Wheat growing was an obvious choice for Maitland's early settlers

By Cameron Archer
April 17 2022 - 9:00am
POPULAR CHOICE: Dunmore House at Largs (Robert Russell 1837) with a wind powered flour mill. Later there was a steam flour mill directly downstream.
POPULAR CHOICE: Dunmore House at Largs (Robert Russell 1837) with a wind powered flour mill. Later there was a steam flour mill directly downstream.
HISTORICAL: A shot of historic Dunmore House at Largs taken in more recent times. PICTURE: Max Mason Hubers.
HISTORICAL: A shot of historic Dunmore House at Largs taken in more recent times. PICTURE: Max Mason Hubers.

Wheat is a staple food for English people, so when the colony of NSW was established there was an expectation farmers would grow wheat and produce a reliable supply. The challenges of those first years of the fledging colony facing near starvation are legendary.

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