Descendants' Day at Dalwood 2022

Invitation

The Dalwood Restoration Association, whose members include both Wyndham and convict descendants, cordially invites the descendants of the convicts, Indigenous people, German vine-dressers, free immigrants, and colonial born employees who worked at any of the Wyndham properties at Dalwood (Branxton), Mahngarinda (Merriwa), Colly Blu (Liverpool Plains), Bukkulla and Nullamanna (McIntyre River) or Keelgyrah (Richmond River) between 1828 and 1900, and during Dalwood’s later ownership by Penfolds and Wyndham Estate Wines, and anyone interested in history to join them for:

2022 Lunch at Dalwood Cellars

Saturday 3 September 2022 at 11 am

$67.50 per person

Three Guest Speakers

  • 'The Convicts Who Built Dalwood House – 1828 to 1836' – Don Seton Wilkinson.
  • 'The Contribution of German Vinedressers to Dalwood and the Hunter Valley' – Dr Paul Kime.
  • 'The Importance of Marion Wyndham’s 1891-1928 Wollong Weather Observations' – Professor Howard Bridgman.

Art Exhibition

  • Work by well-known local Wonnarua artist Debbie Becker.

Location

Dalwood Cellars and Dalwood House,
700 Dalwood Rd, Dalwood NSW 2335

 

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