Baulkham Hills played a major role in the life of colonial New South Wales. Just four months after the colony was established Governor Phillip journeyed to the area to assess its suitability for farming. Slightly elevated and occupying a particularly fertile stretch of land, the region was soon identified a one of the colony’s key agricultural areas and a series of large land grants were made from 1794 onwards. Although not the first to settle in the area it was Andrew McDougall - a Scottish migrant...