 In 1840 W. B. Randell purchased 566 acres as a "Special Survey", then another tranche, totalling 966 acres which he called "Kenton Park" (probably named for Kenton, Devon).He completed a home in 1844, and "Kenton Mill" which commenced operation in 1848, with William Richard Randell its first manager.In 1852 he laid out the town of Gumeracha above the flood level of Kenton Creek.