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Wilfred Adams Russell commenced the Russell family’s involvement in agriculture in the 1890s.
A member of the third generation of his family since their departure from England in 1840, he enrolled in Hawkesbury Agricultural College (NSW) and on graduation commenced farming in the Tamworth district. Previous generations of the family had followed professional pursuits.
Property acquisitions followed in the Bourke (NSW) (Beemery), Cunnamulla (Nardoo and Clover Downs), Roma (Dalmally) and Dalby (Grassdale and Jimbour) districts, Dalmally (which had been the family home) being sold after the acquisition of Jimbour.
In addition to pastoral interests, W A Russell was a keen innovator, playing a key role in the research leading to the eradication of prickly pear and being an early pioneer of motorized livestock transport (1928). |
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