Operating since the late 1800s

Greylands has been owned and operated as a beef cattle production enterprise since the late 1800s by the Bailey family. Their descendants are the owners and operators today. Prior to a branch of Bailey descendants settling in the Goorangoola area, Bailey descendants lived and farmed in the St Albans area, Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia.   Baileys have been farming in Australia for over 200 years, and at Greylands for almost 150 years.

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Bailey_%28155%29

https://www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/baileys_farm/index.html

https://firstfarmcottage.com.au/      (historic cottage at site of Bailey farm in St Albans, early 1800s)

See first link above for explanation regarding Bailey spelling.

A Toyota Advertisement filmed at Greylands in the 1990s!

(video below)

Greylands has had plenty of unique events over the years.  One unique event in the 1990's was  Toyota filming at Greylands as part of a Toyota TV advertisement.  Greylands homestead and home paddock, the Greylands Toyota Landcruiser, the Yates family (Greylands managers at the time) and Margaret Bailey, were part of the advertisement. For the first 10 seconds of the ad, the actor walks out of the Greylands homestead and the dog jumps onto the ute in the homestead paddock. The Yates family and Margaret Bailey feature as 'extras' as the wedding guests waving, (27-35 seconds into the video). The wedding guest scene was filmed down the road from Greylands at Roselands Church. Roselands Church sadly blew down in a severe storm in the 1990's, after this was filmed. So now on that land beside the road it is only a picnic area. The majority of the ad is filmed elsewhere, not at Greylands.

Also of interest, our ancestor Henry Bailey (born 1841) gifted the land and finances for the construction of Roselands Church. Margaret Bailey painted the background painting of Roselands Church.