It s surrounded by a palistrade fence to stop the cows from getting near the house. Down below, at the foot of the cow pasture, is a wooden milking shed near the river with a fence extending from either side to keep the dairy cows up in their paddock. This farm is a part of the history of a community and land which, 75 years later, became a suburb of Brisbane. This history of this farming area, called Mount Crosby, is the subject of a University of Queensland MA thesis written by Judith Anne Nissen “Creating the landscape: A history of settlement and land use in Mount Crosby“:
