Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1967
Signs of changes at the Dairy Farm, cowsheds, paddock, and silo on the farm with the vast blocks of Wa Fu public housing estate built on what was previously farm land. A total of 18 public housing residential blocks would be erected from 1967 to 1978 followed by new Hongkong Land township of Chi Fu Fa Yuen between 1978 and 1981. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1949
The Mains
Among the many old Dairy Farm establishments historical records refer to 'The Main' which was in the middle housing the administration centre of the farm. This enlarged 1949 aerial photograph (Source: Survey and Mapping Office, 1949) Items 1, 4 and 6 are the only buildings of the Mains that still remain today. Blue indicates the entrance access road to the Mains. Dotted line roughly refers to the Culinary College. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1930
The farm mainly composed of cowsheds, paddocks, silos, manure pits, living quarters for cowboys etc. Silos were used to store surplus fodder during the summer and supplied as silage in the winter to the herd, whereas manure pits were for collecting cow manure for use as fertilizer. <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1900
The design of the sheds had many factors that had to be considered such as the Hong Kong weather, Hong Kong Typhoon season made it generally impossible to transport materials such as fodder from storage to the cattle in their sheds. <Read more ...>
