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In June 2020 the Government of New South Wales acquired 153,415 ha (379,100 acres), [4] or 1,534 km 2 (592 sq mi) [5] of private land for a new national park, when it purchased Narriearra station in the state's far north-west, [4] subsequently named the Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park.
The major road through Stroud is the Bucketts Way. At the 2021 census, Stroud had a population of 988. [1] The township of Stroud can trace its beginning back to the late 1820s when it became the headquarters for a public funded company known as the Australian Agricultural Company (A. A. Company). In 1824, this company received a grant of ...
Consequently, land sales at North Arm Cove have been the subject of controversy for many years, even being raised as a matter in the NSW Parliament. [12] [13] Despite that, many blocks are purchased as an investment and/or for use as weekend retreats. Land is regularly sold and resold as owners become frustrated with being unable to develop ...
Coffs Coast State Park (officially Coffs Coast Regional Park) , near Coffs Harbour 360 ha (890 Copeton Waters State Park (officially Copeton State Recreation Area) 29°54′55″S 150°56′05″E / 29.9152°S 150.9346°E / -29.9152; 150.9346 ( Copeton Waters ) near Armidale , 263 ha (650 acres) on the southern shore of Copeton ...
Edmondson Park was the first precinct to be planned and constructed as part of this area, with the suburb rezoned for development in May 2008. A large part of the suburb, formerly part of the Ingleburn Army Camp , was purchased from the Department of Defence by Landcom, the NSW Government's land and property development organisation.
In a similar vein, Close provided a number of civic amenities from his land grant, not least of which were the building of St James's Church, hall and rectory, land for the cemetery and a parish school house. [1] [2] Close subdivided his land in the 1840s during a severe depression in the colony. In 1840, some 20 of the lots were put up for sale.
Stroud House is of state heritage significance for its potential to reveal further information about the domestic lifestyle of prominent colonists in NSW. Due to its intactness, Stroud House can demonstrate the domestic living standards and styles of the superintendents and leaders of the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) from the early ...
The area was first settled by Europeans in 1829 when Terence Aubrey Murray was granted an area of land in the area in 1829, originally called Old Collector.Murray acquired further land in the area and renamed his property Winderradeen where he built a 12-room house on the land in 1837.