Lake Bolac & District Historical Society
Black and white photograph, "Narrapumelap", Wickliffe
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"Narrapumelap" homestead, Wickliffe. The aboriginal meaning of Narrapumelap is a chain of waterholes. Begun in 1873 by John Dixon Wyselaskie and completed in 1878. The new owner in 1883 was Gerald Neville Buckley, son of Mr Mars Buckley, founder of Buckley and Nunn LTD, who 'enhanced' the building. The property was acquired for by the government in 1914 and later split up for Soldier Settlement.wickliffe, "narrapumelap, buckley, buckley and nunn, wyselaskie, soldier settlement