Another dynasty down

By Peter Austin
Updated May 24 2016 - 7:18am, first published May 22 2016 - 5:00am
The original red gum slab cottage beside the Lachlan, built in 1834 by James Phelps, still stands, part of the 'Oxley' homestead complex.
The original red gum slab cottage beside the Lachlan, built in 1834 by James Phelps, still stands, part of the 'Oxley' homestead complex.

For more than a century, the Western Riverina station known as “Oxley” (not to be confused with the other “Oxley” on the lower Macquarie River) was held by successive generations of the pioneering McFarland family – but no more.

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