Why was richard rouse in australia

He moved to a house opposite the gates of Government House, Parramatta, and Margaret Catchpole , a convict servant of the family on the voyage and in the colony, was left as overseer at the North Richmond farm.

In Rouse welcomed Governor William Bligh as a man strong enough to protect the settlers from the despotism of the Rum Corps and was one of the governor's staunchest supporters. He signed several memorials sympathizing with the governor and was named by Bligh as one of the witnesses he wished to take to England.

However, the trip did not eventuate as Bligh changed his mind. This loyalty had cost Rouse his position as a public servant, but he turned his attention to his farms; on 14 January he was appointed superintendent of carpenters by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and in October was appointed auctioneer at Parramatta. He superintended the construction of many buildings, tollhouses and turnpikes in the vicinity of Parramatta, Windsor and Liverpool, including the renovation of Government House, Parramatta, in and the erection of the Parramatta Hospital in , and gave evidence before Commissioner John Thomas Bigge on these building activities.

On 8 October Rouse was granted acres ha near the site of the battle of Vinegar Hill, in the Bathurst district; at the suggestion of Macquarie the grant was named Rouse Hill. The actual possession of the land had taken place a few years previously, as the Sydney Gazette had first mentioned Rouse Hill on 27 November , and the homestead was begun soon afterwards. Born 26 Feb in Oxfordshire, England. Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown].

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Sponsored Search by Ancestry. Search Records. Subdivision began in and the property was reduced to acres by Only 20 acres 13 hectares of the homestead block remained when her sons Gerald and Roderick Terry became tenants-in-common in , and even this was reduced to 8. Foreseeing problems with 'multiple ownership', Gerald persuaded the New South Wales government to resume the property in March The Hamiltons appealed against their eviction in but left their half share of the contents in situ.

In , the real estate and the government's half share of the collection acquired from Gerald Terry were transferred to the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. The Hamiltons' collection was leased from and purchased in The family link was finally broken in when Gerald Terry moved to an aged care facility, where he died on 10 February Under the management of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, detailed conservation work on the room sandstone house and its contents, service wing, reconstructed summer house, woolshed, outbuildings and farm machinery was undertaken, and the priceless collection of domestic technology and nineteenth-century material culture was catalogued.

In , Rouse Hill House and Farm on Guntawang Road was opened to the public, although its fragile nature means access is limited to small guided tours. The garden and orchard laid out by Richard Rouse may be Australia's oldest surviving colonial garden.