Canning Downs
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Canning Downs Homestead, 2011
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| Location | Canning Downs, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 28°13′22″S 152°03′27″E / 28.2227°S 152.0574°ECoordinates: 28°13′22″S 152°03′27″E / 28.2227°S 152.0574°E |
| Design period | 1840s – 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1847–1900 |
| Official name: Canning Downs Homestead | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built, archaeological) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600525 |
| Significant period | 1840s–1860s (historical) 1840s–1900s (fabric) ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | views from, residential accommodation – main house, trees/plantings, kitchen/kitchen house, out building/s, chimney/chimney stack, stables, garden/grounds, roof/ridge ventilator/s / fleche/s, driveway |
 Location of Canning Downs Homestead in Queensland
Location of Canning Downs Homestead in Queensland
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Canning Downs was the first residential establishment built by a white person on the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. It is located a short drive from the town of Warwick and originally extended south east to Killarney and the McPherson Range. The area was first named after the British statesman George Canning by Allan Cunningham.
The fertile lands around the upper reaches of the Condamine River provided an excellent site for the home of early settler, Patrick Leslie. The station was first declared in the name of Walter Leslie on 7 July 1840.
Canning Downs Homestead is the heritage-listed homestead at Canning Downs. It was built from 1847 to 1900. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Canning Downs Station on the Darling Downs was established by the Leslie brothers in 1840 although the official licensee of Canning Downs was Ernest Elphinstone Dalrymple (who died in 1844 and left the property to the Leslie brothers). The principal timber slab residence on the homestead is likely to date from 1847–8, and has experienced several major additions over 150 years. The stables appear to date from the late 1850s.
Patrick Leslie, the second son of William and Jane (née Davidson) Leslie of Warthill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, arrived in Australia in May 1835 with the intention of establishing a pastoral holding. Such was the intention of many young British men who saw opportunities for earning sufficient money and returning to their homeland financially secure with an assured income from the established property. It is thought that the haste with which Patrick Leslie proceeded in securing his fortune was the cause of the considerable financial troubles which beset him thereafter.
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