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Public Buildings and Works
undertaken during the Administration of Governor Lachlan Macquarie [1 JANUARY
1810 TO 30 NOVEMBER 1821]
AT ROOTY HILL
1. A brick built
House of two stories high for the residence and accommodation of the
Superintendant and Principal Overseer of the Government Stock at the Station,
reserving
one room for the use of the Governor, when occasionally there, with kitchen,
stables,
and other necessary out offices and a kitchen garden enclosed.
2. Four Paddocks of 50 acres each enclosed for the grazing of the young cattle
and
raising of wheat and maize for the use of the Stockmen.
3. Temporary Log Huts or Barracks for the accommodation of 20 Stock Keepers with
small kitchen garden attached thereto.
Comment: The Station of Rooty Hill was the next principal one
to Cawdor for the
grazing of the Government horned cattle and horses, and consisted of about 6000
acres of land of a very superior description, and was centrically situated,
being on the
great Western Road and only ten miles distant from Parramatta.
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