hero. From 1904 to 1906 he emulated his grandfather by becoming Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General, Lord Northcote. After this he retired from the army and returned to Picton. In World War I in October 1914 he was appointed to the AIF as brigade major of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade in Turkey. He retired from the army in 1924 with the honorary rank of Major-General, spending several years at Jarvisfield and later living at Manly and Dee Why. Major-General Antill died in 1937, leaving his older brother Robert Henry (Harry) in charge. R. H. Antill was a prominent pastoralist and a noted breeder of Ayrshire cattle. He was chairman of the Picton Pastures Protection Board in 1901–28 and served as district coroner for forty-two years. In 1967 the Antill Park Golf Club was established on the site, with the homestead forming the club house. 2012 was believed to be the 50th anniversary of formation of the Antill Park Golf Club, lease of the present site and club house. The original club occupied part of a private property on both sides of the present Henry Street. Description Estate The core of a once large (2000 acre) grant remains, today managed as a golf course estate near the town of Picton. The golf course is an 18 Hole course with a challenging Par 70 layout, including many picturesque holes flanked by water hazards. At the centre of the Antill Park Country Golf Club is the clubhouse overlooking the 9th Hole and the 10th Tee. Garden and early plantings The house is surrounded by still extensive grounds, formerly gardens and farmland, now the Antill Park Country Golf Club (since 1967). Little evidence of the homestead garden has survived. There are some mature specimens of native pines (Araucaria spp. - hoop (A.cunninghamii) and Bunya (A.bidwillii) pines) in the front of the house which are important plantings and survive in 2012 (Kabaila). Considerable numbers of mature exotic and native trees planted by the Antills remain, along with more recent Golf Club era plantings. Early tree plantings remaining near the house give a representative selection of common exotic and some locally native tree species often used on the Cumberland Plain's early farms. These also include some now very rare plants in NSW, and particularly locally rare in the Sydney Basin, such as Chinese funeral cypress (Cupressus funebris) and the American Osage orange. Early tree plantings include