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Darbalara
Homestead
Complex

Circa 1855

Via Gundagai

For sale by auction
20th November 2000
Kincaid Pavilion Motor Inn
22 Kincaid St,
Wagga Wagga

Overlooking the Tumut River
near Gundagai

Darbalara Homestead complex with approximately 48 acres from the Darbalara Road to the Tumut River.

Apart from the unique opportunity the homestead provides for a stately residence it has commercial potential for a developer as an historic tourist resort, country club with golf course development or exclusive recreational or health farm development.

Four hours from Sydney and two hours from the Snowfields. Suited to wine grape and olive production. More land could be made available by negotiation or as part of a joint venture.

Ballroom
2-storey coach-house with loft
General store
Blacksmith's shop
Melba XV's dairy
Overlooks wildlife lagoon
English & colonial bond brickwork
Sweeping Verandahs
Tumut River frontage

Darbalara was the first pioneer settlement of the Tumut district, where in 1829 the settlers crossed the Tumut River at the junction of the Murrumbidgee River and took up residence in scattered slab huts along the banks of the Tumut River.

After the Great Flood in 1852 the present site of the township of Tumut was consolidated further upstream and Darbalara homestead was relocated to its present site on higher ground in 1855.

The expansive Darbalara Homestead complex is the oldest surviving set of buildings in the Tumut / Gundagai district.

The Darbalara Homestead complex is steeped in Australian pioneering and dairy history, being of great historical significance to the Tumut / Gundagai district.

Melba XV's Dairy

When owned by the Scottish Australian Investment Company Limited, "Darbalara" was managed by J.T. Cole who was a breeder of Melba XV of "Darbalara", the world champion milking Shorthorn cow, who in 1919 was the champion butter producing cow of all breeds, setting a new world record, the record stood for over fifty years.

The Ballroom

William Kempton Smith bought "Darbalara" in 1855 and his eldest son W.B. Smith is believed to have constructed the ballroom at the eastern end of the original building. W.B. Smith had numerous daughters and the ballroom was built in anticipation of a visit by the Duke of Northumberland, which never eventuated because of a flood of the Murrumbidgee which prevented the Duke from reaching "Darbalara".

Hore & Davies Rural
133 Peter Street, Wagga Wagga
Ph: (02) 6921 2113
AH: 0418 693 041

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