Waterloo Station

Apr

2025

A Musical Afternoon at Rosecroft

Local NewsBelinda Norton, Deepwater, Deepwater Station, Jude Cox, Matheson, Mike Norton, New England Conservatorium of Music, Rosecroft, Royal Far West, Waterloo Station

On Sunday afternoon, 30th March, the New England Conservatorium of Music [NECOM] presented the first of three musical afternoons which form its Heritage Homestead Series 2025. Held in the old stables at Rosecroft, the home of Mike and Belinda Norton, the Homestead Series celebrates the architectural heritage of the Glen Innes district with concerts that feature musicians from the Conservatorium in Armidale. The musicians performing at Rosecroft were Hester Wright, soprano, Joanna Fairs-Wu, violin, Robert Manley, violoncello, and Matthew Ardern, harpsichord and pianoforte. After a program of fine chamber music, guests enjoyed a reception in the lovely garden, catered by…

Mar

2025

By Eve Chappell

Our Local History – Soldier Settlements

Local NewsDeepwater, Glen Innes Court House, Glen Innes Examiner, Kings Plains, Our Local History, Rangers Valley, Waterloo Station

The Historical Society is anxious to collect the history of our second wave of pioneers, the Soldier Settlers - from subdivision maps, correspondence, documents, photos, reminiscences, ledgers… We have some information about Soldier Settlement on Waterloo, Rangers Valley, Kings Plains and Deepwater. Jean Cameron, in a presentation to the historical society said “The Closer Settlement Act of 1904 gave government the power to resume large estates in cases where agreement to sell could not be reached. At the end of 1918, 3,327 settlers had been established on 1,700,000 acres. “In the fifty years of operation of the Closer Settlement Acts,…