It’s the place where Lieutenant Arundel Mackenzie’s collection of photos of the Imperial Camel Core were found, by Lynda Skipper.

“I was cleaning out an old cupboard and there was a lot of historical stuff,” Mrs Skipper said.

‘I opened a box and there they were.

“I was excited, I was a bit shocked they were still there to be perfectly honest but it was a delightful find and we were ecstatic.”

The box also included a map and documentation.

Situated north-west of Guyra, the property was taken up in 1838 by brothers George and John Everett.

The pair had arrived in Australia to work as sheep farmers.

A month after arriving in Sydney, they travelled up the Hunter River, across the Liverpool Plains, over the Moonbi Range and arrived at the Ollera Homestead.

The Everett brothers were led by an Aboriginal guide to Mount Selim, where they saw a large waterhole in the distance.

Deciding to settle at the creek, they named it George’s Creek and returned to Sydney in May 1839 to register the property.

In the Hunter Valley, the brothers bought 450 head of sheep and travelled to Armidale, where the New England commissioner of crown lands GJ Macdonald was paid the assessment fee on the flock.

Two hours after returning to Ollera they were held at gun point by bushrangers led by Gentleman Dick.

The thieves stole their belongings and horses before disappearing into the bush.

Within three years the station’s flock had grown to more than 3,300 sheep.

They brought Hereford cattle to the New England, raised horses, grew their own vegetables and ground flour.

A third brother, Edwin, remained at Ollera until 1862 where he took up the adjoining property, Tenterden – it was under the management of superintendent James Mackenzie.

More than a century later the property Ollera passed into the hands of Bill Skipper – where it remains today with him and his wife Lynda.