Minnaville homestead entrance taken in 1994.

Minnaville is situated on Castlereagh Road, Castlereagh. The homestead is believed to have been built around 1820 by John Harris, a convict and third husband of Ann Harris. Ann Harris was a free settler who married Benjamin Cook, a convict, who died on the ship heading for Australia. Ann then married Antione L'Andrie in 1801, a French prisoner of war, who was to establish the colonies first vineyards. They called themselves Landers and had 4 children. One son built and operated Landers Inn.

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After Antione died from a centipede bite in 1811, Ann married John Harris and had two children. John Harris (1771-1838) arrived as a convict on the Second Fleet (1789). He joined the NSW Corps in 1801 and after leaving it he received his land grant on the Nepean, which he called "Minnaville". property. Over time it included a number of farm buildings and grazing land. Minnaville also had an orange orchard. The property is now part of the Penrith Lakes Scheme. This photo shows the entrance to Minnaville taken in 1994. It no longer exists.

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Ann Harris also acquired the grant of Martin Mince. She bought it for 50 pounds one day and sold it to Charles Hadley, an ex-convict, on the next day for the same price. Charles built the two story house "Hadley Park' between 1811 and 1821.