Vineyard1847

by Emmeline Leslie (née Macarthur)

In January 1836 Charles Darwin came to lunch at ‘Vineyard’, the grand neo-classical house designed by John Verge and owned by Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur, which is now the site of a factory at Rydalmere. After over four years at sea on HMS Beagle, Darwin was amazed at how English the house and its occupants seemed.

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Call Number: 
PXA 915/1/1
Published date: 
1847