Our past | Important role of Mead family in Maitland's agricultural development

By Chas Keys
Updated March 15 2020 - 12:35pm, first published 11:00am
George and Rachel Mead arrived in Maitland in 1848 and went on to play a major role in the region's agricultural development.
George and Rachel Mead arrived in Maitland in 1848 and went on to play a major role in the region's agricultural development.

George and Rachel Mead arrived in Maitland in 1848 and settled on the Bolwarra Flats near the site of today's Lorn. Aged just 18 and 17 and with a baby daughter, Ann, they had come from the village of Wing in Buckinghamshire, just north of London.

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