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| Keywords: Strawberry Hill Farm, Albany.jpg en The Old Farm Strawberry Hill was considered old more than 100 years ago As far back as 1890 it was given the name The Old Farm in recognition of being the oldest farm in Western Australia established even before the Swan River Colony A Government Farm was established at Strawberry Hill in 1827 as part of the first European settlement at King George Sound In 1833 Sir Richard Spencer was appointed Government Resident at Albany He purchased the Government Farm and resided there with his wife Ann seven sons and three daughters They lived in a pise cottage until in 1836 the current two-storey stone house was built adjoining the older home By 1836 the well established gardens were producing blood oranges grapes raspberries gooseberries asparagus figs and almonds The new house was the centre of the districtÃs social life After an ongoing cycle of neglect restoration and neglect the property was purchased by the Government in 1956 as an historic monument Transferred to the National Trust in 1964 the house and garden have been restored to appropriately reflect their significance century 19 http //hharchitects squarespace com/storage/OldFarm-Web01 jpg __SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION 1276831222593 author Custom license marker 2012 09 13 PD-Australia Uploaded with UploadWizard History of Western Australia | ||||
