Site of former home of Thomas Hogarth, pioneer farmer and member of the SA Legislative Council. First cottage built in 1849, homestead built in 1870, destroyed by fire and the second in 1924.
The original homestead consisted of four rooms with a cellar. Eight rooms were built in a newer portion. Remained in the Hogarth family until 1920, then owned by the Lands Commission.
Thomas Hogarth arrived in SA in 1839 and was one of the first settles on the plains and became a prominent figure in SA government. He held extensive pastoral interests was the resident Magistrate for Smithfield, was appointed a member of the Diseases in Cereals Commission, 1867, made the first threshing machine in the colony and improved the Ridley stripper. He became the first district representative of the agriculturalists returned to Parliament and held a seat in the Legislative Council for 19 years. He lived at Blair Place used the first 3 furrow plough and reaper made north of Smithfield.
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