1853
In 1853, the land upon which Kensington is erected formed part of a holding owned by Henry Stuart Russel, a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, James Taylor, Squatter of Cicil Plains Station and William Horton, Innkeeper of the Bull’s Head Inn, Drayton.
Russell became the Darling Downs first historian and actively supported the agitation to separate the Moreton Bay District from the colony of New South Wales. Horton arrived in New South Wales as a convict in 1832 having been sentenced to transportation for stealing a coat. He was called ‘Bill the Fiver’ because of his gambling successes.