 Their localities, chiefly Windsor and Richmond, became more permanent with streets, town square and public buildings.In 1842 John Tebbutt's father who had migrated as a free settler in 1801 to the Hawkesbury as a successful farmer, acquired land on this "peninsula" and built the Peninsula House (also known as Peninsular House) in 1845.A two-storey wing was later added at the rear.