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Yarrow' was the name of a 809.4 hectare grant in Roxburgh County in the Bathurst district made to George INNES on the 30th of June 1823, subject to his majesty's approval due to the acreage involved. Permission was evidently forthcoming and George, who was the younger brother of Major Archibald Clunes INNES whose name appears in the NEW SOUTH WALES - PORT MACQUARIE entry under Wind-Powered Flourmills, took possession. Archibald also used the name 'Yarrows' for his own property on the Hastings River on the NSW North Coast. INNES quickly established himself as a member of Bathurst's elite and in 1825 was treasurer of the short lived 'Bathurst Hunt Club'. The water powered corn mill on 'Yarrow' was advised in early October 1825 as ready to commence operations on the 15th of the month with ex convict John OSELAND apparently employed as miller. The same notice stated that INNES would receive offers to rent the mill for a one year term from the 1st of January 1826. Water for its operation was evidently supplied by the Winburndale Rivulet. In March 1826, with the mill then probably rented out, OSELAND was described as a miller, formerly in the employ of George INNES. By 1827 INNES had negotiated a $6,000 loan from Samuel TERRY in return for a lease of "Yarrow" for 1,000 years. This was in effect a conveyance to TERRY. By 1830, and now known as "Yarra", addition machinery for a four horse mill was also in readiness on the property. "Yarra" then disappeared from official records, but in 1832 TERRY was still listed as owning a watermill in the Bathurst District on 'Winburndale'. Whether there is some relationship between these two sites is not known. By 1835, the name had changed to "Winbourndale" and a mill continued to operate until at least 1838 under TERRY's ownership. By 1840 it, and or the property was evidently leased by one Gavin RALSTON, but RALSTON's connection appears to have been rather brief. By October 1841, the property, again referred to as "Winburndale", was being offered to Let described as a farm of 809.4 hectares, situated within 9.7 kilometres of Bathurst and containing a two story dwelling-house, detached kitchen, and servants' room, store, and stables; plus, a woollen factory and horse flour mill. It appears that the water-powered flour mill may by this time have been converted into a water-powered woollen or fulling mill. About 60.7 hectares of the property had been cleared and fenced and deemed fit for cultivation, the remainder being reputedly excellent pasture land. It seems very likely that all the property names listed above were the same entity and remained under the control of Samuel TERRY and his trustees until 1861, when notices appeared in the local paper for the sale of land by auction at "Yarrow's Estate," and the residuary estate of the late Samuel TERRY. The property was purchased by Thomas KITE and its name appears to have gradually changed from "Yarrow's/Yarrows" to "Yarras" in the 1860's. Today, "Yarra" is known as "Yarras," and nearby, the "Winburndale" name has been resurrected as a result of the establishment of a vineyard bearing that name in 1998. "Yarras" is located on Yarras Lane, near to its intersection with Limekilns Road. The Winburndale Rivulet is the only "permanent" water course on "Yarras" and passes quite close to the homestead. It seems probable that the watermill was located in close proximity to the homestead and its outbuildings, although the present main building was only erected in 1863, as a wedding present, when Mowbray FORREST married Elizabeth KITE, one of Thomas KITE's daughters. The date of the watermill's demise has not yet been established. "Yarras" is privately owned and not open to the public.