Arthur Crawford Garling’s home ‘Springfield’, Gulgong, at the turn of the century.
Source: Kathy McCombie
1908 - Farming Property for Sale.
In another column tenders are invited for the purchase of Mr. A. C. Garling's well-known, farming property, Springfield, four miles from Gulgong Railway Site. This being one of the pick farms of the district it should be keenly competed for. Tenders close on Monday June 8th.
Sale advertisement, 1908
Springfield was listed for sale by tender by AC Garling in 1908.
Mr and Mrs Hutchinson bought the property and later left it to Tom & Bethyl Lewis (before the 2nd World War). They then had the new house built for them. It was a 48-square residence with invisible nailed Jarrah floors (from WA), lots of leadlight windows throughout, enclosed verandahs up each side and a grapevine-covered courtyard at the back enclosed on three sides by the house.
The swimming pool was based on a pool design Tom and Bethyl Lewis had seen on their overseas trip. The pool and the shearing shed were built with Italian POW labour.
W.T. (Tom) and B.(Bethyl) M. Lewis's, house "Springfield" approx 1963/64
Source: Sue Bennett
