Leighland

Leighland

Leighland, later known as Leighlands, is one of the oldest rural properties in Tasmania. Situated on the South Esk River, south of the town of Perth, in the Norfolk Plains district of Tasmania, Leighland was originally granted to John Helder Wedge (1793-1872) in 1824 and he subsequently developed the property into a large farm, building a house which was completed between 1830 and 1833.

Leighland passed on the death of John Helder Wedge to his nephew Thomas Wedge, and on his death in 1880 eventually went out of the Wedge family, and has since been in the Youl family. The old homestead was burnt down in the 1950s.


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