriginal…
Steele Military Bridge Over Berowra Creek - Heritage Impact Statement
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen & Dr Sid French Client: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service The object of this Heritage Impact Statement and Statement of Significance was to assess the…
Kogarah City Council, Neverfail Bay Heritage Study.
Client: Kogarah City Council Authors: Sue Rosen, Historian and Nick Jackson, Heritage Consultant This heritage study of the "Derwent and Drake Oyster Farm" at Neverfail Bay, Oatley, which is listed…
Heritage Impact Statement - Lane Cove River Tourist Park Amenities Block, Lane Cove National Park
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service This was an assessment of alterations to be made to the menities block as required by the 1977 National Parks Act.…
Uralla Shire Council - Community Based Heritage Study and Context Report.
Author: Dr Sue Rosen Client: Uralla Shire Council Uralla Community Based Heritage Study: This Community Based approach enabled extensive meetings, discussions, workshops and collection of…
Lane Cove Weir Fishway Improvement Project Heritage Impact Statement, NSW DPI and NSW NPWS.
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Dr Sid French Client: Metropolitan Northern Region of the National Parks and Wildlife Service This heritage Impact Statement assesses the impact of measures…
Exhibition Catalogue Introductory Essay for AGRI/CULTURE: Re-Creating The Living Landscape, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 2005.
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Dr Sid French Client: Metropolitan Northern Region of the National Parks and Wildlife Service This heritage Impact Statement assesses the impact of measures
Indigenous Heritage Assessment and Threatened Species Survey for No. 145 Booralie Rd, Duffy’s Forest.
Authors: Dr Sue Rosen and Dr Sid French Client: Metropolitan Northern Region of the National Parks and Wildlife Service This heritage Impact Statement assesses the impact of measures
Eden CRA Region, Overview Thematic Forest History (non-indigenous).
Author: Joan Kent Client: NSW National parks and Wildlife Service Under the National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS) Commonwealth, State and Territory governments agreed to a framework and process for carrying out…
Comprehensive and Regional Assessment of Forested Lands, NSW Statewide Cultural Heritage Data Audit, Integration and Analysis.
Author: Sue Rosen, Beverley Johnson, Richard Temple, Brian Johnson and Rosemary Kerr Client: Michael Pearson of Heritage Management Consultants, for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. The assessment outputs included an…
‘Human Settlement of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment: Impact on the biota’, in Dr. J.M. Powell (ed.), The Improvers’ Legacy: Environmental Studies of the Hawkesbury-Nepean, Derubbin Press, Berowra
Authors: Recher, H.F., Hutchins, P.A. and Rosen, S., ‘Human Settlement of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment: Impact on the biota’, in Dr. J.M. Powell (ed.), The…
Bankstown: A Sense of Identity, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1996.
Author: Sue Rosen Bankstown: A sense of identity explores how an area came to be the place it is today: culturally, economically and physically. It's a book to be…
Sue Rosen, ‘Losing Ground: European Land Use in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment 1788-1870s’, Urban History and Planning Conference, Urban Research Program, ANU, 1995.
Author: Sue Rosen Bankstown: A sense of identity explores how an area came to be the place it is today: culturally, economically and physically. It's a book to be
Sue Rosen, Losing Ground: An Environmental History of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1995.
Author: Sue Rosen An Environmental History of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment This work presents a history of environmental change in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River system and its catchment since 1788.…
‘The Improvers’ Legacy’, The Hawkesbury: Past, Present and Future, Hawkesbury Bicentenary Conference.1994.
Author: Sue Rosen Editor: Jocelyn Powell, Deerubbin Press, Berowra The Improvers’ Legacy’, The Hawkesbury: Past, Present and Future, Hawkesbury Bicentenary Conference, 1994. Environmental Studies of the Hawkesbury-Nepean. Expert contributors discuss the…
Recher, H. F., Hutchins, P.A. and Rosen, S., ‘The biota of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment: reconstruction and restoration’, Australian Zoologist, Vol.29 (1-2), August 1993, pp.3-41.
Author: Sue Rosen Editor: Jocelyn Powell, Deerubbin Press, Berowra The Improvers’ Legacy’, The Hawkesbury: Past, Present and Future, Hawkesbury Bicentenary Conference, 1994. Environmental Studies of the Hawkesbury-Nepean. Expert contributors discuss the…
Historic Environmental Changes Study of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment.
Historian: Sue Rosen Research Assistance: Beverley Johnson Archaeologist: Jo McDonald Fauna: Harry Recher and Pat Hutchins Landscape: Craig Burton The Water Board commissioned Sue Rosen Pty Ltd in December 1991 to…
Newspaper search re: mice plagues.
Historian: Sue Rosen Research Assistance: Beverley Johnson Archaeologist: Jo McDonald Fauna: Harry Recher and Pat Hutchins Landscape: Craig Burton The Water Board commissioned Sue Rosen Pty Ltd in December 1991 to…