Hi Denise, I found this much, I'll look for some more for you. Regards, Kelly. Pioneering pastoralist Cornelius O'Brien built this single storied colonial cottage in 1835, and between 1839 and 1873 it was home to Australia's great overland explorer Hamilton Hume. A creative owner-builder, Hume added his version of Palladian style wings and a Greek Revival portico. Set in a pastoral landscape the house represents an extraordinary taxonomy of vernacular building techniques and includes a fine, mid-nineteenth century stables outbuilding. Situated on the Yass River, Cooma Cottage is in the heart of some of New South Wales' richest sheep grazing country and during the 1830s, brothers Henry and Cornelius O'Brien joined other pioneers such as Hume in settling these rich, open plains. Cooma Cottage forms part of an important group of rural houses along the Yass River which include Douro and Hardwicke. The plains were an attraction to settlers in the 1820s and settlement of the Yass area was sufficient to warrant the establishment of a post office in Yass by 1835. The National Trust of Australia (NSW) acquired this property in a derelict condition in 1970 and has since carried out an extensive conservation program of restoration, repairs and interpretation. Today Cooma Cottage functions as a house museum and features an exhibition on the life and achievements of the explorer Hamilton Hume. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Naclark" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 7:36 PM Subject: [A-NSW-S] Cooma Cottage, Yass > Does anyone know or can give me the history the of Cooma Cottage in Yass, I know it was owned by Hamilton Hume until the 1870's , who owned it after that time. I have a Great Aunt born in 1903 in Cooma Cottage, Yass. I am just wondering who owned the cottage around that time and if my great-grandparents were landholders or employees there. My Grandparents were Frederick March and Esther Burgess and the Great Aunt born in Cooma Cottage was Beatrice March it list her mother Esther as Informant (of Cooma Cottage). > > Thanks to anyone who can help. > > Denise > > > ==== AUS-NSW-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== > Feel Free to offer your surname searches to the list at any time for updates. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >