"The Samford Run" Traditional Cache
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With that in mind the cache is now archived.
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The park offers nothing (no swings/toilets etc)....it's just a nice shady spot to sit and reflect on what used to be.
Archibald Young's application to lease land in the area to run cattle was accepted on 24 February 1854. Young's successful tender was for 21 sections of land containing a total of 14,800 acres, close to 23 square miles. This pastoral lease, which became known as the Samford Run, changed ownership many times and gradually diminished in size throughout the 19th century.
After 1861, the Samford Run changed hands several times within a few years, first going to Clarence H. Ball, then to a partnership of two former army officers, Captain Townley and Lieutenant Williams, then to George Harris, a stock and station merchant of Brisbane, and then back to Townley. William Townley, with his wife and family, made his home there until 1868 when he became the Gold Commissioner and Magistrate at Jimna and later a distinguished public servant in Brisbane.
From 8 March 1865, when the first sale of 49 country farm allotments in the Parish of Samford took place At first, these farm allotments sold very slowly, but the process of land settlement accelerated after the passing of the 1868 Crown Lands Alienation Act.
In 1877, what remained of the Samford cattle station was taken over by John Delaney Bergin, a pioneer settler who had already acquired large land holdings in the Bunya district. Bergin's name has been commemorated by Bergin Creek and by the road of that name. The historic Samford pastoral property has given its name to Samford Village, the Samford Valley and Samford Road.
Check out the monument located within this reserve.
Placed as part of BrisBlitz - Where East Meets West
Additional Hints
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