19. Amiens Street

The house belonging to John Glade, a Third Fleet convict after whom Gladesville is named, was located close to the present corner of Meriton and Amiens Streets. He had another near George Street.

Glade had been sentenced to seven years' transportation for theft from a dwelling house of goods worth little more than 6 shillings. This land was originally 30 acres granted to John Doody who sold it to Marine Richard Paterson who put Glade in charge of developing a farm.

Glade was a good farmer and had 13 acres of wheat and maize growing here by 1802 and was supporting three people ‘off stores’, meaning that they did not depend on the Government for provisions.

By 1828, he held 140 acres with 40 acres cleared and six acres under cultivation. John Glade died in 1848 and is buried in St Anne's Churchyard, Ryde.

Location

Amiens Street, Gladesville 2111  View Map

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Amiens Street , Gladesville 2111

Amiens Street , Gladesville 2111

19. Amiens Street