In the Clare Valley of South Australia not far the small village of Mintaro, think appealing stone buildings, autumnal vineyards of gnarly vines, long lunches and complex rieslings, is this handsome Georgian style mansion. It was built in 1879 by a sheep farmer. A 21 year old sheep farmer, Edmund Bowman. For the movie buffs Martindale Hall featured in the movie ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ in 1976.
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Very cool!
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Sheep farmers round our way live in solid humble stone-built houses. Clearly they should move to Australia!
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Ha, I have a friend whose ancestors were also in South Australia but they lived in the base of a tree so the wealth wasn’t shared around!
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‘Twas ever thus…..
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Looks very European doesn’t it? Loved that film, may have to find it again to check out the hall.
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Looks very impressive
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Awesome isn’t it? The Clare has many surprises.
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