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Samuel Amess built the homestead on the island and planted the Norfolk Island pine in 1872. The photo of Rogers Cottages (1860s) shows Amess's servants and their children posed outside the cottages.

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Samuel Amess built the homestead on the island and planted the Norfolk Island pine in 1872. The photo of Rogers Cottages (1860s) shows Amess's servants and their children posed outside the cottages.

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