Stone walls
During my SOTA travels I have come across many dry stone walls, some of which have survived for 150 years.
Whereas pastoralists employed tradesmen to build the long dry stone walls, many of the shorter walls were built by farming families including the women and sometimes their children. After the great drought of the 1860s it was George W. Goyder who recommended to the South Australian Parliament that pastoral runs should be fenced. It would improve the conditions of both sheep and the land.
An excellent book is 'those dry-stone walls' by Bruce Munday.
Whereas pastoralists employed tradesmen to build the long dry stone walls, many of the shorter walls were built by farming families including the women and sometimes their children. After the great drought of the 1860s it was George W. Goyder who recommended to the South Australian Parliament that pastoral runs should be fenced. It would improve the conditions of both sheep and the land.
An excellent book is 'those dry-stone walls' by Bruce Munday.
New Campbell Hill, South Australia.
Brown Hill Range, South Australia.
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Cut Hill, South Australia.
The Cut Hill stone wall was built in 1868 by Jabez Grimble, under contract to the Central Roads Board. The road was reconstructed in 1961 by the Highways and Local Government Dept.
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References.
Flinders Ranges Research, 2017, <http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/drystone.htm>