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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 68915 Side view of Jimbour House, largest Queensland home built in the 1870s.jpg (1000x915) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 68915 Side view of Jimbour House, largest Queensland home built in the 1870s.jpg en Side view of Jimbour House largest Queensland home built in the 1870s Jimbour Station property was one of the largest properties taken up in the 1840s The pastoral run name was first used by Henry Dennis the pastoralist in 1841 This home built in the style of an English manor house for Joshua Peter Bell and his family Work on Jimbour House commenced in late 1874 and was completed by early 1877 The two storey home was built of sandstone quarried in the area and local hardwood was also used in the construction This photograph shows the house and entrance gates about 20 years after it had been first built The upstairs rooms have wooden shuttered windows circa 1895 handle 10462/deriv/83728 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Sheep and cattle stations in Queensland Sandstone buildings in Australia Gates in Australia Homesteads in Queensland Jimbour House Black and white photographs Pastoralists from Australia | ||||
