This photo shows Belltrees homestead in the Hunter Valley.
The house was designed for the White family, one of New England's pastoral dynasties, by J W Pender, one of three generations of the family firm of Maitland architects who left such an impression on the New England built landscape.
This is part of the world that wool built. Now fading from memory, this was a world of struggle but also of great wealth.
Over coming weeks I plan to run selected photos and other material that will (I hope) bring this world alive. You will find the whole series by searching on wool.
