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1827 |
Explorer Allan Cunningham names the Darling Downs. |
| 1840 |
Leslie brothers
establish Toolburra; head station at Canning Downs. |
1844 |
Campbell brothers secure leases from Leslies to establish
the Glengallan run. |
| 1852 |
Glengallan
transferred to C.H.Marshall, managed with Robert Campbell. |
1855 |
Marshall takes-in partner John Deuchar; Glengallan
Merino Stud established. |
| 1865 |
Marshall returns
to England. Deuchar contracts to buy-out partnership. |
1867 |
Deuchar embarks on building program including Glengallan
house. |
| 1870 |
Deuchar bankrupt.
Marshall forecloses. |
1873 |
Marshall forms new partnership - W.B.Slade establishes
showpiece sheep and cattle station. |
| 1895 |
First resumptions
under Queensland Agricultural Lands Purchase Act. |
1904 |
Gillespies purchase homestead bock. Slade-Marshall
partnership dissolved. |
| 1927 |
Alex Gillespie
dies. Glengallan forfeited to bank. Atkinson family
moves into Cedar Wing. |
1931 |
Oswald Slade purchases Glengallan; Cockram family
lives in Cedar Wing. |
| 1946 |
Cedar Wing
dismantled and rebuilt as farmhouse Tannymorel, later
Upper Swanfels. |
1956 |
Oswald Slade dies; property bequeathed to Church
of England Slade School. |
| 1960s |
Glengalland
furniture and fittings removed. |
1972 |
Smith family purchases Glengallan Station. |
| 1993 |
Smiths sell
House to GHT for one-third market value with proviso
the place be held in trust for people of Queensland. |
2002 |
Centenary of Federation Fund enables Glengallan restoration
project; Heritage Centre established. |
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