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THE MITCHAM HISTORICAL

SOCIETY

INCORPORATED NEWSLETTER

POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 903 Mitcham Shopping Centre S. A. 0!"

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,o(*me -*m$er March "0"

Title & Index page 1 Editorial, Disclaimer, Privacy Act. 2Message from !airperson " Program for 2#12 $T%ilig!t %al 'lier ( )att*nga o*ntry 'lier +Allisons Apot!ecary 'lier - trat!spey 'lier /am*el Tapscott and toney0an'arm

estoration at last3 1

D*c anning 'actory 2" Address Page 2$

O F F I C E B E A R E R S F O R 2 0 1 1

Patron4 Mr Tim 5*g!ton Principal cotc! ollege!airperson 6*lie 7ogan Tel4 #$"#$-22+2 or /""/ "2"/

8ice !airperson & Editor ic Irving Tel4 #/ /2-2 -#-

Treas*rer )rian Ang*secretary !eryl c!neiderommittee Mem0ers Tris! os! Margaret 9!ite

6o!n 9ood !ristine Ed%ardso%ena Atinson

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EDITORIAL

esearc!ing o*r :e%sletter is far from 0eing a d*ll or *ninterestingpastime; rat!er it is 0ot! interesting and exciting. T!is edition is nodifferent from any ot!er; I !ave really enmails %ill 0e treated as a0ove. 7o%ever, anyinformation sent 0y e>mail %ill 0e at t!e senders ris and t!e ociety %illnot 0e !eld responsi0le for any *nintended *se or disclos*re of t!is.

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MESSAGE FROM CHAIRPERSON

Pict*re4 .eptem0er 2#11 A?M > @ife Mem0ers!ip Presentation

9elcome 0ac everyone from t!e !ristmas )rea3

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A thought to consider

:ot t!e po%er to con=*er ot!ers, 0*t t!e po%er to 0ecome one %it!ot!ers, is t!e *ltimate po%erB. ri !inmoy

PROGRAMME FOR !"#!

M$rchMonday (t!4 +pm to /pm

T%ilig!t 9aling To*r H Mitc!am 8illage7osted 0y ?len 9ood%ard

Meet at Mitc!am 7eritage esearc! entreost4 ?old coin

ontact4 6*lie 7ogan4 /""/ "2"/ or #$"# $-2 2+2

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Mines9ines & Marets )*s Trip*nday 22ndTime4 ."#am

8isiting Macclesfield, Meado%s & Prospect 7ill)*s departs from Mitc!am o*ncil ar Par

ost to 0e advised@imited seats so 0oo early to avoid disappointmentontact4 6o!n 9ood4 /"-" ""-$ or #$#2 -/1 +#1

6*lie 7ogan4 /""/ "2"/ or #$"# $-2 2+2

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A0o*t Time . A.s 7istory 'estival Activities

trat!spey To*r H Mercedes ollege

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May Time4 2pmTo*r of 7istorical trat!spey )*ilding

ontact4 6*lie 7ogan4 /""/ "2"/ or #$"# $-2 2+2

Allisons Apot!ecary 5pening21 Al0ert treet, Mitc!am 8illage9ednesdays t!, 1+t!& 2"rdMay

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SAM(EL TAPSCOTT AND STONEY)AN* FARM

am*el Tapscott %as 0orn in 7ig! 7am, omerset 1in 1/2( 2, t!e son ofo0ert Tapscott and EliGa0et! 7ol%ay, and, as s!o%n 7ig! 7am Paris!egister, %as 0aptiGed in t!e Paris! !*rc! on 2 April 1/2( " 7e ismentioned in t!e 1/$1 cens*s as a 0oy, aged 1+. $Eig!t years later, as a

s!ep!erd, !e immigrated to Adelaide on t!e Jir Ed%ard ParryJ, %!ic!departed from Plymo*t!, Devon, England, on 2# Marc! 1/$ (7e arrivedin Adelaide on T!*rsday, 6*ne 21st1/$. +

am*el fo*nd employment from amongst t!e a0*ndant n*m0er of s!eepfarms in t!e Mt Pleasant district and married 7arriet P!illis, a da*g!terof do*g!ty agric*lt*ralist 6ames P!illis enior. -am*el and 7arriet %ere

married on t!e +

t!

of :ovem0er 1/($, 0y t!e ev. 9. 7. oom0es, at t.?eorges CAnglican !*rc!, ?a%ler. /

)*t %!y %ere t!ey married in ?a%lerK Pa*la )artsc! points o*t t!at T!ec!*rc!es in Mo*nt Pleasant %ere not 0*ilt *ntil t!e 1/+#s, and t!eministry %as not resident in t!e area 0efore t!en, so t!at %o*ld acco*ntfor t!e marriage at ?a%ler.B Personal Internet searc!es !ave revealedt!at t. ?eorges !*rc! %as 0*ilt in 1/$/, far earlier t!an ot!er local

c!*rc!es.

oon after t!eir marriage, t!e yo*ng Tapscotts settled on toney0an, adairy farm %!ic! 6ames passed on to !is da*g!ter. 1#9e are inde0ted to apecial eporter from T!e 50server, %!o %rote a lengt!y article entitledA 8IIT T5 T7E DAIFI:? DITITafter visiting t!e Tapscotts in

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)artsc!, P. Pers. omm. 21#12#121#!ttp4%%%.stoney0ancottages.com.a*7istory.!tm

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1//2, for an excellent description of t!eir property. 7e %rites 7is farmconsists of a0o*t /## acres of %ell>grassed 0*t very stony land, of a !illyc!aracter, %it! some immense 0o*lders of granite, and most romanticscenery. T!ere are a great many springs *pon t!e property and t!e %ateras a r*le is of first>class =*ality. T!ere are a fe% s!eaoas gro%ing ont!e !ills, 0*t in t!e flats t!ere are n*m0ers of greyg*ms t!at !ave 0een

dead for years and years, t!eir %!ite 0leac!ed tr*ns and long armsstanding o*t lie t!e g!osts of a departed forest. 'rom t!e top of t!e!ills a most extended vie% is gained to t!e east%ard over t!e eedy reepecial *rvey of 2#,### acres of similar c!aracter and f*rt!er over isseen t!e M*rray iver, %it! mile *pon mile of farms, extending from nort!to so*t!, 0o*nded 0y t!e scr*0, t!ro*g! %!ic! t!e M*rray iver %inds itsco*rse. T!e river is fo*rteen miles distant from M*ll*ndella ree, and

can 0e plainly discerned, looing lie a silver strea amidst t!e som0remallee scr*0. T!e to%ns!ip of Palmer is not very far distant from t!e0o*ndary of t!e farm H a0o*t six miles H and to t!is place t!e c!ildren!ave to %al every day for t!eir sc!ooling H a feat %!ic! may %ell 0edescri0ed as t!e p*rs*it of no%ledge *nder diffic*lties.

T!e d%elling>!o*se is 0*ilt in a s!eltered place, %it! a steep !ill at t!e

0ac, and a spring r*nning in front. T!ere is a nice little itc!en gardenattac!ed, and an orc!ard %it! from 1## to 1(# trees in it. 11T!ere %asmore to t!e Tapscotts farm t!an as descri0ed a0ove, of %!ic! t!ere %ill0e f*rt!er description in anot!er part of t!is article.

7o% can %e, descri0e am*el Tapscott in s*c! a %ay as to painting a livingpict*reK 6*st %!at sort of man %as !eK T!e reporter from T!e50serverB gives *s t!is information H 7e proved to 0e a 0l*ff !earty

farmer, possessing a large amo*nt of information *pon many s*0pict*re, I %o*ld also add to t!is descriptiont!at !e %as a person possessed of a %ide range of agric*lt*ral interests,%illing to diversify on !is farm. Apart from 0eing a %ell no%n and !ard%oring dairyman and c!eese maer in t!e comm*nity, !e also incl*ded

11 *pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 112 *pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 1

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s!eep and pigs on t!e farm, gre% tomatoes, figs, c*rrants and apples, allof %!ic! !e ex!i0ited at local and ot!er agric*lt*ral s!o%s.

At a plo*g!ing Matc! at Mo*nt Pleasant, on t!e 1/t!of eptem0er, 1/(+,t!e o*t! A*stralian egister for at*rday 2-t!of eptem0er 1/(+, onpage t!ree t!at In order to provide accommodation for t!e g*ests at t!e

dinner, t!e landlord of t!e Mo*nt Pleasant Inn !ad erected a temporarypavilion $# feet in lengt!, 0eneat! t!e 0alcony of t!e inn. A0o*t (#gentlemen sat do%n to t!e festive 0oard, t!e contents of %!ic! %ere 0ot!excellent and ample, reflecting great credit on mine !ost Mc)eat!.,B at%!ic! Mr. am*el Tapscott proposed T!e 7ealt!s of t!e 8isitors. 7e!oped next year t!eir n*m0er %o*ld 0e do*0led and tre0led. Mr. TapscottCalso proposed T!e 7ealt!s of @ady MacDonnell and t!e @adies of o*t!

A*stralia.B1"

As noted a0ove, am*el not only made c!eese, 0*t also %on priGes ats!o%s %it! it, nota0ly in t!e years 0efore 1//2. In t!at year, a Mr.ra%ford, made remars on c!eese>maing at a meeting of t!eAgric*lt*ral ociety C!eld on A*g*st 2(, 1//2 %!ic! did t!at class ofind*stry a great in

T5 T7E EDIT5irN At a meeting of t!e oyal Agric*lt*ral ociety, !eld > on A*g*st 2(,Mr. 9. ra%ford in !is remars on c!eese>maing is doing t!at class ofind*stry a great piece of inmil from ne%>mil c!eese, or %!et!er

ever !e !as seen simmed>mil c!eese. I s!o*ld mil,c!eese>price 0*yers, and %is!es to get a good article for a lo% price. I !ave0een a dairy farmer in o*t! A*stralia for t!irty years, and I !ave not seen

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simmed>mil c!eese yet and I !ave seen and made scores of tons, and amnot tired of dairy>farming yet. I !ave never no%n a dairy farmer to goinsolvent, alt!o*g! many a score of grocers !ave. :o%, ir, if Mr. ra%ford%ill pay me a visit any time !e lies I %ill s!o% !im a dairy farm for c!eeseand 0*tter, and !o% to mae it pay. In concl*sion, I may mention I can sell agreat deal more c!eese t!an I can mae at a paying price, and !ave it taen

from t!e dairy !o*se, cas! 0eing paid for t!e same,I am, ir, &c,AME@ TAP5TT,Dairy 'armer, Millendella, near Mo*nt Pleasant. 1$

7is c!eeses !ad %on priGes at s!o%s in 1/+-, 1(1/+/, 1+1/--, 1-1/-/, 1/andin ot!er years. In fact, t!e reporter from T!e 50server notes I !ave seen

and tasted t!e c!eeses as commonly made 0y Mr. Tapscott, and m*st sayt!at t!ey %ere e=*al in =*ality to :e% Qealand and 9arrnam0ool c!eese,for %!ic! !ig! rates !ave 0een c!arged.B 17e advertised !is priGe>%inningc!eese in 1//-, as s!o%n 0elo%4>

CHEESE AND )(TTER

T!e *ndersigned %ill 0e in Adelaide at t!e Plo*g! and 7arro% >%it! !is

759 7EEE and )TTE %!ic! too t!e 'IT PIQE at t!e M5:TP@EAA:T 759. ee t!e 6*dgesO remars in last %eeOs daily papers.@etters %ill 0e acno%ledged. AME@ TAP5TT, Mo*nt PleasantDated Marc! "#, 1//-B 2#

5nce again, t!ans to t!e reporter from T!e 50serverB, %e !ave a verygood description of 0ot! %!ere and !o% !is c!eese %as made. It states t!e

follo%ing4>

1$o*t! A*stralian egister, T!*rsday - eptem0er 1//2, page 21(o*t! A*stralian egister, 'riday / :ovem0er 1/+-, page 2, ", $1+o*t! A*stralian egister, at*rday 21 Marc! 1/+/, page "1-o*t! A*stralian egister, 9ednesday 2/ Marc! 1/--, page (1/o*t! A*stralian egister, 'riday 1( Marc! 1/-/, page +

1*pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 12#o*t! A*stralian egister, T!*rsday "1 Marc! 1//-, page 2

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T!e dairy is an independent 0*ilding, erected in a recess c*t in t!e side oft!e steep !ill at t!e 0ac of t!e !o*se, and !as a narro% space all aro*nd it.T!e roof is do*0le, t!e first 0eing of galvaniGed iron, covered %it! t!atc!,0*t leaving a space 0et%een, t!e t!atc! 0eing covered %it! eart! and t!e%!ole s!aded 0y a %illo% in s*mmer. T!e door faces t!e so*t!, and t!ere isa ventilating apert*re at eac! end. T!ro*g! t!e middle of t!e floor a small

spring t*ns do%n a narro% c!annel, and0eneat! t!e doorsill d*ring %inter,0*t it is dry in s*mmer; and ot!er t%o c!annels r*n along eac! %all H 0ot!inside and o*t H to carry off any %ater t!at may enter from springsproceeding from t!e !ill. T!e co%s are no% miled 0*t once a day and t!emil as soon as taen is strained, placed in large cans, %it! a !andle on eac!side, and placed in a ca*ldron over a fire, in %!ic! t!e %ater is 0ro*g!t tonearly t!e 0oiling point H t!e proper !eat is ascertained 0y experience and

not 0y t!e *se of a t!ermometer. It is t!en placed %it!er in t!e pans forsimming next day or emptied into a large vat made of tin, %!en t!e rennetis added, %!ic! in a0o*t t%enty min*tes t*rns it into c*rds and %!ey. 9!enit is %ell t*rned t!e c*rd is first gently 0roen %it! a !and>dipper, and intime H a0o*t anot!er t%enty min*tes H t!e largest portion of t!e %!ey !asseparated, and t!e c*rd is slig!tly salted, placed in a c!eeseclot!, and !*ng*p on a !oo till t!e afternoon to cool, and also to drain. It is t!en r*n

t!ro*g! t!e c*rdmill, %!ic! red*ces it to a mass %!ic! loos lie a lot ofc!opped 0eef s*et, and it is once again !*ng *p to drain still f*rt!er. :extmorning t!e c*rd is gro*nd for t!e last time, salted property, and p*t intot!e press, %!ence it is removed next day. T!e press is a compo*nd lever,and %ill tae in six c!eeses if needed. 9!en taen o*t it is %rapped %it! aclean clot!, %!ic! is rene%ed every day at first, and t!e c!eese is t*rned;0*t as it gets riper t!e necessity for c!anging and t*rning is not so great.

A0o*t six %ees is t!e s!ortest time allo%ed for ripening a c!eeses*fficiently to allo% of its leaving t!e dairy, 0*t six mont!s is none too long.T!e earlier it is sold t!e !eavier t!e c!eese; 0*t t!e maer %!o !as arep*tation to preserve taes care to preserve !is c!eeses also long eno*g!to prevent its disgracing !im. )*tter is prod*ced *pon most, if not all of t!edairy farms, and alt!o*g! sim>mil c!eeses are not made I 0elieve t!atsim>mil form a more or less a constit*ent part of m*c! of t!e c!eese t!at

is made. T!is is a practice common to c!eesemaers all over t!e %or, 0*t%it! some maers t!e desire to mae as m*c! 0*tter as possi0le ind*ces

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t!em to tae even more t!an !alf t!e cream a%ay, and t!e res*lt is amisera0le dry prod*ct t!at is neit!er c!al nor c!eese.B 21

Apart from dairy cattle, in 1//2 %e are told t!at am*el ept a good manypigs and fo%ls, %!ic! !e says m*st form part of t!e dairy to mae it pay,and prevent %aste. 7is s!eep n*m0er only a0o*t $##, and t!ese !e c*lls

every year in order to eep !is %ool of an even =*ality. 7is s!eep are verygood, and !is %ool 0rings !ig!est price; 22( 0ales gro%n 0y Mr. . Tapscott,sold at /Rd per po*nd in 1///, 2"t!e next year ( 0ales %ere sold for Sdper po*nd.2$

T!e remem0rance of last yearOs disastro*s fire !as made t!e farmerspartic*larly anxio*s to get t!eir %!eat staced; t!ey !ave 0een more

ca*tio*s t!is year in preparing against fire.B

2(

@iving at toney0an, am*el%o*ld certainly 0een %ell a%are of t!e dangers of fires, as t!e a0oveexcerpt refers to. T!e fire in =*estion %as indeed devastating. 5n9ednesday, t!e 11t! instant, a fearf*l fire ravaged t!e co*ntry ro*ndMo*nt Pleasant, cons*ming feed and cornstacs in every direction. ?reatefforts %ere made to confine t!e fire %it!in t!e narro%est possi0le 0o*nds,0*t it desolated, nevert!eless, a great extent of co*ntry.B 2+ 5n9ednesday, t!e 2/t! 'e0r*ary, a 0*s! fire 0roe o*t on t!e eedy reepecial *rvey, 0*t %as p*t o*t 0efore it did m*c! damage. T!e 7on. 6o!n)aer and Mr. am*el Tapscott !ave lost some grass 0y it. 2-T!e dairy>farmers !ave in t!e past depended almost entirely *pon t!e nat*ral!er0age, and t!is !as more t!an once or t%ice 0een destroyed 0y fire, %!ent!ey !ave 0een p*t to great straits %it! t!eir cattle.2/T!ere is a reportfrom %!en am*els son 8incent ran t!e farm, stating t!at4 Mr. 8. .TapscottOs mixed farm at tony0an, a0o*t five miles east of Mo*nt

21*pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 122*pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 12"o*t! A*stralian egister, 9ednesday 1- 5cto0er 1///, page $2$o*t! A*stralian egister, T*esday 1 :ovem0er 1//, page $2(T!e o*t! A*stralian Advertiser, Monday 2/ 6an*ary 1/+1, page "2+o*t! A*stralian egister, T!*rsday 1 6an*ary 1/+#, page 2

2-o*t! A*stralian egister, Monday 12 Marc! 1/++, page "2/*pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 1

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Pleasant, !as 0een in t!e possession of t!e family for -# years, and d*ringt!at time !as experienced 1- 0*s! fires, and !as 0een practically 0*rnt o*t1" times. T!e fire %!ic! occ*rred t!ree %ees ago cleared t!e farm, 0*t*ndayOs 0laGe seemed to 0*rn rig!t over t!e 0are gro*nd. 7e also lost an*m0er of s!eep.B 2

am*el and 7arriet Tapscott !ad t!eir first son on t!e 2- t!of May 1/((,soon after arriving in Mo*nt Pleasant. T!ey %ere to !ave a family offo*rteen, eig!t sons and six da*g!ters. 5n !is visit to t!e Tapscott farmin 1//2, t!e reporter from T!e 50server, said in regard to t!e Tapscottfamily, t!e follo%ing H Mr Tapscott is t!e !appy fat!er of fo*rteenc!ildren, t!irteen of %!om are alive and several !ave 0een started *ponfarms on t!eir o%n acco*nt. T!e %!ole of t!is large family !ave 0een

reared and placed o*t 0y t!e aid of dairy farming, and !e says t!at !ecannot 0*t spea in t!e !ig!est terms of t!e ind*stry t!at !as ena0led!im to ac!ieve so satisfactory a res*lt.B "#In 0et%een looing after !erfamily of six da*g!ters and eig!t sons, 7arriet tended camellias %!ic!acted as sentinels on eac! side of 'renc! %indo%s at t!e !omestead,reminiscent of !er ent c!ild!ood !ome. Event*ally, someone !ad to c*t!oles in t!e veranda! for t!e 0*s!es to gro% t!ro*g! and over t!e roofN

*nderstanda0ly, t!e flo%ering seasons 0ro*g!t fort! a spectac*lar sig!t."1

9!en t!e reporter referred to in t!e a0ove paragrap! visited t!e farm,am*el %as approac!ing sixty years of age, and !ad lived on t!e propertyfor t%enty seven years. 5f am*el, t!e reporter stated > Even Mr.Tapscott !imself !as decreased !is !erd of co%s from nearly a !*ndredto a0o*t eig!teen, and !e does not t*rn o*t a fo*rt! of t!e c!eese and

0*tter no% t!at !e *sed to do a fe% years ago. 7e explains !is motivesfor doing t!is in t!e fact t!at !is %ife, %!o %as !is principal assistant, !asmet %it! an accident 0y %!ic! !er eyesig!t 0ecame impaired, !is eldestsons and da*g!ters !ave 0een married and settled on farms of t!eir o%n,and no% !e is not so inclined to toil from $ ocloc in t!e morning till dar

2T!e egister, T*esday 1+ 'e0r*ary 12+, page "#*pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 1

)*tler, . T!e L*iet 9aters )y District o*ncil of Mo*nt Pleasant 1", p. +2.Page 15


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at nig!t to amass %ealt! for c!ildren, %!o %ill 0e m*c! !appier for !avingto la0o*r a little for t!emselves; and eac! of t!em %ill 0e, or !as 0eenstarted %it! s*fficient to ena0le t!em to earn a competency for !imself."2T!e Tapscott family attended many s!o%s, 0ot! locally and in Adelaide,ex!i0iting in !is first s!o% in Mo*nt Pleasant in 1/+/, "" and !is last in1/-. "$am*el Tapscott passed a%ay 1 :ov 1/ at Mt. Pleasant at t!e

age of -(, and %as interred at t 6o!ns Anglican emetery, in MtPleasant. "(It appears t!at am*el and 7arriet !ad 0o*g!t a !o*se andland in t!e to%ns!ip of Mo*nt Pleasant, called PagesB "+and it remainedt!eirs *ntil 7arriet passed a%ay on t!e 2$t! of A*g*st 11(, aged -

years. "-

9e no% from an already =*oted report a0o*t fires t!at 8incent

Tapscott contin*ed to farm at tony0an, in t!e possession of t!efamily for -# yearsB, and !e and !is %ife Alice lived t!ere for at least $#

years. T!ey moved into t!e farm in Decem0er 11", after 7arriet movedinto T!e PagesB "/D*ring t!at time, apart from r*nning t!e farm, 8incentex!i0ited plants at t!e Mo*nt Pleasant s!o%s from 1#2; "attended ameeting at t. 6o!ns !*rc!, organised to as t!at t!e c!*rc! 0erenovated, and 0ecame a mem0er of a committee to facilitate t!is, $#and

sent to t!e office of T!e Advertiser a giant m*s!room %!ic! meas*rednearly 2( inc!es in diameter and %eig!ed $Rl0. $1 8incent Tapscott passeda%ay on 21st of :ovem0er, at tony )an, $2 and %as interred in t!e

"2 *pplement to t!e o*t! A*stralian egister 2nd 5cto0er 1//2, page 1"" T!e o*t! A*stralian Advertiser, at*rday 21 Marc! 1/+/, page 2"$ o*t! A*stralian egister, 'riday 1 Marc! 1/-, page ""("$ !ttp4%%%.genealogy.tapscott.co.*p"-.!tmi1("+T!e egister, T!*rsday 2 Decem0er 11(, page 12"- !ttp4%%%.tapscott.co.*genealogyp2(.!tmi+-$"/ Information from @ands Title 5ffice" Information from !ttp4trove.nla.gov.a*ndpdelsearc!KadvUy$#T!e Advertiser, T!*rsday 1$ A*g*st 1#2, page +

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!*rc! of England emetery, Mo*nt Pleasant. $"8incent Tapscott and !is%ife Alice %ere t!e last of t!e family to farm t!e property.

T!e exec*tors of t!e Estate of 8incent . Tapscott offered t!e propertyfor sale 0y a*ction, and t!e information incl*ded gave an inventory of t!eimprovements t!ereon, as t!is excerpt of t!e advertisement s!o%s.

containing "/" acres or t!erea0o*ts. Improvements consist of six roomedstone !o*se, implement s!ed, s!earing s!ed, sta0les, t%o roomed stonestore !o*se, stone dairy, co%s!ed and yards, tool s!ed, pig styes andloading ramp, fo%l !o*ses and *ndergro*nd tans.$$As t!e property didnot attract a 0*yer at t!is time, it %as again offered for sale 0y a*ctionin 1$". $(

T!e 1$" sale %as s*ccessf*l; *s!ering in a period of many differento%ners, t!e first fo*r o%ners averaging aro*nd t%o years spent %oringt!e farm. 5ne o%ner %as 7*g! esymer ymB )onyt!on, $+%!o %as ast*dmaster and dairy farmer on a property at Mo*nt Pleasant nearAdelaide, $-in a large !o*se %it! 0ig %allsB. $/T!e fift! o%ner %as t!erefor over 2/ years, from 1(" to 1/1.

I !ave 0een informed 0y 0ot! t!e present o%ner and Pa*la )artsc! t!at

0y t!e 1(#s, t!e property !ad 0een a0andoned, d*e to %ool prices. Int!e A*stralian )*rea* of tatistics Fear )oo 2###, t!e follo%ing is*sef*l in *nderstanding %!y toney0an %as a0andoned.

D*ring t!is period C1$#s H 1(#s A*stralia %as said to 0e Jriding ont!e s!eepOs 0acJ. 9!ereas in 1$(>$+ t!e gross val*e of %ool prod*ctionrepresented 1-V of t!e total val*e of prod*ction of all agric*lt*ral

ind*stries, in 1(#>(1 t!is rose to (+V. T!e increase in t!e price of %oolled to a rise in s!eep n*m0ers, from + million in 1$+ to 11" million in1(#. As co*ld 0e expected, t!e period of exceptionally !ig! prices did

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not last, and ret*rns for %ool =*icly fell a%ay. In 1(1>(2 t!ey %ere !alft!e ret*rns of t!e previo*s year, and 0y 1((>(+ t!e price of %ool %ast!e lo%est since 1$/>$.B $

In 1/-, a ne% o%ner %!o %as gen*inely impressed %it! P!illiss foresig!tto esta0lis! t!eir !omestead in s*c! a secl*ded, pict*res=*e location %as

motivation eno*g! to 0ring t!e r*ins 0ac to life and over 1- yearstoney0an ettlementB %as slo%ly restored.B (#.

In 1/-, a ne% o%ner %!o %as gen*inely impressed %it! P!illiss foresig!tto esta0lis! t!eir !omestead in s*c! a secl*ded, pict*res=*e location %asmotivation eno*g! to 0ring t!e r*ins 0ac to life and over 1- yearstoney0an ettlementB %as slo%ly restored.B (1.

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%orers, !ave 0een lovingly restored and are no% e=*ipped %it! modernconveniences %!ile still retaining t!eir original c!aracter and c!arm. ($

tony0an ettlement is t!e place to step 0ac into t!e past, to see andfeel t!e lifeB of t!e Tapscott 'amily t!at exists t!ere, to experience insome degree %!at it %o*ld !ave 0een lie to farm t!e property and to

imagine yo*rself as living t!ere over one !*ndred and fifty years ago.

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ee for yo*rself %!at toney0an ettlement offers today.

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Restor$tion $t L$st+

Mitc!am 8illage %alers and comm*ters !ave noticed %it! great interest%!ats 0een taing place at t!e !eritage 0*ilding on t!e corner of Al0erttreet and Taylors oad. T!is 0*ilding !as an interesting !istory %!ic!0egins %it! t!e )ro%n!ill ree Inn.

Mr 7enry Taylor %as t!e inn eeper of t!e original )ro%n!ill ree Inn, a

single story cottage, first licensed in 1/(#, located near t!e corner ofAl0ert treet and Taylors oad, named after Mr. Taylor. T!e Inn facedt!e Mitc!am 8illage ?reen and %as near to )ro%n!ill ree oad, a mostconvenient location for t!e t!irsty )ro%n!ill ree gardeners and=*arrymen. In 1/+$ Mr Taylor retired after %!ic! t!e licence lapsed fora period of ( years.

)y 1/+, a ne% licence !ad 0een granted to t!e Mitc!am 7otel, %!ic! !ad0een 0*ilt to t!e east of t!e original )ro%n!ill ree Inn and %as later to0ecome no%n as t!e Temperance 7otel. Ten years after it %as originally0*ilt a second floor %as added to t!e front section of t!e 0*ilding.

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As %ell as serving t!e local comm*nity as a !otel, a p*0lic meeting forresidents of Mitc!am too place t!ere on t!e 12t! of 6an*ary 1/+" toadopt a Mitc!am o*ncil rate of 1 !illing in t!e Po*nd.

T!e Mitc!am 7otel !ad a n*m0er of licensees over a 1# year period. In1/+ t!e 7otel %as licensed to Mr 9illiam Miller, in 1/-# to Mr 6o!n

7anna!, in 1/-1 to Mr T. Pegler, in 1/-2 to Mr 7.M. Mcalman, in 1/-" toMr ?.D. Allen and from 1/-$>- to a Mrs 7ill. An advertisement from t!etime stated %ines, spirit, ales etc of 0est =*ality. 'or s*mmer visits,residences or %edding parties t!e a0ove locality cannot 0e s*rpassed int!e colonyB.

)y t!e end of t!e 1t! cent*ry t!e 0*ilding 0ecame t!e ZTemperance

7otel. As t!e name s*ggests, it %as no longer trading as licensedpremises. Instead %ater for picnics in t!e Mitc!am 8illage ?reen,cigarettes, to0acco, and vario*s ot!er goods %ere sold in a s!op on t!egro*nd floor s!op.

5ver t!e years it !as 0een *sed as a s%eet s!op, 0etting s!op, flats andt!e private residence of a lovely lady named op!ia, %!o lived in t!edeteriorating 0*ilding 0y !erself. After !er deat!, t!e 0*ilding %as sold

to a Mr !arles avage.

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Str$nge T$&es o, So-e Ruins And Ho. A C$st&e V$nished/

)' M$0 A,,ord

7A@' 9AF along Da%Os road near Mitc!am t!ere a section of !eavily

treed gro*nd %!ic! rises a0r*ptly against t!e *nd*lating foot!ills. At firstglance it mig!t 0e taen for an ordinary plantation, 0*t s*rely no ordinaryplantation o%ned gro%t!s lie t!is3

A0ove t!e %ild and tangled gro%t! of peac!, pear, pl*m, and apple trees, atall palm raises its f*GGy top. At its foot cro*c!es a tropical cact*s %it!spiey ends aflame %it! scarlet 0lossoms. 7ere, too, are tropical creeperslooping do%n from scraggy 0ranc!es and %inding *p to %!ere t!e magpies

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scream t!eir c!allenge to t!e sy. trange and exotic neig!0ors to find ina deserted plantation.

Amid t!is tangled of

place in o*t! A*stralia, and t!e mysterio*s plantation and t!eexcavations are mon*ments to t!e once>famo*s J)a00age astle.J

5lder fol %ill experience a flood of recollections at t!e mention of t!ename. 'or J)a00age astleJ or JT!e osary.J to give t!e place its rig!tname, %as one of t!e first concrete 0*ildings in t!e tate. And s*c! a0*ild *p3 It %as a castle in every sense of t!e %ord. A s=*are central

to%er in front dominated t!e !o*se. T!ere %ere a tapering spire at eac!corner and t%o smaller spires over an ornate porc! %ay in front. T!e %alls%ere tessellated in places and t!e entrance doors domed and pointed. T!estyle of arc!itect*re %as t!e last %ord in )aro=*e N part Italian, partAra0ian :ig!ts, and part ?rimmOs 'airy Tales. :o %onder t!at JT!eosaryJ %as disc*ssed far and %ide and people came from all parts of t!etate to see it.

Even t!e inception of t!e castle is interesting. In t!e seventies, a family0y t!e name of Da% 0*ilt a cottage on t!e 0loc. 5ne nig!t t!e family %asa%ay from !ome, leaving at t!e cottage a servant>maid. T!is girl, nocingover a candle, set alig!t to t!e c*rtains, and finding t!e 0laGe gro%ing0eyond !er control, immediately too frig!t. !e r*s!ed o*t of t!e !o*seand fled, maing no attempt to p*t o*t t!e fire. 9!en t!e familyret*rned, t!e place %as almost 0*rnt to t!e gro*nd. All t!at co*ld 0e

saved %ere a fe% pict*res, 0*t 0oos, personal 0elongings, and val*a0leframes, doors and attendant fittings, %as contracted

of concrete. 5ne of t!e main rooms meas*red somet!ing lie "# feets=*are, and t!is !ad a solid concrete roof + ft t!ic. Anot!er feat*re %as

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t!e staircase, every inc! of %!ic! %as solid mar0le. T!e place, of t%ostoreys, %it! a to%er, cost a0o*t [+,### to 0*ild. It stood %ell 0ac in aplantation of trees t!at Mr. )a00age !ad 0ro*g!t from a0road.

)E:6AMI: 7E7E@ )A))A?E %as a near relative of t!e cele0ratedinventor of t!e calc*lating mac!ine. 7e %as ed*cated as an engineer, and

for a considera0le time follo%ed, !is profession in E*rope. 7e %asassistant engineer at t!e )ristol end of t!e ?reat :ort!ern ail%ay forfo*r years and after%ards laid o*t a rail%ay across t!e Appenines from?enoa to Milan. 7e later constr*cted a rail%ay from 'lorence to Pistogaand lived in T*scany for fo*r years. It is most pro0a0le t!at t!is somaing. T!e greatcellars in %!ic! !e stored t!e %ine may 0e seen to t!is day. T!ere arevario*s stories to acco*nt for t!e destr*ction of t!e castle.J 5ne is t!atconcrete 0*ilding 0eing in its infancy, t!e constr*ction of t!e )a00agemansion %as nat*rally an experiment, and t!at t!e cement %as %ronglymixed. Anot!er N and certainly more romantic N is t!at t!e early0*ilders *sed s*gar to !elp 0ind t!e cement, %it! t!e res*lt t!at, %it! t!e

coming of t!e rain, t!e s*gar melted and t!e concrete craced. 9!atevermay !ave 0een t!e ca*se, t!e rainy seasons 0ro*g!t disaster to t!eflam0oyant JcastleJ T!e !*ge %eig!t of t!e concrete fittings ca*sedcracs to appear in t!e %alls, and slo%ly t!e 0*ilding 0egan to cr*m0le.Fet, so massive and ram0ling %as t!e str*ct*re, relatives and friends oft!e family contin*ed to live in one portion of t!e !o*se %!en part %as inr*ins.

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trangely eno*g!, %!en part of t!e JcastleJ collapsed, val*a0le 0oos andtreas*res %ere lost in t!e r*ins, t!*s repeating t!e tragedy of t!e Da%ecottage, on t!e site of %!ic! t!e castle %as raised. Mr. )a00age died on5cto0er 22, 1/-/, at t!e age of +". 7is %ife and family contin*ed to liveat t!is !ome.

ntil =*ite recently t!e concrete remains of t!e !o*se %ere still to 0eseen among t!e tangled vegetation t!at enclosed t!e site, and *sed toattract many artists. )*t t!e r*ins !ave 0een removed for road>maingp*rposes, and no% t!e only traces t!at remain are t!e %ide excavationsand t!e tall palm rising a0ove t!e matted plantation. T!is palm, 0y t!e%ay, is a c!ili>coco, and is said to 0e t!e only one of its ind in t!e tate.T!e land !as 0een sold in t!e s*0division of t!e estate.

T!e cact*s flames afres!, and eac! ne% spring decs t!e trees %it!fres!er and finer 0lossoms. 5nly t!e tall palm eeps lonely vigil, a livingmon*ment to t!e glory t!at !as passed a%ay.CT!e Advertiser, at*rday 2 6*ne 1"(, page

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Duc1 C$nning F$ctor'

It mig!t interest t!e reader to no% t!at in t!e 1/#s t!ere %as acanning factory on t!e oorong, a0o*t ten miles from Meningie. It %aso%ned 0y a man named pencer, and t!ere !e canned %ild d*c, mostlyteal. D*cs t!en %ere t!ere in t!o*sands, and I remem0er t!at my fat!ertoo me to t!e factory %!ere pencer !ad some men s!ooting t!e d*cs

and ot!ers preparing t!em for t!e tins. A tin of teal %as sold for ninepence, and t!ey %ere very good. T!e factory co*ld only 0e %ored for sixmont!s of t!e year, d*ring t!e open season for d*c s!ooting; and a0o*t-# years ago, it closed do%n. ((

((Mco*rt, T. & Minc!am, 7. T!e oorong and @aes of t!e @o%er M*rray.

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