Schofields Lane, Graham Park, Berry

About this episode

The episode explores the history of John Schofield and his descendants in relation to the development of Graham Park Breeding Centre and local dairying.

GG Grandfather John Schofield was deported in 1821-England. He was a fellow who got orphans to steal for him (like oliver twist). He himself stole a rheem of silk. English convict-Anglican. Alocated to the family Harley farm. Founders of Schofields the suburb north west Sydney. John married the squatters daughter Bridget Harley April 1829. They had 6 sons 6 daughters -one was Samuel who was Alberts father. Samuel had a market garden at rockdale then went into butchering as well. Albert lived on the land known as Schofields Lane today. He purchased the Butcher Shop in Berry and it came with slaughter yards and land equalling 188 acres. Arthurs eldest son Philip dairy farmed there with 20-30 cows. Pam and Bill (Philips kids) remember standing on slide with cans going to the milk truck. They milked jerseys-butter to cheese-berry co-op. George Williams had the farm across from them. After the introduction by Sweeney, covering the build up and history toward Graham Park Breeding Centre with a focus on 2 main players A.N Binks & Fred McIntosh, recreated through press articles and geneology. David Armstrong a former Manager of Graham park is engaged to discuss the Centre under his…

People in this episode

Host: Therese Sweeney

Guest: David Armstrong

Topics covered

• family history
• dairying
• convict history
• butchering
• genealogy
• local agriculture

Keywords

• John Schofield
• Graham Park
• Berry
• dairying
• convict history
• genealogy
• butchering
• local farms

Sponsors

Ian Zandstra

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Graham Park Breeding Centre, Berry Co-op

Places: Berry, Schofields, Shoalhaven

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