Alison Family
Alison Homestead c. 1930
In 1871 William ALISON migrated to Australia from Scotland, and in 1875 he purchased three parcels of land from William CAPE, who had been granted the land in 1825.
William’s sons Charles, James and William lived on the property for a while and they spent their time improving the pasture and grazing cattle. In the early 1880s William ALISON discovered a rich coal seam on his Wyong Creek properties. Some of his land holdings in Wyong were acquired by his son Charles who lived where Alison Homestead is today, until its sale in 1902.
The late 1880s were busy years, with the opening of the railway from Newcastle to Wyong. Charles ALISON set up a sawmill near the site of the present railway station to process the cedar from the booming timber industry in the Yarramalong Valley. In 1887, Charles ALISON subdivided the land, and created the township of Wyong. He donated land for a public school in Wyong, as well as for a Post Office and School of the Arts.
Charles ALISON was affected by the economic depression of the late 1890s and sold property in 1902 to a local developer who subdivided it into farming and dairying blocks and put them up for auction. The original land grant area now encompasses 10 suburbs and approximately 36,000 residents.
William’s sons Charles, James and William lived on the property for a while and they spent their time improving the pasture and grazing cattle. In the early 1880s William ALISON discovered a rich coal seam on his Wyong Creek properties. Some of his land holdings in Wyong were acquired by his son Charles who lived where Alison Homestead is today, until its sale in 1902.
The late 1880s were busy years, with the opening of the railway from Newcastle to Wyong. Charles ALISON set up a sawmill near the site of the present railway station to process the cedar from the booming timber industry in the Yarramalong Valley. In 1887, Charles ALISON subdivided the land, and created the township of Wyong. He donated land for a public school in Wyong, as well as for a Post Office and School of the Arts.
Charles ALISON was affected by the economic depression of the late 1890s and sold property in 1902 to a local developer who subdivided it into farming and dairying blocks and put them up for auction. The original land grant area now encompasses 10 suburbs and approximately 36,000 residents.