| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
Balaklava-Adelaide Road, near BALAKLAVA |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Wakefield Regional Council |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Fry's Clump |
| Registered Name |
Frys Clump |
| Significance |
When land was first taken up in this area, Robert Fry owned Fry's Run. The clump of trees in Section 153 marks the spot, near Balaklava, where Robert Fry, 'stockholder on the Wakefield River' murdered his wife, who was buried in the spot in January 1850.
Fry's body, an apparent suicide, was found 28 June 1850 on an open plain near the River Wakefield. He was buried at Penwortham by relatives.
The group of trees has been left intact ever since (as part of the condition of sale) and Fry's clump is shown on very early Lands Department plans. It is an interesting example of local superstition (the actual burial site was never accurately marked) resulting in a now notable landscape feature. (Lower North Heritage Survey 1981) |
| Subject Index |
Landscape area - Natural Landscape; Parks, gardens and trees - Tree |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
19-MAY-1988 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Wakefield Regional Council |
| State Heritage ID |
12937 |
| Heritage Number |
13640 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 5398/830 H140300 S153 |