Norwood
Norwood is a historic property located near Goulburn in New South Wales.
On arrival in Sydney, my convict ancestor Michael Seery was assigned as a servant to F M'Arthur Esquire (Francis McArthur) at Norwood on Middle Arm Road, off the road between Goulburn and Tarlo. The property was subdivided in the late 1880s and part of it became Kingsdale, a village which is now in ruins and exists only as a locality.
Note that the Macarthur Family established a number of private towns in colonial New South Wales, including Taralga, the village from where the management of James and William Macarthur's Richlands Estate was conducted during the 1820s.
It seems the property may have been named after the district of Norwood in London to which the Macarthur family appears to have had ties [1]. Currently called West Norwood (though sometimes referred to as Norwood), this is a largely residential district in south London bordered by Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace, West Dulwich, Tulse Hill and Streatham.
On arrival in Sydney, my convict ancestor Michael Seery was assigned as a servant to F M'Arthur Esquire (Francis McArthur) at Norwood on Middle Arm Road, off the road between Goulburn and Tarlo. The property was subdivided in the late 1880s and part of it became Kingsdale, a village which is now in ruins and exists only as a locality.
Note that the Macarthur Family established a number of private towns in colonial New South Wales, including Taralga, the village from where the management of James and William Macarthur's Richlands Estate was conducted during the 1820s.
It seems the property may have been named after the district of Norwood in London to which the Macarthur family appears to have had ties [1]. Currently called West Norwood (though sometimes referred to as Norwood), this is a largely residential district in south London bordered by Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace, West Dulwich, Tulse Hill and Streatham.