To understand how the Elephant House came to be on the plantation we need to explore the origin of lot 147 North River Road. This brings us to Dr Edmund Fergusson-Stewart, a veteran of World War I and the Resident Medical Officer for Carnarvon in the late 1920s. The birth of the Carnarvon horticultural industry … Continue reading How the Great War Shaped Carnarvon’s Agricultural Future – Dr Edmund Fergusson-Stewart