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Collection SummaryA 160 acre (65 ha) property near Beerwah Mountain was purchased by Robert Fullerton in 1913. In a government ballot opening more land for selection Fullerton acquired Portion 14V 4 kilometres from Glass House Mountains on the eastern side of the Old Gympie Road. The family arrived at Glass House Mountains on 3 June, 1914. The older boys and their father followed a few hours later on a goods train with their stock which comprised of an old horse ‘Dick’, two cows and a calf, a cat and her kittens. Delighted at the beauty of the region Mrs Fullerton named their selection ‘Dunnottar’ as the mountain reminded her of the country they had left behind.
Hard working Robert Fullerton cleared 2 acres of standing timber but when ready to plough poor old Dick the horse died. He set to work and dug the soil by hand with shovel and spades. Shortly after this he planted his first pineapple crop. This crop was to sweep a new era of prosperity into the district. The industrious Fullerton family planted citrus, small crops including strawberries and Rosellas.
BiographyRobert Fullerton married Isabella Smith on 14 March, 1893 and that time he was working for the North British Railways in Scotland. Realising there was no future for his family in Scotland and he himself with ill health due to the climate enquiries were made about migrating to ‘Sunny Queensland’, Australia. He had seen posters of Queensland depicting a warm fertile land where farming produced great results.Date of interview17 August 1987IntervieweeBill FullertonInterviewerSusan Brinnand
Hard working Robert Fullerton cleared 2 acres of standing timber but when ready to plough poor old Dick the horse died. He set to work and dug the soil by hand with shovel and spades. Shortly after this he planted his first pineapple crop. This crop was to sweep a new era of prosperity into the district. The industrious Fullerton family planted citrus, small crops including strawberries and Rosellas.
BiographyRobert Fullerton married Isabella Smith on 14 March, 1893 and that time he was working for the North British Railways in Scotland. Realising there was no future for his family in Scotland and he himself with ill health due to the climate enquiries were made about migrating to ‘Sunny Queensland’, Australia. He had seen posters of Queensland depicting a warm fertile land where farming produced great results.Date of interview17 August 1987IntervieweeBill FullertonInterviewerSusan BrinnandAudio
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Bill Fullerton Oral History. Sunshine Coast Life, accessed 06/05/2026, https://sunshinecoast.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/848