Bartley’s Folly, Albion, ca.1914. This home, originally called Bartley’s Hill, …

Bartley’s Folly, Albion, ca.1914.
This home, originally called Bartley’s Hill, was erected in the 1860s by Nehemiah Bartley on the highest point in Hamilton. The land on which it stood was bought for £2 an acre and sections of the original land package were sold off in 1864 to J. R. Dickson for £60-70 an acre. The house was so isolated that townspeople called it Bartley’s Folly. The house was pulled down and the top of the hill is now the site of a reservoir. (Description supplied by State Library Qld.)