Henry Godfrey 1824-1884Stockyard and Grass Paddock from the House, Boort. c. 1845
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The alluvial soils of the vast river plans and creek flats were kept open by Aboriginal burning practices.
In the 1840s, squatter Henry Godfrey drew the extensive grassy plains around Boort with their belts of box, sheoaks and murray pines.