Talbot Way

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StreetTalbot WaySuburbBerowraDetailsCaptain Talbot was born in Dublin in 1844 and at fourteen was a navigator midshipman and served on H.M.S. Imaum. He saw action in the American Civil war against the Confederates whn the Alabama sunk a Federal frigate. He also saw action in the Mexican War when Maximillian was placed on the throne of Mexico.

Captain Talbot married in Sydney in 1873, then became a pioneer settler in Catherine Hill. He built its first hotel and had a general store as well. He named Swansea in 1887 and had a park there named after him.

Soon after his wife’s death in 1911, he moved to Berowra (c. 1913). His home (‘Malehide’), built 1913 – 1915, can still be seen at 38 Yallambee Rd. The home he built was an early type of kit home and the floor had a camber on it like a ship’s deck so he could swab the place out. Water ran out the front and back doors. It was designed and built solely for a single, elderly man living a bachelor-type life in the bush and is largely unaltered since 1915.

Until his death at 92, Captain Talbot was active and prominent in Berowra. He opened the war memorial in Berowra, and was very active in the church and school and took a great interest in the children, many of whom visited him.Map^[1]

Captain Robert Francis Talbot with two of his sons Hugh on his right and Leslie on his left.

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