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Ormiston House and Captain Louis Hope
Click on the links below to go to the Flickr page for each photograph.
Flickr | Ormiston house was one of the first big houses built in the Redlands. | |
Flickr | It has a big fancy garden. | |
Flickr | It was built a long time ago (over 150 years ago). | |
Flickr | Building started in 1858 and took about 7 years. | |
Flickr | It was built by Captain Louis Hope. | |
Flickr | Captain Louis Hope was born in Scotland in 1817. That's over 200 years ago! | |
Flickr | He came to Queensland from England in 1848. | |
Flickr | Captain Louis Hope was one of the first sugar cane farmers in Queensland. | |
Flickr | This is sugar cane. | |
Flickr | It is used to make sugar. | |
Flickr | Ormiston house was built on Captain Louis Hope's sugar cane farm. | |
Flickr | There was a sugar mill at the farm at Ormiston house. | |
Flickr | Ormiston house is now a museum. | |
Flickr | You can visit Ormiston house to see what life was like in the olden days. |