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"Bowman Cottage" ,370 Windsor Street, Windsor, NSW 2753 telephone (02) 4578 3056 A Division of the Australian Foundation for the Disabled, Bowman Cottage provides employment for disabled people |
HISTORIC BOWMAN COTTAGE (Built Circa 1817) |
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BOWMAN COTTAGE is one of the earliest surviving buildings in the Hawkesbury District and is constructed from brick nog, common at the time but nowadays extremely rare. The cottage was built on a grant of land by the free settler James Blackman in the period 1815 - 1817. Blackman maintained a 100 acre farm, but was forced to sell off 40 acres, as the farm did not prove to be entirely prosperous. William Cox then foreclosed on the property. Blackman left the district and later settled in the Mudgee area. The cottage was then acquired by the Scotsman George Bowman in 1818. George arrived in the colony in 1798 as a free settler, and took up farming. He was later to become the first mayor of Richmond, gaining notoriety as a spectacular local politician. In 1841 George Bowman built "Toxana" (also in Windsor Street) for his son William, as well as the Presbyterian Church in Richmond which he donated to the people of the district. George Bowman lived in what is now known as Bowman Cotttage until his death in 1878. |
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For more information about BOWMAN COTTAGE, and the service we can offer for your functions, telephone 02 4578 3056 |
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