This weatherboard house, build c1807, was the home of
Richard Byrne, Margaret Kelly
and their seven children from 1807.
A lease was granted in 1709 and ratified by Governor MacQuarie upon submission of
a memorial. In 1834 Margaret Byrne claimed freehold title to the land.
Excavation of the site revealed a large amount of sewing equipment including
buttons and beads, a bobbin, lace-making pins. Also found were marbles,
the lower half of a painted bisque doll and the broken pieces of a good quality
English meat platter.