385 Stager Road

Mirriwinni QLD 4871

The land's history reaches back to 1897, when the estate, then known as Hillville, was established by the Hon. E. and R. de Moleyn as one of North Queensland's pioneering coffee plantations, set on a scenic bend of the creek between Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere. Under later owners De Moleyn & Butter, Hillville Estate Coffee grew into one of Queensland's most awarded brands, taking first prize at the Brisbane, Toowoomba and Townsville shows and earning appointment as official purveyor to the Governor-General and Government House, Melbourne. By 1902, Hillville was reported as the largest coffee plantation in Australia, spanning some 80 acres of coffee alongside sugar cane, cocoa and vanilla, serviced by its own dedicated coffee mill. The original homestead and mill were lost to fire in 1911, closing out the estate's plantation era, but this seven-acre parcel is the original homestead block, and the home offered for sale today sits on those same original footings, a direct physical link to Hillville's remarkable nineteenth-century origins.

Property Highlights:

3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
Queenslander on approx 7 acres
Unnamed creek forms part of the boundary
Private creek frontage with a swimming hole
Remnants of a water race dating to the 1800s, linked to North Queensland's first coffee plantation
Large area under roof, with approx. 4 cars accommodated underneath the house
Additional 2-car shed
Partly cleared grounds with potential sites for a shed, cabin or vegetable garden etc
Room for a horse or similar acreage lifestyle use
Relocated Queenslander with history connected to the Edmonton Sugar Mill area
Genuine privacy and seclusion
Recently professionally treated and cleaned throughout
This is a property for buyers who have been searching for something with genuine soul, a private, character-filled acreage lifestyle with creek frontage, history and space that is rarely found in this location.



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