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"Beautiful Tuross Head" - A short DVD produced from the 16mm movie made Hector McWilliam in 1927 Hector McWilliam
The Mylott family, having held the 875 acre block since about 1870, sold it to Hector McWilliam in 1925. It was 1960 before he had it cut up into 1600 blocks When Patrick
Mylott died in Sydney in 1898 his widow terminated George Smarts lease
on the Tuross Head She decided
to retire in 1917 and in June 1920 sold the property to G.T Stockman.
He tried to raise fodder "Hector
R, McWilliam had been selling real estate in Wagga and fell in love with
the Bodalla district while
extracts {text and photo} from "Eurobodalla; History of Moruya District" H.J Gibbney
HOWEVER........ The proof
is in the pudding and the deeds of ownership of the Tuross Head property
show that Stockman never purchased the property (in 1920) from Mary
Mylott (as described above) and there was a direct sale of the land
to Hector McWilliam. Hector was very generous to the community and bequeathed them a wealth of Public Reserves A wonderful album of photos has been made available by Hector's granddaughter Elisabeth. Also be
sure to look at the following pages of the wonderful flyer that Hector
published in September 1955 For the complete set of the sixteen panel flyer see these photos
"Beautiful
Tuross Head" - A short DVD produced from the 16mm movie made Hector
McWilliam in 1927 Please contact
the Moruya Historical Society if you would like to view the longer (and
clearer) version. Hector's son in law, Harry Overgaard played a major role in the development of Tuross assisting Hector in construction, planting and generally setting up the village There are several photos of Harry in the Hector McWilliam collection One shows him beside a slab of Granite which later was to become the Martin Place Cenotaph Historians might enjoy these two links in regards to the slab and the Cenotaph |
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