Model Farms Reserve - Winston Hills

Model Farms Reserve: 

21 Yarrabee Road WINSTON HILLS 2153

Facilities

History.

The location of the Burramatta and Bidji clans within the Sydney basin are illustrated on the following map. 

Locations of Aboriginal groups in the Sydney area, based on a map by J Goodrum in Mulvaney, D J & White, J Peter 1987, Australians to 1788, Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, Broadway, NSW, Australia, p. 345. 

Just within the Government Domain; Model Farms Reserve reminds of the orchards, grazing farms and cropping lands, set up to provide a permanent food source to the fragile but growing colony of English Settlers.   The name Model Farms came into use once the Government Domain was dismantled and a series of small farms was set up throughout the Winston Hills district once serviced by the Model Farms railway platform; a stop on Windsor Road as part of the Rogans Hill railway.   Many areas within Model Farms Reserve still contain remnants of past farming practice. 

Vegetation.

Model Farms Reserve contains transitioning soils between Wianamatta Shale and Sydney Sandstone allowing the Endangered Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest to persist with the more common Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest.   Vegetation species are listed below and form the structure of the native habitat, essential for the survival of the local native animal populations.

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See Captions and Images taken with thanks by David Kuhle  - City of Parramatta Council.