First Settler Lawless House in Lade Vale Still to be Found New Questions to be Answered The Story So Far In an earlier story on Frank and Catherine Lawless, the first settlers in Lade Vale, I speculated that the remains of a substantial granite block house in the district may have been the work of builder/bricklayer Frank on his circa 1826 land grant. You can find this article at https://gunninghistory.blogspot.com/2018/07/first-settlers-in-lade-vale-frank-and.html. I now know this suggestion was ill founded. The ruins are not of Frank’s making nor of his time – but they are still of historic interest and raise further questions. Archaeologist At Work Some weeks ago retired professional archaeologist and Lade Vale/Jerrawa local Jon Winston – Gregson, land owner Brendan O’Reilly and I had a close look at the site. Brendan and I were amazed at the well based observations Jon was able to make during his informal site assessment. For me, it was akin to...
Upper Lachlan Shire, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales