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Slab Hut Farm is a heritage-listed farm at 847 Mt Nebo Road, Enoggera Reservoir, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1890s to 1890s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. == History == The present slab structures mostly date from the 1890s, but the site was occupied from the 1870s.〔 In 1873 English immigrant George Powers Remfry selected 80 acres (32 hectares) of farmland at Mount Nebo (portion 844, parish of Enoggera). An 1873 survey plan shows a two-roomed store already on the site, erected close to the main road. This store probably serviced timbergetters and goldminers who were working the Enoggera area in the 1860s and 1870s.〔 By January 1877 Remfry had erected a four-roomed house and outbuildings and had 8 acres (3.2 hectares) cleared and cultivated. Shortly after he was granted a deed to portion 844.〔 In 1875 Remfry also selected neighbouring portion 863, which comprised 61.5 acres (24.6 hectares). Together with portion 844, he owned over 140 acres (52 hectares) of mostly uncleared land. In 1879 he raised a mortgage of £100 on the property, but was declared insolvent in 1880 and portion 844 was forfeited. He retained portion 863 until 1890.〔 Thomas McAfee of Samford appears to have leased portion 844 from the mid-1890s at least, and purchased portion 863 in 1897, although he may have been renting the site previously.〔 The McAfees developed both portions as a dairy farm, and it was during their occupancy that the present buildings were constructed, erected by owner labour and making use of local hardwood and stone.〔 Reputedly, McAfee built the three-roomed slab house as the family's first dwelling. Whether there is any connection between the early store of the survey plan (by 1873), Remfry's four-roomed house (by early 1877) and the extant three-roomed slab house (mid-1890s) is not clear. There appears to be no trace of the remains of Remfry's house and outbuildings, unless the McAfees recycled the materials in their buildings.〔 Around 1910 a second dwelling house was erected, the prefabricated timber building which still functions as the main residence.〔 In 1931 McAfee's widow purchased portion 844, and the property was maintained as a dairy farm until sold in 1959. The site was subdivided in the 1960s into 5 acre (2 hectare) lots.〔 For nearly six decades the McAfees were well known in the Mt Nebo community, and their name has been perpetuated in the lookout opposite the present entrance to Slab Hut Farm.〔 There are few comparable slab structures remaining in the Brisbane area. The only other known, extant slab house remaining on its original site was at Magnolia Farm (1890s) at Sunnybank, which was destroyed by fire early in 1999.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Slab Hut Farm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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