Frank McCaffrey

Frank McCaffrey’s Notebook D92/4/13

Frank McCaffrey was a prolific writer and cattle fanatic. As well as numerous articles and his books, The First Century of Dairying in New South Wales (1909) and The History of Illawarra, its Pioneers, and its Dairy Cattle (1924), Frank kept copious notes in handwritten notebooks. Fortunately these have survived and are held by the University of Wollongong. (University of Wollongong Archives (17th Nov 2020). Frank McCaffrey collection guide. University of Wollongong Archives. https://archivesonline.uow.edu.au/nodes/view/8725).

Over twenty years ago I transcribed just one of the notebooks which was a challenge as Frank’s handwriting was very difficult to decipher at times. This is the transcription of D92/4/13 Part 1 written c1914.

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Map: Midland Railway and Connections

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Broughton’s Head Farm 4000 acres Berry.  Broughton Head is a headland overlooking the Bundewallah Creek which flows into Broughton Creek in the vicinity of the Village of Berry.

Richardson’s Farm 1920 acres and William Bland’s Farm 917 acres were divided by the railway line at Toolijooa Station.  Bland’s Farm extended to the sea at the Seven Mile Beach.

Overlooking Jamberoo, Kiama, Gerringong from Noorinan? or Bong Bong Mountain – there we have Nuninuna? Range or Saddleback Mountain.  Bearing down the range we come to Boona Range – Mount Pleasant and then we have Bonaira and Munna Munnora Creek.  This is Captain Farmer’s 1000 acres.  Retracing our steps westward on the northern side of the range we come to Tootawallis? Gully and passsing over the range to the south side we come tho the tributaries of Ooarce? Creek.

Burool – Rev. Thomas Kendall’s 500 acres extended from Captain Farmer’s Grant to the township of Kiama and the sea coast.  Andrew Byrne’s Estate Dhrwalgha Creek. Drewalla – Fry’s Creek joins the Minnimurra River at James W Colis’ farm

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Moses Brenan’s Farm joined William Ritchie’s 60 acre

s and contained 300 acres – later on it was known as Wood’s Flats.  The Race Course and Cemetery land along the southern bank of the Minnimurra River.  Warwa – west side of village of Jamberoo where Francis Clarke, William Davis, Edward Flood, Joseph King, James Wallace, George Wood, George (or Gate) Tate, Thomas Montgomery Perrott, Henry Linden, John Gouldsborough Lennox had 100 acres each; and Thomas Campbell had 320 acres of land.  Old Bob Brindley and Dick Lewis had land at what was known as Carroll’s Creek.  Thomas Montgomery Perrott had two 100 acre farms.  Hercules Wett 100 acres.  Robert Young 60 acres.  Patrick O’Meara 50 acres. Thomas Collins 50 acres.  William Cole 50 acres. Lot Flannery 50 acres.  The Woodstock subdivision was part of Moses Brenan’s 300 acre grant.  Towards Jerrara Creek Hughes and Hoskins owned 805 acres and Alexander Brodie Spark 628 acres.  Murty Farraher owned 208 acres at Crawley’s Forest in 2 lots.  William Montague Manning purchased Captain James Farmer’s 1000 acres.  On portion of this property John Sharpe erected a flour mill.  The property on which Sharpe’s mill stood now belongs to David W?

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Kiama near the corner of Manning St and Terralong St in Manning St two brothers John Cook and Alfred Cook erected a butcher’s shop and carried on butchering there in the first fifties.  William White had a abutcher shop in Bong Bong St in 1858 when Wilson was building the Iron? Store.  Peter Walker the builder – Butcher White was a brother-in-law of George Wood of Spring Hill.  Then there was a William White who lived at the Iron-bark range quarrying for stone.  He boarded with Robert Walker in Bong Bong St for twelve months – a flash sort of man who wore a coloured waistcoat – with three rows of four penny pieces as buttons.  It was he who was with old Charley Price on the McIvor diggings in Victoria in 1853.

When Messrs B and W started to cut the canal at the Crook-haven heads the[y] had 200 convicts who were compelled to live on  a prison hulk moored at the heads.  Later on others were stationed in huts at Coolangatta while suitable buildings were being erected to accommodate the ‘Bond and the Free’.  Such as a prison, Court Room and Triangles.

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The slaying of Dr Wardell LLD Sept 1834 was a never to be forgotten event in NSWales.  Two sentries named Jukes? and Bolton – three convicts, Richard Nolan, Thomas Tattersdale, Edmund Grace Jenkins.  These men were either associated with the Convict Barracks or were ‘half-timers’ at the Quarries now Argyle Cut Sydney.  Richard Nolan had a private still and he arranged with Grace and Jenkins to drug Jukes? while on sentry with rum.  It was successful and Tattersdale, Grace and Jenkins escaped into the bush in September 1834.  Dr Wardell was riding home from Sydney to Petersham on his charger ‘Young Yorkshire’ when he encountered these three men.  Jenkins had private Jukes? rifle (V34!) and he shot Dr Wardell who galloped off – but his body was found next day only a hundred yards from where the fatal shot was fired.  Grace informed the police –  and on turning King’s evidence was pardoned.  Tattersdale and Jenkins were hanged.

The first ploughing match was held at Bong Bong in 1828.  In 1831 another ploughing match was held when 19 ploughs were in the field.  In 1833 another match took place 21 competitors and the Governor gave a silver medal.  What a pity the names of the ploughmen are not recorded.

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The Mistletoe – Many years before the dawn of Christianity, the oak tree, and especially the mistletoe growing out of the heart of the oak, were reverenced for their supposed affinity with the sun.  The Druids worshipped the sun as the one supreme God, and beleived the oak to be in some way associated with the sun because they made fire by rubbing two pieces of oak together.  Twice a year the Celtic priests had a religious festival in honour of the sun in oak groves.  Such was considered wisdom.

Jack Ketch and Thomas Derrick were both English hangmen and have left immortal names to the English speaking world.  The Right Honourable Denis Browne – Marquis of Sligo was a Sheriff.  So was the Earl of Essex in the cruel days of Queen Elizabeth, a hangman.

The Flying Pieman – William Francis King was born in London in 1807.  His father was paymaster at Whitehall and he was intended for the Church of England.  He was a sportsman – a great runner – and arrived in Sydney in 1839.  He lived for a time at Sutton Forest as a tutor.  He became a barman at the Hope & Anchor – Pitt and King Sts kept by Doran – and at the Rainbow Tavern.  Died Liverpool Asylum 1874.

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Meaning of Aboriginal place names in Illawarra

Bulli                Two mountain ranges

Illawarra          Ellowera – A pleasant place

Wollongong    Woolyungah – Five Islands

Kiama              Kiami – Fish may be caught

Minnimurra     Plenty fish

Coolangatta     Highest land

Meeinderry      Greenwell Point

Moonah           Inside Jervis Bay

Cooroombong Jervis Bay – Hence Currembene Creek

Ulladulla         Wooladoorah – safe harbour

Wandiawandian   The home of the lost lovers

Bundawalla     Clear water, a large organ

Kanmangaroo  The kangaroo

Wikkie             Bread

Kuninda Kundi    A bark hut

Nowra             You and me, see noora

Wunlabung      Tomahawk

Jingabulla Worrigee    Where to go it is not far

Budler             Bandicoot

Palahua            Red Wallaby

Coorora           An opossum

Burnell            Black wallaby

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Cambewarra    Mountain of fire

Terrara             Scrubby place

Wallum            Rain

Gillamagong    Big house in swampy land

Niooka                        Green hills

Jeroo                Aboriginal camping ground

Thundagulla    A flat piece of land

Coomonderry  A small range at spur

Bilaral              A boggy creek

Binging           The town of Berry

Bunbarra         A clump of trees near a creek

Widgera          Sand

Mudgey           A boat

Nurragee         A native dog

Ulla Nulla        A running creek

Bingewalla      Plenty bush

Tullambah       King of Tongarra

M A Weston’s opinion of the meaning of the Aboriginal place names of Illawarra is as follows:

Budgong         an edible moth – properly – Boogong

Berrawarra      Far away – in Qld south – Warra Warra

Boomba           Thunder

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Bunberra         Leache’s Kingfisher

Bulli or Bullai  Native honey – sugar and water ??

Coomaditchy  Bad water

Goodarrin        Native companion

Jerrangong       Frighten water – surf

Illaroo              Salt water

Illawarra          Water far away

Jindy Andy     A woman’s corroberie

Jamberoo         The stars

Kembla            Two heads – properly Kahmboolla

Kurrakwah      A name of the crow strike

Koon Bury      A whirlpool

Woonona         Sleep

Wollongong    The King Fish

Yamba, Moora, Wina and Wyanda each means home in a different dialect. Woondoonia means broken, hilly country; Warilda, Creek View, Booalba means view from a hill. Colboonya – Lyre bird.

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Jeffery Hart Bent arrived in N.S.Wales as judge of the newly established Supreme Court.  When about to open the Court in May 1815 a letter was addressed to him by Governor Macquarie transmitting petitions from persons of the names of Eagar, Crossley and Charters soliciting permission to practice as solicitors and barristers in the Supreme Court and recommending the prayer to the favourable consideration of the Judge.  Eagar had been a solicitor in Dublin – Crossley and Charters were of the same class and in similar circumstances – to wit – ??  Mr Broughton – the Commissary – and Mr Riley one of Sydney’s Rum Merchants were favourable – but the judge was incoc?orable.  Their money pulled them through, Eagar went to law with Prosper De Mestre – Judge Barron Field was on the French.  Gave a verdict in favour of De Mestre and saved him from utter ruin.  Judge Field was afterward appointed Resident Judge at Gibralter.  A public meeting of the emancipists was held in Sydney 23rd January 1821 – at which it was resolved to send a delegation to England to represent their interests and plead their cause.  May of these men were then wealthy and powerful.  Eagar and Dr Redfern tow of Macquaries emacipist magistrates

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were accordingly sent home.  But like the dogs of Jupiter that were sent with a petition to Jupiter for the restoration of the gift of speech, which they alleged they once possessed.  Eagar never returned to the Colony to Report Progress.  Dr Redfern, had been transported over the ??of the ??, returned – and the mission was successful for in October 1823 Francis Forbes was appointed first Chief Justice of N.S.Wales, and Barron Field returned to England – where he died.

1879 died – Rev John Elder aged 66.  At the residency of her Son-in-law Thomas H Neale police magistrate – Hartley – Rosetta, relict of F Meurant of Seven Hills aged 84 years.  A native of Parramatta – born 1795.  Meurant came out in the ship Minerva – and was a shipmate of paymaster Cox 102 Regiment, Joseph Holt, Rev Fulton, Father Harold – of ‘98.  Meurant was a transport and lived where the hotel Metropole stands.  James Midgley formerly Maquaries [sic] foreman Goat Island died 1879 aged 73 years – Same year Charly James Bullivant aged 84 years – an old time publican.  John Eyre – Missionary ot Miss Susan Wilshire – spinster, ?? performed by Parson ?? on August 25th 1812.

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Michael Hyam was born in London in 1799 and arrived in Sydney late in the twenties of last century with a capital of œ2000.  He obtained a grant of 640 acres of land at Lochinvar – Hunter River – and later on (1829) obtained a grant of 1280 acres of land – Sarah’s Valley – now Jamberoo.  He got married in Sydney and settled on his Sarah’s Valley Estate in 1833.  Having obtained a number of Convict servants from the Government of N.S.Wales he turned his attention towards the bush – Employed Sawyers and Tanners, Shoemakers and Cobblers.  Opened a public house and store.  As time rolled on he sold out for œ1000 to Captain Wilson.  Wilson went broke and had to forfeit his deposit money to Hyam.  Hyam had taken his passage to England – and had to forfeit his deposit to the shipping company.  The vessel Hyam and his family were going home on was wrecked and all hands lost.  Hyam then morgaged [sic] to Parson Meares – for œ600.  The races of F??? Jamberoo were held on Hyam’s flat in 1844.  Meares was nasty with Hyam over these races – Consequently in 1845 Hyam sold out to Robert Owen for œ1100.  Hyam went to live in Kiama – in a storied house opposite the R.C. Church, near the beach, and remained there till 1847.

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During Mr Hyam’s stay in Kiama he paid a deposit on a store and hotel at Gundagai..  He was advised off it.   He forfeited his deposit and went to live at Greenhills – Terrara – Shoalhaven.  The hotel and store which Hyam was buying at Gundagai was eventually swept away  in the Great Gundagai flood and all hands drowned.  Mr Hyam opened an hotel and Store at Terrara – and went in for timber dealing.  He was a sportsman, and always had race-horses.  Corinthian Kate, Jerry and Jamberoo all carried his colours.  He made sporting matches against William Wright’s Pedro, Brown’s Grey, Kennedy’s Grey and McKenzie’s Duke.  Young  Burke usually rode Hyam’s horses.  David Hyam was born at Sarah’s Valley in 1835 – and was educated for a time at Rigney’s school.  He, Rigney was a brother of Fr Rigney and kept school near or on the South West side of the police station Jamberoo.  David afterwards went to old Splaine’s School near where the Presbyterian church stands – near the turn off towards Albion Park.  In 1844 the Race Meeting of famed Jamberoo took place on the flat below the hotel.  The Estate was morgaged to Parson Meares who was very anxious to get possession of it.

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Michael got annoyed with Meares and morgaged to Robert Owen. The story of the servants at Hyam’s Estate.  Little Ann married big George. And big Mary married Sirucon?? Moore.  Dr Menzies was living up at what is now Fountaindale Creek.  It was he who warned Michael Hyam about the dangers of Gundagai.   Hyam then took an hotel and store at the Greenhills – now Nowra from William Graham (terrible Billy).  The place was all bush for miles around.  Where the hotel stood was felled and partly burnt off.  A policeman named Tanner was stationed at Worrigee and Owen Hewit was working a flour mill for Berry & Wollstonecraft.  The mill was being worked with horses and a blacksmith named Russell was looking after the machinery.  The ship Surace?? Captain Mat Pullman in charge B&W had 100 acres of wheat seed imported from America – wheat, maize, potatoes, barley – all harvested with ?? ?? ??.  Saw the first strippers at work.   They were brought from America same time as the seed wheat.

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The Messrs Berry Bros imported a pure bred bloodhorse ‘Scamp’ for stud purposes.  John Berry died – was killed 1849.  The Jindyandy cattle were mostly black & white & roan cattle.  Paddy Rider was in charge of the dairy cattle and kept a race mare named ‘Evergreen’.  In those days men were not particular how they married.  Jimmy Sinclair married a half-caste woman – got by Paddy Rider.  The noted blacks were mangy & Biddy – Captain Brooks was a cannibal.  ??ethery was considered very dangerous.  Black Harry and Jacky Jacky were Burrier blacks.  Burrier Jack, Johnny Winfred was King of Shoalhaven – and Aboriginal.

Floods.  There were great floods in 1860 & 1862 at Burrier – the majority of all the farm houses were swept away – and all the crops in 1860.  Many lives were lost.  At upper Longreach McKenzie’s and Lumoden’s barns Hyam (David) lost all his property – 40 acres crop – house, stockyards, barn & cattle – swept everything was in the boil – got compensation from Government 40 acres at Cambewarra.  David Hyam’s place was Bamerang.  William Wooden lost everything.

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At Waggamia several houses were swept away.  One man Alanville had a barn 60 x 40 feet – 2000 bushels of wheat lifted, and after circling around the farm struck a tree and disappeared.  The height of the flood may be estimated when a mark was made on a tree in a paddock 60 feet from the ground.  David Hyam moved to Greenhills in 1860 and in 1863 went to live at Terrara.  Michael Hyan – his father went to live at the Greenhills in 1847. A [illegible] drought was on lasting for a long time – 3 years.  Had to go 5 miles for water to supply Terrara.  Good years till the flood of 1860.  In 1870 the highest flood ever seen in the Shoalhaven district, destroying the township of Terrara – washed away horses, cattle, pigs, fowls, everything.  Quarter casks of brandy were washed out of hotel cellars.  The Steamers Hunter and Illalong were driven out to sea – with the survivors of the Walter Hood on board – flags half mast.  The captain was drowned – the chief mate died a week later.  It is well to note that after the 1860 flood no wheat was grown on the Shoalhaven River.  It was said that a worm – a sort of ‘? All’ attacked the wheat and no more wheat was planted on the flats afterwards.

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Windsor and Richmond in the Early Days.

In the days of Major Grose’s rule 22 separate grants of land not exceeding 32 acres each were given to small farmers on South Creek and Pitt Reach.  This would be in 1794.

By Government order dated 15^th December 1810 Governor Macquarie created five separate townships in the Hawkesbury and Nepean districts.  He named the old settlement of Green Hills Windsor.  He then named Richmond, Pitt Town, Wilberforce and Castlereagh.  In 1810 Governor Macquarie established tolls to pay for roads and bridges.  Andrew Thompson had the contract for erecting the first large bridge in NSWales.  It was 214 feet long.  Thompson failed and it was completed by John Howe in 1813.  A settler got into trouble for disturbing the funeral service of Surgeon Arndell.  His name was Doyle – and he got 3 months.  The oldest hotel in Richmond was the Black Horse erected by Fitzgerald – superintendent of convicts and live stock.

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Berry – Broughton’s Creek – Broughton’s Head Farm.  Woocyan?? is called from a mountain in the neighbourhood.  It was a boat built by Mr John Hawkins for Berry and Wolstonecraft of 150 tons burden.  In 1874 the launch fleet wing was a great event.  A paddle steamer built by Greentrees below Nowra named ‘Our Own’ owned by John Macarthur who arrived in Shoalhaven in 1854 to open business as a General Store Keeper.  Mrs Mary Reiby’s grant at Burrier.  Lieutenant Thompson of the Royal Marine Light Infantry – Stationed at Launceston Tasmania.  Thompson was the first parliamentary representative for the Shoalhaven – 1856.  It was under responsible government.  It cost him 800 pounds.  He died in 1899 at his home Burrier.  A Signal Station was at Mattranis? Farm.  Mr Lovegrove arrived 1852 – The J S H ? Coy with a boat the ‘Bard’s Legacy’, 35 tons.  William the Fourth – the Billy.  Eventually the Billy was sent to the China Trade.  From the youngest to the oldest nations.  She was built on the Williams River at Clarence Town.  She was followed by the Nora Creina cost 4000 pounds.

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Robert Miller of Gerringong – Illawarra was born in Paisley Scotland in 1828 and at the age of 6 years came with his father Robert Miller senr in the ship Othello to NSWales in 1834.  In 1838 the Miller family settled at Renfrew Park – Gerringong.  After spending two or three years at Terragong Jamberoo.  In 1849 the subject of this sketch then 21 years old went to the California diggings with Captain Samuel Charles, William Miller – a cousin – Joseph King, Frank Carberry and others in the ship ‘Sea Gull’ loaded with provisions.  Sons of the Botnay Bay Push, as there were called, were hanged in California – and the Sea Gull party did no good and returned to Illawarra after meeting with disaster on a coral reef.

Mrs Alex King and Robert Marks – twins – died within one week of each other July 1905.  Both reared in the Kiama district.  Robert Marks rode Mr Alex King’s horses at all the Illawarra race meetings.  Old Wallaby – a roan stumpy tailed horse –  won hurdle races in Sydney.  Vanity a beautiful bay mare and very fast.  Robert married Miss Jane Kendall in 1853.  He married Mrs Taylor – a second wife – lots of trouble followed.

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At the Illawarra Turf Club meeting held in Wollongong in September 1866 Bylong was badly beaten in the Maiden Plate.  Crabby Down won – a four year old gelding ridden by Peter Kelly.  Distance 1 ½ mile.  Hard Times 2^nd  Bylong 3^rd.  C? with J Bishop up won the Prince of Wales Stakes beating Flannery’s ‘Nonsuch’? by a length.  All racing men can remember those events – the younger ones talk of J Hadden’s Bachelor, George Donnelly’s Rosabelle and George Hall’s Hard Times – Kiama Maid – Weston’s Cornstalk – all racing on the old Shellharbour Course.

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Ett. De Mestre was king in those days.

In the 1884 parliament Wisdom and Buchanan fought.  Bill Lyne and Clarke & Grefell has a scrap.  Jimmy Fletcher knocked out Jack Haynes.  Gibbs & Lysaght got too close for comfort with each other.  Lysaght sent Gibbs to the floor with a straight hit.  That at once aided the dispute and order was restored.

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How Richard Jones MC was also known as Merchant or China Jones who in the 30ties lived corner Pitt & Hunter Street did much for trade and agriculture.  In January 1823 he was a large sheep owner for his time having a stud of 300 pure merino sheep.  In 1825 Mr Jones is mentioned as an old and most enterprising emigrant and had just imported 120 saxon sheep.  Mr Jones had a grant November 26, 1831 of  20,000 acres of land near Maitland.  He was in 1834 intereested in Mr Riley who owned Raby and Cavan Estates near Campbelltown.  In 1820 a party led by John Howe explored the Hunter Valley – on 17^th March 1820 they discovered St Patrick’s Plains.  The party consisted of John Howe, Andrew Howe, William Dargan, Phillip Thorley and Benjamin Singleton – after whom the town of Singleton is named.  A horse named Cockfighter got bogged in a creek – hence the name Cockfighter’s Creek.  In 1821 William Smith, first public school teacher Sydney.  Major Morriset 48 the Regiment of Foot.  On March 31^st Allan Cunningham followed the track of Howe party.  Dr McLeod of the 39^th Regiment settled at the head of the Shoalhaven River – a stockade.  Who was Macleay Dumaresq Belisario???

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Early Bathurst.  The first land grants given on the plains were Maurice Charles O’Connell, 73^rd Regiment 1000 acres on March 22^nd 1814.  In 1815 William Henry Alcock, Joseph Bigg, James Chilsholme, Robert Fob, J Liddeared received grants.  In 1823 Richard Mills applied for a grant of land.  The first Commandant of the settlement was Lieut William Lawson – Royal Veteran Company.  He was appointed August 23^rd  1819 and was succeeded by Lieut Colonel Morrisset 45^th Regiment.  In 1825 a settlement was formed at Wellington Valley and Lieut Percy Saunders was gazetted in charge.  This settlement was abolished in 1831- it is a progressive centre now 1914.  In July 1829 Alex McLeay wrote Majore Mitchell with special regard to a road from Menangle to Barber’s Creek & on through Argyle.  Major Lockyer of the 57^th Regiment foot was sent to open up a portion of this road.  This road started from Campbelltown and reached Menangle – passed over the Mittagong range to the township of Bong Bong to the [illegible] or Paddy’s river.  Past Charles Throsby’s and Charles Wright’s properties where a bridge was erected in 1829. Past Dr Reid’s to County of St Vincent.

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William Lovegrove died at Marrickville 1906.  He arrived in the Bard’s Legacy – 35 tons – Captain Whitfield in 1852 at Terrara – Shoalhaven River  on 1^st January 1857 & he was appointed Government Residential official.  The G.P.s duties had previously been carried out by Mr Meares of Kiama.  Dr McKenzie and Mr Thompson were the magistrates.  He married Melanie? De Mestre by whom he had 4 sons and 5 daughters.  The Lovegroves of Shoalhaven.  Richard Cheers had at one time the entire frontage of Hunter St Sydney.  Thomas Laycock – a giant – had a large block adjoining.  He was quatermaster sergeant of the NSW Corps.  John Harris was surgeon’s mate and subsequently became Colonial Surgeon.  He who built Ultimo House.  Garnham Blaxsell Rumdealer and Hospital Contractor was the other party.  These four men owned the block from Bridge to Moore St and from George St to near the Governor’s domain.  A valuable block today 1914.  Richard Cheers & Nicholas Devine came out in the Guardian – Cheers was and early butcher.  Had his shop in High St – now George St.  He removed to Hunter Street.  The slaughter house was at or near Dawe’s Point.  In 1791 George Bolton

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In 1791 George Bolton Henry Cane, Richard Cheers, Daniel Cubitt, William Careless, William Curtin, Thomas Fisk, John Love, John Chapman Morris, Thomas Merrick, William Skinner and James Weavers – convicts who left England in the Guardian – got their freedom.  But not allowed to return to Englans.  Cheers had a grant of 30 acres at Kissing Point.  Weavers and Skinner 30 acres.  Weavers at same place, Skinner at Parramatta.  Daniel Cubitt became a constable and Gaoler.  Richard Cheers a publican but went out of business prior to 1813 having sold to George Howe.  Dan Cubitt then took over an hotel – The Cat and the Fiddle.  Cheers and Cubitt were in the Macarthur Bligh squabble.

Nicholas Devine obtained 210 acres of land on which the Newtown of today has been built.  The first 120 acres was granted January 8^th 1794 by Richard Gross.  A second grant of 90 acres was given by John Hunter – Lieutenant Governor of N S Wales.  Adjoining Page, Candello, Jenkins and Fields farms, Samuel Burt also had a farm near Devine’s holdings.  John Lucas – a native of Sydney – knew Devine in 1800. Remember him being beaten by bushrangers in 1822.  Michael William Henry came out in 1800.

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Governor Bligh – John Macarthur’s memorial was signed by 83 of the principal people.  24 of these names were free from birthstains.  There were 15 [illegible] in the memorial and 7 [illegible] in the address of thanks.  Major Johnston did not occupy Government house, he lived all the time in his own home at Annandale.

On or about May 1810 Colonel O’Connell of the 18^th Regiment married Bligh’s widowed daughter, Mrs Puttaird?.  Six men and two women were arrested for tresspassing on the Governor’s property in 1812, taking a short cut to Wolloomooloo.  The men were flogged and the women fined.  One of the men – William Blake was a free man of clean character.  All the Governors from Phillip to Gipps occupied the house near the Quay. 

In Campedown cemetery rest many pioneers.  The oldest reads James Bull 1815 aged 7years.  John C???? who had a grant of land at Cronulla. Lieut-Colonel Sir Maurice O’Connell of His Majesty’s 80^th Regiment of Foot died May 1848.  O’Connelltown has its name from his grant of land there.  Sir James Everard Howe of Well Manor Farm Hants. Died Nov. 1853 aged 55 years.  Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Surveyor General of N S Wales died Oct. 5, 1855 aged 64 years.  He was a Colonel.  Peter Brennan born St Peters 1803 died 1873.

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According to Bligh –  John Macarthur’s requisition was signed by 137 settlers and others, some of whom he said are of the worst class of life.  The first five signatures are John McArthur, John Blaxland, James Mitchens, Simeon Lord, Gregory Blaxland.  Nicholas Bayley was Secretary to the Movement.  The Memorial was in Macarthur’s handwriting.

The first bunches of grapes from vines planted in Governor Phillip’s garden were plucked on Jan. 24^th 1791.  The first Man of War arrived ‘The Gorgon’ Captain Parker Sept 21^st 1791.  It is said – ‘the Gorgon had on board the first two unquestionable ladies that visited New South Wales.  Mrs King, the wife of Lieutenant Phillip Gidley King and Mrs Parker the Captain’s wife.  King and his wife were en-route for Norfolk Island.  King subsequently became the third Governor of N S Wales.  He served a term of almost 6 years then returned to England and died in 1808.  His wife got 200 pounds a year as a pension for life.  Governor Bligh gave her a grant of 100 acres at St Mary’s.  She died in 1844.  Her youngest daughter Mary had a land grant at St Mary’s and married Robert Copeland Leithbridge.  She was born at St Mary’s.

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Mrs Dundas came out in the first fleet as Jane Dundas, being about 30 years old.  She went into the service of Mrs King and remained with them till she died Dec 22^nd 1805 aged 47 years.  Serjeant Small was quartered at Government House.  His daughter, who married Francis Oakes was born there in Sept 1789.  She died at Parramatta 30^th January 1883 aged 94 years [illegible]  Lieutenant Putland was private secretary to Governor Bligh – died in Sydney and was buried in the George St Cemetery.  His bones now lie at La Perouse.  Captain Walter Jeffery fought with Bligh at Camperdown and Copenhagen and was publicly thanked by Nelson on the quarter deck for bravery.

The Macarthur memorial – ‘Sir, the present alarming state of the colony, in which every man’s property, liberty, and life is endangered, induces us most earnestly to implore you instantly to place Governor Bligh under an arrest. And to assume the command of the Colony.  We pledge ourselves at a moment of less agitation, to come forward to support the measure with our fortune and our lives.  We are with great respect, Sir, your most obedient Servants.  To Major George Johnstone.  Lieutenant Governor and Commanding N S Wales Corps.”

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Robert Henry Prendergast of the firm of Messrs Fitzgerald and Prendergrast, Castlemaine ale.  The original brewers were Nicholas and Edward Fitzgerald of Castlemaine, Victoria.  The firm built a brewery in Hay Street, Darling Harbour.  They built also at Newcastle.  It became Wood’s [illegible] of wine & spirit fame.  Mrs Prendergast of fashionable fame was a daughter of Edward Fitzgerald.  Fitzgerald died in [no date given] and the widow married into that great English Catholic family the Vaughans.  Their home is Courtfield on the River Wye, Berefordshire. 

Captain Kemp on leaving for England as a witness in the Rum Rebellion.  Captains Antony, [illegible], Kemp parted with his interests to a sergeant of the military for a nominal sum.  He intended to get all back after being whitewashed.  The whitewashing did not come off and all the Captain’s leases and grants were confiscated.  W H Moore’s Corner now Water’s and who died December 1913 is one of these.

The Redgates – John Redgate was a nephew of James Redgate of Sydney.  They were millers – John died Yarranappina in 1885 – sawmiller Kempsey.  William Henry Suttor aged 72 years, son of George Suttor who came out in 1800 died 1877, a pioneer.

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George Allen first admitted Colonial Solicitor of Toxteth Park Glebe – born London 1800, son of Dr Richard Allen, arrived N S Wales 1816, was admitted as attorney July 1822.  He was 77 years old at death.  Old St Mary’s Cathedral, in July 1866 the first portion of the Cathedral was finished costing ₤15,000.  It was badly constructed and ₤10,000 more was spent on it.  On June 29^th 1865 the original building was destroyed by fire.  An organ that cost ₤2,000 went in smoke.  The entire loss was estimated at ₤50,000.  The work from 1821 Nov 3^rd 1821 the first stone was laid.  In 1867 less than 2 years after the big fire another building was destroyed by fire.  In January 1869 the pro-cathedral was swept by fire?

John Palmer came out purser on board the Sirius, he obtained a grant of 100 acres – Woolloomooloo 25^th Feb 1793.  He erected a house and had a garden of 5 acres.  It was sold 1822 to Mrs Ann Riley for ₤2200. 

Don Luis Nea – a botanist on board a Spanish ‘man of war’ in 1793.  The ship’s name was ‘Malaspina’.  Nea did a tour inland as far as Parramatta and inspected the land around Port Jackson and thought it was useless.  In 1830 George Bennett F L S was in Sydney.  In 1832 he visited Parramatta enroute to Raby Town.  Liverpool is named after Robert Banks Jenkinson 2^nd Lord of Liverpool.

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On 21^st August 1821 26 men were condemned to death 19 of whom were hanged in one day.  St Mary’s Cathedral was commenced Oct 29^th 1821.  The foundation stone was laid by Governor Macquarie.  On 29^th June it was burned down 1867 the temporary building was burned down  Jan 5^th 1869.  Mystery, Governor Macquarie erected 250 public buildings.  400,000 acres of land was granted by Macquarie.  He granted many town lots on a 14 year lease system.  He found New South Wales a gaol and left it a colony.  He found Sydney a village and left it a city. 

Captain or Lieutenant William Kent and Governor Hunter were brother-in-laws – Kent got a grant of land between Pitt and George Streets – October 1799.  Kent had a garden there full of fruit that cost him ₤300.  The Governor bought him out and turned his house into an orphan school until 1828.  He was Lieuntenant Kent while in N S Wales.  W G Mathews came to Sydney in the first thirties and at once entered the employ of Alexander Berry.  Berry died 1873 aged 93 years.  Mathews continued in the services of David Berry.  Mathews died aged 90 years owing to an accident on a tram, a bad end.  The Berry Estate Shoalhaven River was established in 1822.  The first grant of land promised in 1821.

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The memoirs of Joseph Holt were published London 1838.  Governor Phillip died August 1814 London.  Marion Phillipe wrote ‘A Colonial Aristorcacy 1810 [‘].  Immorality as well as drunkeness were rife.  Marriages between convicts were infrequent before 1810 – cohabitation was customary.  The female convict lived with all the classes.  Few women transported were of good character.  After a long voyage out the women were assigned to the settlers and officers of the Government.  There were no regulations as to these assignments – the servant often became the mistress.  When the New South Wales Corps left the Colony in 1810 Macquarie granted pardons to many female convicts in order that the men and non-commissioned officers might marry and take with them the women who had been their companions and were the mothers of their children.  Australia’s birthstock?

David Palmer died 9-10-12 at Petersham aged 82 years.  He had lived 74 years in Sydney.  In 1855 Palmer settled in Wollongong and established a flour mill.  Galey’s Repulse – Dec 14^th 1789 Lieut William Dawes? George Johnston and Lowce reached the spot where the cairn was found and now it is near ?? 1914

Thomas Bagot – Staff Sergeant Major 11^th Regiment died 2^nd May 1875.  He also belonged to the 99^th.

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In New South Wales before and after Macquarie’s arrival illicit stills were plentiful.  Distillation was carried on in the gullies and quiet bays of Darling Harbour .  Macquarie built a tower at Circular Quay and appointed Billy Blue as Chief Watchman to prevent the landing of illegally made ‘Firewater’.  It was a still that was the cause of the Bligh Rebellion.  Lieutenant-Colonel Foveaux in writing a despatch under date Feb 20^th 1809 to Viscount Castlereagh:- that made arrangements for commencing the erection of an extensive range of store-houses contiguous to the wharf of Sydney.  These store-houses were not completed till the year 1812.  Here the Commissariat and his staff dwelt near the present Fire Station ? a sentry was always on his beat at that spot.

Lieutenant William Cox, Sir Henry Hayes and Joseph Holt came out in the Minerva.  Hayes and Holt got their pardon, the latter after passing through the gates of hell.  The Minerva arrived 8^th March 1814.  With the 46^th came the eldest son of William Cox, also named William.  He was a brother of Edward Cox whom Miss Brooks married.  The troop ships Harriett and Windham brought out the 46^th and took the 73^rd to India.

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Ellis Bent – Judge advocate of the Supreme Court died prior to 1819.  A genial man his private life in Sydney.  Colonel Erskine of the 48^th Regiment was a polished man, and drove a pair of excellent horses.  The officers were all very gentlemanly and made life in their circle pleasant. 

In February 1855 T S Mort bought Captain Brooks’ Darling Harbour property – 21 years after his death.  On it was the Builder’s Arms public house, kept by James Flanders, for ₤2400.  The ? food and Ice Coy’s buildings were erected on this property.  The whole Brooks’ Darling Harbour brought ₤13,875. 

Mrs Jane Nicholls was born at Cornwallis in 1822 and lived in that locality till her death Nov 1912 aged 91 years.  Colonel Balfour of the 40^th, Colonel Bell of the 69^th, Brigade Major Ovens, Major Bishop 40^th Regiment.

The Darling River was discovered Feb 2^nd 1829 by ? [FM’s ?].

Woolloomoolloo was originally caleed Wulla Mulla. 

William John Dumaresq, Captain Royal Staff Corps served in the Peninsula, in Canada and N S Wales born Feb 5^th 1796 died Nov 12^th 1858.  Lieutenant-Colonel Dumaresq died suddenly at Port Stephens mar 1835.  Owing to a quarrel with Whitfield (a London chemist) who was overseer of convicts at the A A Company’s station.  Dr Whitfield was reported seriously by one Caswell.

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Captain Barker was Resident Magistrate at Wellington Valley in 1828.  Tis said well conducted exiles were sent there to finish their sentences.  In 1823 the Sydney gaol was situated in George St upon a declivity of a rugged and rocky hill that overlooked the harbour of Sydney Cove.  Much money had been spent enlarging it during 1812-19.  William Hill in the 1^st thirties kept the Butcher’s Arms.  David Hill owned the property and in the mid thirties kept an hotel.  Then we have Thomas & Joseph Clayton.  Joseph died there 1836 aged 47 years.  Then Peter Brennan kept it and died in 1842. 

Commissioner Bigge and Thomas Hobbs Scott his secretary arrived in N S Wales in the John Barry Sept 1819.  Remained two years.  Bigge and Scott left for England in HMS Dromedary 14^th Feb 1821.  Mr Thomas Hobbs Scott was originally a wine & spirit merchant, failed in business.  When he went home with Bigge he studied for the Church.  Took Holy Orders, was raised to the title of Arch-Deacon with a salary of ₤2000 per year.  He was ordained in 1824 and arrived in Sydney 7^th May 1825.  The Gaoler in Sydney who had been chief constable was John Redman.  Retired on Pension ₤70.

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Old Time Racing.  Sir John Jamieson of Regentville Penrith established a race meeting in 1824, New Years Day.  Sir John drove a team of 8 horses, perfectly matched horses close behind Sir John’s coach followed Colonel Snodgrass.  Sir Maurice O’Connell, and Major England.  Sir John gave a cup valued ₤50 together with a ₤50 cash prize, for the chief event of the day.  Six horses entered, Sir John’s ‘Benelong’, Major England’s ‘Whipcord’, Captain Law’s ‘Hector’, Harrison’s ‘Friar’, Field’s ‘Satellite’ & Lawson’s ‘Steel-Trap’.  Benelong being first favourite.  ‘Hector’ 1^st, ‘Friar’ 2^nd, ‘Benelong’ 3^rd an excellent race.  The win was not popular, and a second heat was arranged.  Hector scoring an easy win.  All assigned servants were given a holiday.  Sir John’s men mustering 100 strong.  Law’s men had also mustered in strong force and displayed resentment at the ill feeling displayed by Sir John’s men.  Sticks were quickly brought into play.  The result – the men had to be separated by the military – Captain Laws led his men homewards – Ahem!

Robert Cooper was an old colonist.  He built ‘Juniper Hall’, South Head road Paddington.  He owned a large distillery in George St West.  These premises were afterward occupied by the Colonial Sugar Coy on the site of the present Blackfriars School.

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Lord Bertrand Gordon – 3^rd  son to the 10^th Marquis of Buntley? born July 24 1850 died at Sydney Aug 10 1869.  John Shaw Phelps – Captain 14^th Regiment of Foot – only son of J C Phelps Gootwyck? Paterson river, born Sydney May 21^st 1829- died in New Zealand.  Maoris War.  Wright’s Australian Brewing near Bathurst Street  and George St.  It was burned down in

Robert Hancock died Feb 26^th 1876 aged 73 years.  He left property worth between ₤40,000 and ₤50,000.  He followed the old sum adage – where there is muck there is luck – and he lived up to his motto – Ahem!

George Hamilton – commonly known as Jarvis.  He was born on board the Silver Eagle in Sydney Harbour in 1802 – died March 1913 aged 110 years?

Among those who came to Australia with the first fleet were a large number of Marines who after the expedition landed found their occupation gone.  Phillip gave a number of them grants of land.  These men made up the lists of settlers at Kissing Point then known as Eastern Farm. Many of them were there before the grants were issued – under promises of grants.  The ship Success was built in 1840 and she arrived in charge of Captain Adams with emigrants in Sydney in 1849.  She was eventually

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converted into a prison hulk by the Government of Victoria in the fifties.  Exhibited in Sydney in

Captain John Nichols in charge of the Walker and also the Union – both deep sea ships – Who was he?

Surgeon Walker of the ‘Atlas’ had on board a number of exiles from Dublin, Ireland.  Captain Richard Brooks was in charge.  He had so much merchandise on board that there wasn’t sufficient accommodation for the prisoners.  Result – dreadful sickness, with much mortality.  The prisoners rebelled – Brooks had the ringleaders flogged and doubly ironed.  Surgeon Jamison took Brooks part in the enquiry but Governor King, Sir Henry Brown Hayes was up to his eyes in the quarrel.  10 convict died.  Captain Brooks had charge of the Alexander.  A child was born on board – It was christened Richard Alexander  It’s father was Solomon Wiseman.  Captain Brooks commanded the Brig. Spring.  He sold her and settled in Sydney in 1814.  Barney Reynolds – while thundering against the further influx of convicts said:- after 52 years of convictism will you allow in men like Jeffries who murdered the girl he betrayed and his own child.  Will you allow in cannibals like Pierce who confessed to having helped to eat seven human beings?

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Toby Ryan in his Reminiscences says:- Tom Flowers was transported to Australia about the year 1820 for shooting a man who eloped with his sister.  Belonged to a good family in Yorkshire.  Was transported for life.  His wife followed him out and he was assigned to her.  Was it he or a forger’s wife – whom the story of assigned to his wife was written on?  There were so many such cases that it is impossible to say for certain now.  Under the benign auspices of William Hutchinson – Superintendent of Convicts – Flowers got into the police force of New South Wales.  He was a ? handsome man five feet nine inches high, 11 st weight, and very powerful.   Well educated with great power of ingratiation – made himself felt very quietly.  He was in with the thieves and knew of every robbery in Sydney.  He was a friend of George Jilko, chief constable of Windsor and Charley Smith of Beefsteak Corner.  They knew Flowers in England.  Lincoln Bill of Parramatta with Flowers assistance arranged most of the Prize fights in those days.  Viz Ginger Sullivan of Mount Druitt and Tommy Martin of

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Windsor, in Hadley’s Paddock – close to Smythe’s ? in the Nepean.  Flowers, Smith and Jilko were present.  Flowers joined a gang of Bushrangers and stopped with them in a Cave 30 miles from Bathurst.  He got an opportunity one day – had an emissary close by.  He shot one of the rangers – got hold of the Booty and in due course the police came on the other rangers were taken prisoners and hanged in Bathurst Gaol.  Flowers then made money fast – went home to England.  Brought out thoroughbred horses for Charley Smith and opened a public house in Campbell Street, Sydney.  Made more money and sold out to John Wright & Alex King.  Flowers then bought a ship – freighted her – and left the country taking with him his favourite horse – an Arab entire.  Sir John Jamison was a prominent man in the public life of this Country in 1829.  He was known as the hospitable Knight of Regentville.  He was one of the physicians of the Fleet.  He enjoyed a princely income – encouraged horseracing and imported the best livestock from England.  Horses, Cattle and Sheep.  He was an eminent Colonist. 

On Nov 9^th 1800 Richard Dore died and on Dec 18^th 1800 Richard Atkins was appointed Judge Advocate.  Next Judge Advocate – George Crossley – all lags.

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In the fifties at the corner of George and Argyle sts stood the water police station.  The water police Magistrates in 1850 were Hutchinson, Hothensall, Browne – a ? Barnicle who lived on Governments.  In 1854 Samuel North was the magistrate.  The new police act came into force in  1862.

In 1796 Captain David Collins was Judge Advocate.  Near Macquarie Place in  Bridge Street stood Simeon Lord’s house and store.  Next door was the Hat Shop of Rueben Uther.  The store and counting house of Merchant Browne – with the Reibey cottage completing the row.  Mr Cox, a blacksmith at a distance towards the Cove.  As Governor Macquarie mentions but three occupants of Macquarie Place – Lord, Thompson & Reibey – Thompson’s house is supposed to be the one occupied by the Cowpers in 1810.  Cox was Dick Hill’s father in law.  Reuben Uther was a hatter by trade, came to the colony very young – on his arrival he was employed by Simeon Lord.  After his freedom the firm of Lord and Uther came into existence.  Lord & Thompson got their leaseholds in Macquarie Place converted into freeholds by Lieut-Governor Foveaux on account of having  erected substantial buildings.

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Simeon Lord and Andrew Thompson were transported in about 1792.  They were both smart men.  In 1800 they got a start in business owing to the cargo of the ‘Minerva’ being thrown open for purchase to all dealers.  In 1804 Simeon Lord is registered as a ship owner and produce merchant.  Simeon Lord as auctioneer – on 2^nd Jan 1805 he sold a 50 acre farm as a going concern belonging to  George Barrington, a lunatic deceased on the Hawkesbury River.  In 1823 he sold out the household effects of ex-Governor Macquarie.  Lord was the pioneer of the Wollen industry in New South Wales.  He erected Wollen mills on Botany Road and took for partner a man named Williams.  Lord & Williams Wollen Mills.

Andrew Thompson arrived in the colony in the 2^nd Fleet.  He was then 16 years old.  He spent the greater part of 20 years residence on the Hawkesbury River nr Windsor of which he was one of the founders.  He was an overseer, head of the police – Governor Bligh’s bailiff, Hotel Keeper, brewer, merchant, salt manufacturer, ship-builder, bridge-builder, tollkeeper, dairyman & stock raiser.  Governor Macquarie got a fourth of his estate by his will, erected a tombstone over his grave.  Two floods – one in ? and another in 1810 caused his death – saving life and property.  He died Oct 1810 aged 37 years.  Cox the blacksmith, Dick Hill’s father in law died in 1833 aged 86 years.  He was the father in law of W C Wentworth & Bloodworth.

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The first milestone was erected at Brickfield Hill in 1820 adjacent to Goulburn and George St corner.  John Campbell built a house – Claner – Cambridge Street Petersham where he died in January 1886.  He was born in a cottage at Campbell’s Wharf.  His mother was a daughter of John Palmer.  His father Robert Campbell was a friend of Governor Bligh much to Campbell’s advantage.  Robert died aged 83 years.  Charles Campbell married a cousin , a Miss Palmer of Pemberton Grange, Parramatta.  He died ? Lodge, Inverness, Scotland aged 79 years in 1888.  Of George Campbell there is no record.  Was he shot – No!

Robert Campbell sen died at Duntroon April 1826 aged 75 years.  Robert Campbell came to NSW in 1796.  Colonel Erskine of the 48^th Regiment.  Rev George Erskine who arrived in the colony in 1822 married a daughter of John McDougall of Baulkham Hills.  The records say that his most gracious majesty King George the Third had for guests in the First Fleet John Bingham alias John Baugham and Eliza Bingham alias Mooring.  They kept a house of ill fame and in 1796, in the February of that year soldiers gathered and pulled the house down.  The Governor issued orders condemning the soldiers severely.

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John Baugham was a ? of some skill.  He and a man named Wilkinson, a carpenter in Lieut-Governor Gross’s time erected mills for public use.  It was to Wilkinson that Gross entrusted the work.  The timber was cut by a gang of convicts at Petersham.  By December 1793 Wilkinson and Baugham had each the frames of a mill erected.  By February 1794 Baugham’s mill house was roofed an on 10^th March 1794 the first trial began.  Wilkinson’s second mill was started a month later April 1794.  It was larger than the first one at Parramatta.  After a fair trial it was  condemned.  Not suitable.  George Crossley, Judge Advocate died March 1823 aged 70 years.  He thus fulfilled the debt of his life sentence.  Crossley was sent to Botany Bay for perjury, a crime widely punished by ear cropping.  Michael Robinson an English attorney was also transported same ship.  Crossley had a farm on the Hawkesbury and he with John Bowman, Mathew John Gibbons, William ? and Thomas Matcham Pitt who were appointed a deputation to congratulate Governor Bligh in condemnation of John Macarthur’s free settler scheme.  He was a partner of Nicholas Devine – his brother in law.  He defended Gore in an important case got two bullocks and a cow for his able defence.

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In 1810 Governor Macquarie issued 20 Rum Licenses.  Among them Michael Hayes who occupied a house of Mrs Reibey’s in High St now George St.  It was described as No. 2.  In 1809 Daniel MacKay had a Rum License for his house – how was it worked.

Thomas Jamison, a surgeon, who went to England on the trial of Colonel Johnston, died there.  A leave was in his possession which went to show that Mrs Reibey obtained No. 1 License prior to 1810.  And it was merely renewed.  The house was in Macquarie Place.  Surgeon John White was appointed Chief Surgeon to the settlement in Oct 1786.  He returned to England in 1794.  He was surgeon of the Irresistable at the time.  Quite a young man of great promise in his profession.  On his return to England he condemned the settlement, and in April 1790 advocated its removal in the press.  Yet he secured a grant of 100 acres on Parramatta Road, and had a lease near Dawes Point.  In Sept 1796 it passed into the hands of Thomas Moore who was appointed master builder in place of Daniel Paine.  George Barrington was same year (1796) appointed superintendent [of] convicts at Parramatta.  Thomas Clark having returned to England.  Moore had 470 granted him at Bulanaming Street, Redfern.

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In 1807 Mr Moore had 2000 acres of land and his livestock had increased from 1805 one hundred fold.  Thomas Moore signed the address of thanks to Johnston for having arrested Bligh.  He resigned office Oct 1809.  On 17^th May 1810 he was appointed a justice of the peace for Liverpool.  Simeon Lord and D’Arcy Wentworth were on same day appointed magistrates for Sydney and Cumberland.  Thomas Moore became honorary superintendent of Convicts – obtained 600 acres – Moorebank – 1300 acres and 385 acres in other localities.  He died in 1840 at Liverpool..  James Glover died Jan 1874 aged 85 years.  His son died aged 51 have been born in 1823.  Glover was superintendent of stonemasons on the Rocks.  Henry Cohen of Port Macquarie died in 1867 aged 91 [or 81] years.  Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass and Sir John Franklin were associated in New South Wales in Governor Bourke’s regime.  Colonel Snodgrass died at Raymond Terrace in 1852.  Hon Thomas Icaly ? died Feb 1875.  He was an old and distinguished colonist – owned Combing Park, Carcoar.  Andrew Byrne of the Peacock Inn, Hayward St.  He was a Vinegar Hill man in 1798, an old colonist.  Henry Cox – Burwood – did 1875 aged 79 years.  George Kenyan Holden – a solicitor – died 16^th April aged 67 years.  A friend of Governor Bourke.

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William Moffitt – the stationer 31^st July 1874, died aged 73 years.  He established himself in King Street about 1805, as a book-binder.  Yeo succeeded him and Penfold succeeded Yeo.  Moffitt died very wealthy.  In 1874 Lady Mary Jamison died aged 74 years.  In 1874 Mrs Sarah Silk – a native of the colony died aged 79 years.  Lancelot Iredale died 1848 – he was one of Sydney’s merchants.  Richard Bourke – son of Governor Bourke, who was Governor of N S Wales from 1831 to 1837 – was born May 30^th 1812 – died in 1904 aged 92 years.  His sister married Edward Deas-Thompson of Sydney.  Edward Butler was a native of Kilkenny – born 1829, died suddenly June 9^th in Sydney 1879.  A forceful man.  Richard Bourke joined the 1^st Foot – as ensign in 1798.  The year of big trouble in his native country.  He saw some fighting was severely wounded.  After the Peninsular war he returned to Ireland and purchased Thornfields, Castle Connell, Limerick.  He was appointed Colonel 64^th Foot in 1837.  He died Aug 1855.  James Howarth died Jan 11^th 1875 aged 59 years.  His daughter married John Roseby – a monumental mason and temperance lecturer.  Roseby at a meeting said he saw a man on the south coast who drank a team of bullocks and a dray.   A back seater said – Yes! I saw the hole out of his X

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In February 1845 Captain John H Gennys ? died at the age of 65 years.  Captain Gennys was of the Royal Navy and married a daughter of Thomas Icaly of Combing Park, Carcoar.  He died in Stoke House behind Stoke Hill.  William Webber Toogood – solicitor eldest son of William Toogood of the Golden Fleece Hotel, King and George Streets died 1875.  William Henry Jamison – at Glen Alice – youngest son of Sir John Jamison died 1875 – a prominent NSW squatter.  Six men – 3 in Sydney and 3 in Parramatta were hung in one day during the first few months of Governor King’s rule for sheepstealing, and Constable Lukin was killed.  A man from the Anne Boylan, a colonial craft was also killed near the Rocks area.  In King’s regime a man was reprieved [if] the rope broke three times.  He had a pillory erected in the original Market Square.  Prisoners ears were nailed thereto as in England.  It was situated at King’s Wharf, Lower George St. 

The island of Mattewayne, Pinch Gut – where prisoners were sent to be starved to death.  Many were hanged there and were allowed to swing there for hours.  Isaac Nichols came out in the ship Admiral Barrington Oct 1791.  He was then 21 years old.  He was charged with receiving stolen goods in 1799.  He was found guilty sentenced to 14 years Norfolk Island.

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He held the position of chief overseer of the different gangs.  Governor Hunter dispensed with the sentence.  Henry Kable, Charles Gorrell (a seaman of the Reliance), Peter Payne, James Remnant, Joseph Taylor, James Lacey, Richard Bloomfield, Richard Boyle, Michael Cleary, James Mansfield, William Johnson (the public hangman), Joseph Wass (a prisoner on his way to the gallows) in the same cart as Samuel Wright, who stole the tobacco and was on his way to be hanged.  Wass was flogged and Wright was hanged.  Samuel Wright was hanged for burglary from the house of Simeon Lord in Lower George St. 

The following a list of names were sent home by Governor King in 1800.  In June 1802 they were received back by King (Hunter’s successor).  Isaac Nichols, felonry and burglary, 12^th March 1799 – transported to Norfolk Island.  William Collins, felonry and burglary, 11^th March 1799 – death.  Thomas William Lancashire, forgery 1^st April 1799 – death.  Edward Powell, Simon Freebody, James Metcalfe, William Timms, William Butler found guilty of killing two natives Oct 1799.  Chapman Morris, forgery Dec 1799.  Isaac Nichols obtained a free pardon – the other prisoners obtained conditional pardons.  Isaac Nichols Simeon Lord, Andrew Thompson, John Wright?, Daniel Beven were allowed to convert their holdings into freeholds owing to the amount of money they had spent on them.

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Nichols was appointed a post master in 1809 and Governor Macquarie approved of it on his arrival – obtaining as a surety a deposit of ₤500.  Nichols died Nov 1819 aged 49 years.  George Robert Nichols was born in 1809.  He was a lawyer.  Charles Hamilton Nichols a pressman – owner and editor of Bell’s Life were sons of Isaac Nichols of Sydney.

Sir John Jamison MD RN HMS Gorgon, Physician, Baltic Fleet.  Died Regentville 29 June 1844.  Robert J Jamison eldest surviving son died 27^th June 1878.  Jessie, wife of R J Jamison died Nov 1842.  John Nepean, son of above, died Dec 1860.  W Martin died Dec 1838 aged 70 years.  Sophia Priscilla Rouse died Jan 1848.  George Allen, about the year 1816 – as a lad of 16 years – he found his way to Sydney.  He was the son of Dr Richard Allen – Physician to George the Third.  Young Allen was born in London.  He was the first Colonial Attorney & Solicitor admitted by the Supreme Court.  That was in 1822.  He married in 1823.  In 1821 he obtained a large area of land at Glebe Point – named it Toxteth Park.  He died in 1877.  Then the family erected a mansion.  George Wigram Allen died there in 1885 and the mansion has since passed into possession of the Catholic Church.  The Good Samaritan Sisters carry on their good work there now.  Much in opposition to poor old Marina

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Camilla Marina – an hotel keeper at Young and Murrumburrah and at Kiama.  He who married Senior Sergeant Sutherland’s widow.  Sutherland was shot at Beni? Creek Cowra by an armed robber whom he was trying to arrest.  In the mid fifties Sergeant Major Darley of the Mounted Police was stationed at Carter’s Barracks.  He had been a Lieutenant in the 17^th Regiment Foot and was once in charge of the mounted patrol at Goulburn.  The Inspector General of Police in 1844 was Captain Joseph Long Innes.  Captain McLerie succeeded hom and died there.  Fosbery followed McLerie, Martin Brennass succeeded Fosbery.  Sir George Innes was born in his grandmother’s house at Macquarie Place – Mrs Reibey.  His father never obtained the rank of major.  The gentleman who held that rank of the same name was Major A C Innes who was Commandant at Newcastle and subsequently at Port Macquarie and was in no way related to Captain Innes of the Police.  Thomas Arundell was an assistant surgeon in the First Fleet.  He died at Cattai on the Hawkesbury River May 2^nd 1821 aged 68 years – buried at Windsor.  He left a large family to mourn his loss and spend his money.

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Major Lockyer of the 57^th Regiment, which came to Sydney in the early twenties and was located in the old Barracks in George Street.  Nicholas Lockyer was born in Bay Street, Woolloomooloo in October 1855.  In May 1856 his father was appointed Usher of the Black Rod.  Major Lockyer was 150 miles inland from Moreton Bay before Brisbane was founded.  In 1826 with a party of soldiers and a number of convicts 70 all told – he went to Western Australia to found a settlement at Albany.  He had an extensive grant of land 112 miles from Sydney town.  Goulburn – known as Lockyersleigh.  Major Lockyer also owned Ermington on the Parramatta River

John Brown – Brownsville – Dapto – Illawarra was born June 2^nd 1827 at Liverpool N S Wales and arrived with his parents in Illawarra 1829, died 1912 aged 85 years.  A useful citizen till the end.

William King kept the Spread Eagle.  Dennis Kearney kept the Brougham Tavern on the corner was the Rainbow Inn kept by little Alfred Toogood.  Dan Tierney kept the Currency Lass – Fred Riley kept the Red House Inn – Fred Kosten? The Prince Frederick Hotel.  Mrs Maria King soon had her name over the Spread Eagle and Catherine Johnston owned the Brougham Tavern. 

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Edward Goodwin died 1875 aged 51 years.  He was the son of Edward Goodwin of Princes St and was born in a windmill on top of the Church Hill in the time of Governor Ralph Darling.  He opened the Turon Inn in 1851.  Now the Agincourt Hotel.  The windmill mentioned would be where Grosvenor Hotel stands.  The Rev W B Clarke died 1875 aged 81 years, Captain William Stanford Pilford died 1875 aged 71 years.  He kept the Royal Admiral Hotel in Macquarie Place – Mrs Mary Reibey’s old premises.

Mathew Connolly kept a pawn shop in Newtown.  His daughter was the second wife of Bishop William Xavier Bailey of the Free Church of England – died 1875.  Patrick Lacey died in 1875 aged 87 years.  In 1875 Dick Underwood died  aged 59 years – was he the father of Dick of Quirindi?  Arthur Orton – the Tichbourne claimant was found at Wagga Wagga by Arthur Cubitt – a missing friends’ agent.  Edward Samuels kept the Golden Fleece Hotel were the ABC Bank stands.  The old Black Boy Corner.  Ricketty Dick and Queen Gooseberry – she was called Old Mother Gravy-eye by the boys – as a nickname.  Esther Kerry – where the Angel Hotel stands was the Goulburn end of the private dwellings of Esther Terry.  Mrs Terry’s house was sold privately to Thomas Holt

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Of the Warren-Cook’s River.  Mrs Rosetta Terry was the widow of Sam Terry.   She was Mrs Rosetta Marsh – a widow at the time Sam married her.  Esther was her daughter and was the widow of John Terry Hughes – Sam’s nephew.  This Esther Terry Hughes lived and died in Albion House, Elizabeth Street, near Toohey’s Brewery.  Esther Marsh was married to John Terry Hughes Sept 29^th 1825 and left same day for Mr  Terry’s country seat at Box Hill near Windsor. 

In 1840 Sir George Gipps gave his Annual Government House ball – Mr Henry Stuart Russell – Pioneer historian of Queensland was invited – a new chum.  Russell met John Allman who had been appointed Commissioner Crown Lands [?] Owen McDonald and Arthur Lecaister? of New England District.  Captain H H Brown of North Shore an illicit still detective.  Police Magistrate – all there were staying with Mr Bulter? At Corner of Bridge Street & Macquarie Place – Simeon Lord’s house – Russell’s old house.  When Mossman was bush it was the home and haunt of illicit distillers.  The Rangers was built by Oswald Bloxcome of the Liverpool Ranges New England.  Russell lived in this house in the forties and purchased it in 1859.  It was originally bought from Captain Joseph Moore by Bloxcome for ₤100.  Russell added 160 acres to the property.  At a Government House Birthday Ball in 1808 Mr Henry McDermott wine & spirit merchant

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had an invitation for himself and wife who was a daughter of an Imperial Officer Lieutenant Small.  It was known that McDermott was the son of an officer in the army and was well connected in Ireland.  But as Small had risen in rank from a common soldier to that of an officer – Major Barney – the Governor aide de camp ordered McDermott to take his wife home.  Small was Sergeant Major of the 39^th Regiment of Foot.  He retired from the army and went into business.

In 1876 Richard Grosvenor Bandeman, 11^th Regiment died.  Thomas Haslem, Henry Alphen – hotel keeper – Alphen died 1876.  Alfred Cheeke – judge – arrived in N S Wales 1838 – died 14^th March 1876.  He rose from the ranks and became a noted Colonist.  He was a bachelor – his nephew Mr George Cheeke married a daughter  of William Long.  Judge Cheeke’s stud was at Yarraville, Campbelltown and was a valuable one at the time.  The Brisbanes – there were two Brisbanes – Commodore Sir James Brisbane Kt CB KH to whom Governor Sir Ralph Darling accorded special eulogy.  He died in Sydney Dec 19^th 1826 aged 52 years.  Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of N S Wales from 1821 to 1825.  He was not related to Sir James.  Sir Thomas’ real name was McDougall.

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Alexander McLeay who in 1825 arrived in N S Wales.  He was then 58 years of age.  He was the eldest son of William Macleay of Cathness, Scotland.  Born in June 24^th 1767 – died July 19^th 1848.  He married Miss Barclay and was the father of 19 children.  9 of whom lived to see his remains returned to mother clay.  William Sharp MacLeay was born Londond 21^st July 1792.  Arrived in N S Wales 1829 with a pension of ₤900 from the Imperial Government died 26^th Jan 1865.  Had a station at Ulladulla.

Lady Mary Fitzroy daughter of Charles fourth Duke of Richmond, Lenons?, and Aubigny.  Killed 7^th Dec 1847.  Wife of Charles Augustus Fitzroy KH.  Sir Maurice O’Connell was a cousin of the Irish liberator Daniel O’Connell.  Sir Maurice was born in Darry____? County Kerry Ireland.  He landed in Sydney 1809 in command of the 73^rd Regiment of which Macquarie was Colonel.  Sir Maurice remained in Sydney till 1874.  His son Sir Maurice Charles O’Connell was born Sydney 1812 (in the George St Barracks).  He went to Queensland.  In 1814 Sir Maurice went to Ceylon with his regiment.  He returned to Sydney in 1838 as Commander of the Forces.  Was relieved by Major General Wynyard in 1847.  General Sir Maurice O’Connell died in Sydney 1848.  His widow died 1864.

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On July 23^rd 1802 Governor King by General order fixed the boundaries of the parishes of Sydney and Parramatta.  The part of the order referring to St Phillips is as follows:-  “The district of Sydney, Petersham, Bulhanaming, Concord, and Liberty Plains to be henceforth named St Phillips in honour of the first Governor of New South Wales”.  Three lady leaseholders on Meehan’s map – Rosetta Marsh, Ann Robinson and Mary Newton.  Mrs Marsh had a license to sell spirits which was transferred to Sam Terry.  And it is surmised that the other ladies held licenses also.  Next to Mrs Newton was Lieut Neil McKellar of the N S W Corps who imported grog.  Then Thomas Whittle a sergeant of the N S W Corps.  Next was James Bloodsworth who came out in the First Fleet.  He was superintendent of Bricklayers.  John Gowen was where the Colonial Sugar Coy offices are.  He was storekeeper for the N S W Corps.  The George Howe – the printer. Captain Wilkinson and Solomon Wiseman who had a spirit license in O’Connell St, Sydney.

Robert Hancock died Feb 1876 aged 75 years.

The native name of the Hawkesbury River has been fixed? By some authorities as Doorubbin.

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Jack Ashworth was born Bathurst New South Wales where he had been associated for 70 years [illegible]  Jimmy Ashworth distinguished himself on the turf.  He was trainer and jockey for John Tait of Byron Lodge, Randwick Sydney.  He rode Volunteer when he ran a dead heat with Tarragon at Flemington in 1866.  In the run-off Tarragon won.  Ashworth rode Tait’s Zoe in 1860 and 1861 when she won the 2^nd & 3^rd Champion races at Flemington.  In 1849 Zoe had run 2^nd in same race being beaten by W C Yuille’s Flying ?.  Ashworth rode Talleyrand for Tait in 1862.  He on Tait’s Barb won the Championship in 1867.  Ashworth won the first Derby for Tait on Melbourne in 1874.  Tait had the unique pleasure of winning two Derby’s with Firework in 1867 & 1868.  Ashworth won the AJC Ledger on Goldsborough in 1874 – A Martin in the saddle.  As a trainer Ashworth was successful.  Fisher’s Smuggler and Tait’s Volunteer – Morrison & Ashworth up for the Victorian Queen’s Plate.  This was an unsatisfactory race, according to public opinion.  In 1857 ‘Veno’ owned by G J Rowe – Higgerson up.  Alice Hawthorne – owner Chirnsides – Steve Mahon up – was a memorable race in many respects.

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Major E H Weston died 1913 aged 81 years.  He was a son of Captain Weston of the H E I Company.  Afterwards a judge in India who married Miss Blanche Johnston – daughter of Colonel Johnston of Annandales, Sydney.  Miss Johnston was born in 1806 in Sydney.  The Westons went to India – Returned to New South Wales and settled at Horsley a grant of 2000 acres near Parramatta.  Given to Colonel Johnston by Philip Gidley King Governor of New South Wales.  Mrs Captain Weston lived to be 98 years of aged dying in 1904.  Major E H Weston died at Mossman in 1913 aged 81 years.  He was a man of mixed ideas – never moved much about among his neighbours only in a mysterious way.  He had to put up with much annoyance from his neighbours, but most people considered he was to blame.  In his case we must let the dead past bury the past.

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Foveaux of the N S W Corps – 102 Regiment said August 1813 “The battlement at Port Jackson is not calculated for an extensive population; the limit is from the coast westward does not extend 50 miles; the north side is bounded by Broken Bay; and the south by Botany bay.  The country to the

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North & south of these boundaries is very bad, and impenetrable mountains obstruct a communication with the interior on the west within this confined space one half of the land is absolutely useless, being barren in the extreme.  The present supply of grain is drawn chiefly from the banks of the River Hawkesbury, which runs into Broken Bay, the ground immediately on its banks is very productive and worked with little labour; but it is very subject to be overflowed, not periodically, but at all seasons of the year.”

This little dominion was terribly policed by the military.  Macquarie brought with him as Colonel commanding the 73^rd Regiment of Foot, a regular little army.  In 1813 there were present in the Australian Settlement 63 sergeants, 23 drummers, and 1292 rank and file; in all 1378 men of all ranks – exclusive of the Staff and Commissioned officers of the first battalion of the 73^rd Regiment and the Veteran Company.

The military establishment at Sydney was computed at 1619 but this was inclusive of 160 women (the wives of soldiers), and 375 children.  Of a total population of 12,173 persons 3806 were victualled from the public store by the Imperial Government, and 8367 maintained themselves by the settlers to whom they were assigned servants.   Hard to define – Bond & Free.

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1823 – When John Oxley went on his northern voyage in the ‘Mermaid’ – a voyage of discovery on behalf of the Government of N S Wales – with a view of selecting a suitable spot to which to deport prisoners from the over-crowded settlement in the south they by chance drifted into the entrance of the Brisbane River.  They noticed a number of blacks congregating on the beach.  One of these, taller and much lighter skinned than the others attracted Uniake’s – the Commander of the Mermaid – attention and he prevailed on Oxley to send a boat ashore.  To their surprise the taller fair blackfellow turned out to be Thomas Pamplet, who with Richard Parsons, and John Finnigan in the previous year had been on a trip from Sydney to Five Islands – Illawarra in an open boat searching for cedar – and on their return were blown out to sea.  But eventually they reached Moreton Bay.  They suffered great hardships.  Thompson dying at sea.  Pamplet stated that they received great kindness at the hands of the Moreton Bay blacks – so much so that he very reluctantly parted from the tribe in Brisbane.

James Wilshire Deputy Commissary-General of New South Wales.  Received a grant 570 acres known then as Rednoyre.  This land was granted owing to service rendered to Admiral Lord Nelson.  It is now known as Strathfield.

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Matthew Flinders was born in Lincolnshire England March 1774.  Studied medicine. In May 1790 he joined Bligh and went on a voyage to the South Seas.  On his return in 1793 he joined the Bellerophen and was present at Lord Howe’s Victory June 1^st 1794.  In the August of 1794 he joined the Reliance which brought out to N S Wales Captain Hunter – the second governor.  They arrived Sept 1795.  Within a month later he started with Dr Bass and a boy, in a whale boat appropriately named ‘Tom Thumb’ and explored Botany ascending 20 miles further up Georges River than had been before reached.  In March 1796 they again set sail and explored the Illawarra Coast in the same boat.  In Sept, he sailed in command of the Norfolk – a sloop built in Van Dieman’s land exploring the bays & harbours.  In jUly 1799 he explored the coast to the north as far as Breakout Spit.  He failed to discover the rivers on the coast and returned to England in the Reliance in 1800.  In 1801 he was appointed to the Investigator for a voyage of extended and scientific exploration of Australia.  In Sept 1804 Cape Leeuwin and the South Coast was reached, and the South Coast examined and a chart arranged.

The first horse race in Australia that is recorded took place at Parramatta.  It was a mere ? – two horses – Parramatta & Belfast were raced – April 1810.

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The living hells of Australia – Prison Hulks 1853.  Hare of the Victorian Police Force was the youngest son of a family of 17.  His father was Captain Hare of the 21^st Dragoons, a regiment stationed at the Cape of Good Hope.  Hare was prominent in the capture of the Kelly Gang of Bushrangers.  In Victoria, at the Richmond Stockade there were on the average 45 convict prisoners.  Their labour value was 4/5 per man.  The first prison hulk in Victoria was the President.  The hulk ‘Success’ was then in course of preparation.  These hulks being stationed away from the land were intended as a means of cutting off the prisoners from all society.  Out of sight, out of mind, etc.  The Success was a trading vessel originally.  What a Whirligig of events could be recounted in the wooden walls of that ship.  She had from time to time the strange secrets of men in her bow  Hopes, joys, fears, griefs, sorrows and cruel afflictions.  Sailor men from all lands – speaking all tongues and prisoners who had committed all crimes.

The President and Success – tow floating prisons were intended for service at the Williamstown Works and Breakwater.  The Success was moored at Gellibrand’s Point Lighthouse.  After a probationary term on the Success it was intended to remove the

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prisoners to the stockade and prisons in Melbourne and from thence to be sent out ticket of leave men.  3 years on the President was termed 3 years punishment.  The was the first course of a 14 years sentence.  5 years on the Success was called the probationary term, 3 years at the stockade – qualifying for indulgences – such as ticket of leave under a cruel master.  Samuel Burrows was the Superintendent of Convicts in Victoria.  Out of 370 men only 67 were sent to Victoria on their first conviction.  The remainder had been convicted two or three times and had been confined in gaols and penitentiaries in England.  Where after having undergone sentence had been transported to New South Wales, Van Dieman’s Land or Norfolk Island, or exiled for life.

In 1806 Governor Bligh arrived in Sydney with his daughter, and his son-in-law Captain Putland.  The Governor was a past Captain of the Royal Navy.  The English Government had sent out certain articles which were usually retailed by the military authorities to the people making enormous profits.  Bligh’s instructions from the Duke of York was to make the military officers live on their pay and have the goods retailed out to the settlers at a trifle over cost price in England.  During Governor King’s regime there were two classes of people in NSW.  Those who sold and those who drank rum.

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Captain John Macarthur’s profits were curtailed and influenced Major Johnston against Bligh.  Governor Bligh issued an order for the arrest of John Macarthur for disobedience of a order of the Judge Advocate.  The subsequent arrest & disposal of Bligh is a very long story – must be written in book form. 

Robert Campbell of Sydney took up land in the Queanbeyan district in 1820.  The other pioneers were the Mowatt Bros, Joshua & John Moore, John Wright of Lanyon, Tuggranong, the Palmers of Binderra, and Jerrabemburra and Richard Guire of Gundaroo.  Robert Campbell arrived in Sydney in 1799 and in the year 1820 was given a grant of land worth ₤12,000 for a consideration.  Campbell was instrumental in bringing out some very excellent people connected with the best of Scottish Highland families.  Men with capital and grit.  Widow Long grew wheat in 1855 – grew wheat at Yarrowlumla Creek, 60 bushels to the acre.  Emigrants with ₤1,000 capital were induced by the Campbells to come out to NSW in 1839 – 40.  The old Monaro homes of the Campbells – Duntroon & Yarrowlumla in the centre of the Federal Capital Site.  It is named Canberra.  What does it mean.

Greycliff is an historic house of the Wentworths.  Dr Reeve – Wentworth’s son-in-law lived in it. Vaucluse.

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Hyde Park, Sydney was the the scene of a Race meeting October 1810.  Race meeting were arranged there by the officers of the 73^rd Regiment.  Macquarie’s own and those meetings continued till 1828.  Hyde Park was known as the the racecourse by all the old timers.  The Australian Jockey Club came into existence April 1828.  On July 22^nd & 24 1829 the first meeting was held on the Hawkesbury River.  The Killarney Course is where the race-meetings were held.  The Clarendon Racecourse was evidently a private concern.  The Publican’s Purse – 50 guineas ws won by Bayley’s Tomboy.  It existed as a race meeting 85 years.  C S Guest was its secretary 40 years.  Four days racing per year on the Clarendon Course near Windsor.

George Matcham Pitt was a descendant of Lord Nelson.  Mrs Pitt, the first of  the family to visit Australia, did so in 1801 – in the ship Canada.  Thomas Matcham Pitt was her son – George Matcham Pitt was his son and died aged 82 years.  Lived for years in Kirribilli Point.  But his early house was Richmond – near Windsor.  Henry Colden Antill, son of Major Antill of Jarvisfield – Picton died 1913 aged 89 years.  Major Antill received a grant of 2000 acres of land at Picton.  He called it Picton after General Picton.

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Mr Bettington of Brindly Park – Merriwa – N S Wales had in 1828 a flock of pure bred Merino sheep.  They were brought out in that year by Mr Fred Bracker of Warroo Qland.  The Broenthal company purchased some of the descendants of the importations from Bettingham.  After Deuchar left Glengallass? (he had some of these pure Merinos) Mr W B Slade took charge of them and kept them pure till 1913 – When he gave a flock as a present to the 2^nd government.  The original importation was the pure Silesiau owned by Prince Lichnowski.  The only importation introduced by Mr Duechar was from Baron Von Maltezern’s flock – direct in line with the Bettington’s. 

David Buchanan died April 1890.  A lawyer politician Sir Henry Parkes died April 1896.  A politician. 

Walter Hood – Aberdeen ship wrecked April 1870.  O’Farrell was executed for shooting Duke of Edinburgh 1868.  Settlement formed Newcastle N S Wales 1804.  The family of Kent – William Kent left NSW May 24^th 1805 in Flinder’s vessel the Investigator.  He had one son William Mark Kent.  Poet and journalist.  Little is known of the Kent family since the time of Bligh’s departure from N S Wales.

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Lieutenant Cox employed over 20 people at his home at Clarendon.  The Kings of Dunhaved, South Creek and Sir John Jamieson of Regentville maintained large establishments.  Mrs L H Browne was a daughter of Mrs E Riley.  Mrs Browne was therefore the wife of Rolfe Boldrewood.  Her sister Christiana Sarah Riley married Essington King – son of Admiral King.  There were old families represented at that wedding – which lasted a whole week.  The Cordeaux’s of Leppington, the Raymonds of Taroville, Mrs Riley cousin Miss Jane Wilson was married to Charles King – another son of the Admiral and there was another week of spreeing.  Arthur Bloomfield was married to Ann daughter of Colonel Mackenzie.  Mis Louisa Matilda Bloomfield was married to Lovick Tyrell – a nephew of Bishop Tyrell.  Then came the death of Thomas Valentine Bloomfield.

The Macquarie property at Ulva was sold in 1777 – the Macquarie in question was then 62 years old.  He entered the army – served with distinction and died in 1818 having attained the age of 103 years.  There were a number of Macquaries in or about Ayrshire at one time – now unknown.  In 1314 the Chief of the Macquarie clan fought under Bruce at Bannockburn.  Governor Macquarie’s father got a Commission in the 74^th regiment of Argyle Highlanders raised in 1777 and disbanded 1783.  The Britannia or Kite’s old mill was owned by James Cox before it got into the hands of the Redgates.

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The Dhour-? Is a Legend of the North of Ireland.  Glenade Lough – six miles from Bundoran – It is a water hound – half dog and half serpent.  A mith. 

William Bernard Ullathorne – monk, author, and Arch-Bishop was born at Pocklington, Yorkshire England in 1806 – dies at Oscott, Warwickshire England in 1889.  He was ordained priest in 1831 and came to N S Wales in 1833.  When he first landed there were only three priests in Australia – namely Fr Therry, Fr McEnson? In Sydney and Fr Connolly in Tasmania.  Dr Polding accompanied by 3 priests & 4 ecclisiastial students arrived in 1835.  Dr Ullathorne wrote a reply to Judge Burton on Religion in Australia.  He was related to Blessed Thomas Moore – and his mother was a relation of Sir John Franklin the illfated explorer. 

Hubert Hugh Kelly of Garraville Gunnedah NSW was born at Woodmount, Ballinasloe – Roscommon – Ireland in 1846 – arrived with his parents in N S Wales in the fifties.  His father John Kelly was Police Magistrate at Deniliquin.  Educated at Lyndhurst College.  He served under the late James Tyson – & he married Miss Margaret Blanch Jennings the youngest sister of Sir C ? Jenninings once in charge of Garrawilla.  He soon became part-owner.

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Remarkable finish in the historic race of the AJC Plate in 1873.  Between Dagworth and Reprieve there was not much to choose.  They were both sons of Tranthendox?.  Dagworth and Reprieve ran a dead heat – with ‘the ace’ Ni? By Tom Hales third.  George Donnelly was on Dagworth and Yeoman’s was on Reprieve.   In the run off Dagworth won by a head.  A most exciting race.  Good sports.  In 1877 at Newcastle – Andrew Loders  C C Black Eagle by Gattendon and J Moore’s  Bn C Excelsior by Gemma-di-vergy and B W Knight’s B C Ingowan by Barbarian.  All three ran a dead heat. Sportsmen.  In 1879 at Randwick in the AJC Members’ Handicap A Loder’s Bn C The Pontiff by The Drummer – De Mestre’s By Colt Caractacus by Captivator and C McEvoy’s Belladrum ran a dead heat.  A remarkable recurrence.

Jos Donnelly the Best of Best Boat Builders was born County Clare Ireland in 1839 and arrived with his parents in Sydney in 1840.  Served his time with Andy Reynolds – foot of Duke St Balmain.  Still living 1914.

The Jamberoo Arms Hotel opened by James Law in 1854 was closed January 1^st 1914.  The result of local option. 

The centenary of Samuel Marsden.  In Nov 1814 Messrs Marsden, Kendall, Hall and King went to New Zealand purchased 200 acres of land from the Maoris for 12 axes.

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Australia – New Holland.  Dampier visited New Holland in 1699.  Cook sailed into Botany Bay in 1770.  Dampier’s account was published in 1703.  Dampier’s description of the country was most unsatisfactory.  It was to this land condemned by Dampier.  Written as unsuitable for French settlement by Dr Bros?, neglected by Cook – that Captain was commissioned to sail in the year 1778.  Phillip was firmly convinced whatever the British government might think, that he was engaged in establishing a great empire.  Phillip’s idea was to see Australia peopled by free men.  When, however, he received his general instructions before sailing for N S Wales he discovered that his government held very different views.  The first Lord of the Admiralty – Lord Howe.  Phillip had to sail – without a supply of clothes for the women.  How terrible! 

William Macpherson – proprietor Barley ? Hotel died January 2^nd 1914 aged 78 years.  Vale! Bang. 

Sophia Gertrude Thorne – youngest sister of the late George Thorne – Darcey Hey – Castle Hill – aged 87 years 1914.  In 1855 we had Thomas Kendall Bowden.  Solicitor Kendall was  a Methodist Missionary in Sydney in 1814, and Thomas Bowden was a pioneer Methodist.  It therefore easily surmised as to what caused the blend in the name of Solicitor Bowden.

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The White House or Executive Mansion, the official residence of the president of the United States was the first public building erected in Washington after the new seat of government had been chosen.  The site was selected by Washington – who himself laid the corner-stone – October 1792.  He lived to see the building finished, and it is said visited it a few days before his death.  The White House was first occupied by President Adams in 1800.  The British troops burned it down when occupied by President Adams in 1814 – leaving nothing but the walls standing.  It was restored in 1818, when the Virginia freestone of which it was constructed was first painted white, to obliterate the traces of the fire – Hence the White House.

Reverend Richard Hill arrived in Sydney in 1818.  Mrs Hill died suddenly and is buried at La Perouse in the year 1836.  Patrick Hill Osborne is a relative.

Lady Mary Fitzroy was killed driving to the marriage of General Sir Maurice O’Connell to Hessey, eldest daughter of Colonel Baldock – 7^th Dec 1847.  She married Sir Charles Fitzroy  March 1820.  Her mother was a daughter of the Duke of Gordon who as Duchess of Richmond ? the historic ball at Brussels  on the eve of the battle of Waterloo.  Lady Mary is supposed to have been present.

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The Scottish Earldom of Lindsay.  John Lindsay Crawford on the death of the 22^nd Earl of Crawford and 6^th Earl of Lindsay, in 1808 came over from the north of Ireland and declared himself to be the rightful heir.  He was tried in Edinburgh for forging documents in support of his case and he was transported to Botany Bay for a term of 14 years.  Lives and adventures of remarkable impostures.  Henry James Hamilton Bethune Lindsay is now the Australian claimant to the Earldom of Lindsay. 

The Angel Hotel.  Where the Angel Hotel stands was the southern end of the private dwelling of Esther Marsh.  It was a two storied building and built in the shape of a hollow square.  On the Angel Hotel end it was built on a depth of 70ft by 20ft.  It then ran along the street to Hoffrung’s building.  The northern end was built on from Pitt St right down to the Tank Stream.  In the centre of the yard was an immense pigeion house – 40 holes and hundreds of pigeons.  After Mrs Terry’s death the property was sold in lots by Mr J S Mort.  The solicitors being Bylyard and Curtis.  John Morris bought the only allotment sold that day.  Lot 5 – 20^th by 66ft on which stands the Angel Hotel.  Thomas Holt of the Warren-Cook’s River bought remainder of the house block later on.

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The Angel Hotel was first opened and named by a man named Muscatt.  He sold it to his son-in-law, a man named Peck – son of a contractor who levelled the Sand Hills and formed Moore Park many years ago.

Mrs Rosetta Terry was the widow of Sam Terry.  She was Mrs Rosetta Marsh, a widow.  Esther was her daughter.  Esther Marsh – Mrs Rosetta Marsh’s daughter by her first husband married John Terry Hughes.  Sam Terry’s nephew.

Hon. E C H Leslie married Miss Biddulph of Shoalhaven.  Mary Louisa Ramsay, eldest daughter of David Ramsay.  M D Dobroyde, Sydney married Alex Learmouth.  She died at Park House, Concord – Jan 1814? Aged 88 years.

The lunatic O’Farrell divided his time while in Sydney between Dan Tierney’s Currency Lass’ corner of Pitt and Hunter Sts and the Clarendon Hotel at the other end of the block.  A weak head ruined by strong drink.

Holt’s Hotel at Lidsdale, Lithgow was closed on 1 January 1914 as the result of the local option vote.  This hotel was situated on the main Mudgee road.  It was a great road, dangerous in the coaching and carrying days.  It was forty years in the hands of the last licensees, which speaks well.

Henry O’Loughton born Campbelltown 1844 died 1914.  His youth was spent in Appin, a very poweful man, a substantioal dairyman and a cattle breeder of note.

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John Read, an old south coast publican died at Dapto 7^th Jan 1914 aged 88 years.  Reid Park was named after him in Dapto in recognisance of his great efforts in securing a park for the town.

Opposite Belmore Park Gardens on the eastern side of Elizabeth Street was in days gone by a 40 acre paddock in which stood the old-time mansion – Albion House – the residence of Esther Hughes – step-daughter of Sam Terry and widow of John Terry Hughes – a nephew of Sam’s and partner of John Hoskings – who was the son of a schoolmaster who had charge of the Orphan School.  Hughes and Hoskings were at one time exclusive merchant land owners.  The Albion House and grounds – 40 acres were sold in 1872.  Henry Keck? Was one time Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol and his son who was a clerk in the George Street Market lived in cottages that had been erected on the 40 acres prior to 1872. 

There was a cottage on the hill in the same paddock next Cooper St.  Captain M M McDonald who married a daughter of John Terry Hughes lived in it.  The Albion Brewery, a ruin in 1873 was also in the block.  After J T H’s death it was used as a four mill and soap factory.

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Messrs J T and J M Toohey purchased that property and some portions of J T H old Brewery are still visible.  Previous to that the Tooheys were doing a large bottling business in Harbour St.  Burrows and Gleesons Brewery was wrecked in the Dandenong Gale.  It was at Waverley – the storm water damaged the beer – and it was owned by the Tooheys – so they reaped a big harvest for damages.  Dr Burdett who sold Mother Welsh’s Pills and Van Hackeress lived on part of Esther Hughe’s 40 acre allotment.

In 1879 John Palmer died aged 79 years.  Same yar Maxwell Rennie Allan – son of David Allan – who was at one time Deputy Commissary General at the age of 57 years.  In same year Edward, Williams-Gregory – father of te cricketers aged 74 years.  Same year R B Randolph – Sydney Merchant aged 83 years.  Same year Enoch Fowler – father of Robert Fowler.  Same year Jonathon Piper – a Brisbane Water Shipwright 70 years.  Same year James Snowball Cooper aged 80 years – a colonist over 50 years.  Same year William Henry Hinton married Eliza Ann Mathews stepdaughter of Charles Kidman of Coogee Bay – formerly the 11^th Colonial Bloomfields Regiment.  William Gerrard Phillips of Balmain died 1879 age 79 years.

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Married in 1879 Wrench and Horne.  She was the youngest daughter of the then late George Samuel Wegg Horne, solicitor – Melbourne.  Wrench was one of Sydney’s auctioneers.  She was tall and beautiful. 

Whilst addressing Mr Justice Fawcett on the Bench Edward Butler QC suddenly expired – 1879 aged ?. 

The Convict Hulks of Victoria were the most cruel instruments used in the penal discipline of an inhuman era.  Every effort has been made by the Victorian authorities to blot out that page of convict life from the records of the colony (now state).  Some day the hellish life led by the poor convicts on board the hulks will be reconstructed.  What ever that meant.

Referring to an outbreak on board the Success the Melbourne Age said “The prisoner ‘at the bar’ of public opinion was not Melville, but the Inspector General of Prisons, John Price, charged with the serious crime against justice and humanity.”  Price was a madman.  On board those hulks men were caged up who had come from Norfolk Island, Van Dieman’s Land and New South Wales.  Some of them crippled from the heavy chains which were in some cases 40 lbs in weight.  Others were scarred and torn with the cat – 1000 lashes in one order.  The hulks lay off

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what  is now Williamstown Pier in the following order as regards distance – The Lysander, The Success, The Sacraments.  All around was a salt water swamp which the prisoners were reclaiming.  The reclaimation of that extensive bay was work of considerable magnitude in Australia – even in 1856 when the hulks were full of prisoners, and when the hulk President – off point Gillibrand contained men who were kept in cells day and night – in filth attempted to escape – Melville the leader (who was undergoing  a sentence of 32 years) was captured.  One was shot –  a few shot – and a few were drowned.  Date of outbreak October 23^rd 1856 – place the Yarra.  Convicts at work were always divided into Barrowmen, Hand-Carters, Smiths, Stonemasons, Rough Carpenters, Pick and Shovelmen and so forth.  Flogged and starved. 

Phillip John Beckett died at Kilbournie Forbes – 82 years 1914.  And Jan 10^th 1914 there died at West? Thomas M Leahy aged 92 years – a 60 years resident born in County Kerry Ireland. Resided Maitland.  Hearts may be attracted by assumed qualities, but the affections are only to be fixed by those that are real.  If the tide of affections run smooth and unbroken ‘tis easy to guide the bark of happiness and security over its bosom.

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A list of the names of persons associated with early New South Wales as cattle owner – Sept 28^th 1816.  Robert Jenkins – Sydney, William W Jenkins – Rose Bay, Hassall Bros – Devil’s Back, William Foster – Devil’s Back, John Kendall – Campbelltown, Captain Kent RN – Sydney, John Jamison – left bank Nepean River at Emu Plains, Isaac Nicholls – Sydney, Andrew Byrne – 76 Pitt St, Sydney, Andrew Thompson – Windsor, John Hosking – Sydney, William Lawson – Parramatta, Richard Rouse – Parramatta, John Singleton – Windsor, Richard Fitzgerald – Windsor, Alexander Riley – Parramatta, William Cox – Parramatta, William Campbell – where Union Club stands, Simeon Lord – Bridge St, Sydney,  Samuel Marsden – South Creek, , Governor King – K Brand – Parramatta, Charles Throsby – Glenfield, John Blaxland – South Creek, Bevan – Parramatta, Dr White – Parramatta, James Larra – Parramatta, Thomas Laycock – Parramatta, Capt Antill – Picton – Stonequarry, Robert Campbell – Nepean River, D’Arcy Wentworth – Homebush, Henry Cable – Provost Master – Windsor, Robert Howe – Windsor, Thomas Thorby – Parramatta, Charles Smith – Beefsteak Corner, William Chalker –

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South Creek, James Badgery – South Creek, Samuel Laycock – Seven Hills, John Oxley – Surveyor General 1816 – Camden, Eber Bunker – Liverpool, John Dixon – Seven Hills, Richard Brooks – Campbelltown, John Piper – Sydney, John Nicholas – Seven Hills, W H Hovell – Seven Hills, S Bradley – Seven Hills, Richard Gore – Provost Marshall – Seven Hills, Richard Jones – St Mary’s, Peter McAlpin – William Blue – Sydney.  Revnd Fulton – Eastern Creek, Hannibal Macarthur – Eastern Creek, W H Allcock – Eastern Creek, McDougall Bros – Eastern Creek.  Smith Bros – Eastern Creek, Henry Cox – Eastern Creek, George Johnston – Eastern Creek & Five Islands – Sept 28^th 1816.

Sydney Markets opened 1810 – Parramatta Markets 1812.  John Lee was at South Creek.  Roland Hassall Superintendant of stock for the Government of N S Wales.

The Yabsley Estate, Coraki – Richmond River has been in possession of the Yabsley family since 1862.  William Yabsley the elder came across from the Clarence River in 1860.  Dr Busby and Captain Brooks’ family – possibly Henry Brooks of Newcastle NSW who was a surgeon had possession of most of the land between Casino and Coraki prior to 1856.

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They held it as squattages – having each a squatter’s license with premptive privileges – ¼ of a cession? Which included all improvements.  The present holding contains 6000 acres of freehold land – comprising river flats and forest ridges in about equal proportions.  The homestead is situated on 160 acres.  Droughty conditions are not by any measure seriously considered as the annual rainfall is from 54 to 56 inches year in and year out,.  Late 1912 a line has been surveyed for a railway from the township of Casino to the deep water at Coraki which would suit both the Clarence and Richmond districts of Tabulum, Youlgabar, Myrtle Creek & Dungawalbin.  From Coraki – a valley run up to the foot of Mt Belmore a distance of 40 miles due west.  Busby’s plains are extensive containing much swampy land that can be drained creating a number of extensive flats which would cover average from 500 to 1000 acres each.  At present the estate is watered by the Richmond River – an extensive frontage.  Sandy Creek – running through the property and several lagoons.  The drainage of the estate could be carried into Sandy Creek by means of one main drain.  Water, however, can be obtained anywhere at a depth of 10? ft.  The sinking of wells is quite a simple operation and windmills could be utilized without difficulties.

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When Dr William Busby came to Coraki in 1852 he brought with him from Cassilis Durham Cattle of the finest quality.  He established a Durham herd on what is known as Busby’s Flats.  Later on he established boiling down works near Woodburn – lower down the river.  Commenced boiling down in March of each year and continued the operation for 4 months, then closed down till the following year.  30 bullocks per day would be boiled down during those 4 months.  The tallow would be placed in casks and rafted down to Ballina and taken from there in vessels to Sydney.

Messrs William senior and William junior of the Yabsley family – the latter a young man, came across from the Clarence River in 1862 with 20 head of dairy cattle Mr Alex Machpherson purchased the lot a little later on and was undoubtedly the first man to send a keg of butter to Sydney from the Richmond River.  One cow was Holstein – Old Dowey? – Lilly – a white cow – Molley Red & White, Polly Red, Cropy – Yellowsides with White back with horns so long that she had to get into the bail one horn at a time.  Mr Yabsley said ‘I am certain that the majority of cows my father brought over here from the Clarence in 1862 were longhorns .  And they were dairy cattle.  I have never seen their equals since for the purpose of the dairy – one cow was equal to three now, in 1892.’

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Rockhampton Queensland as a goldfield was first discovered by prospectors who passed over from Gladstone.  They did not proceed by the Nerr??? but worked across country and discovered gold at Cunoona on the Fitzroy? River.  Later on a shipload of diggers left Sydney enroute for Cunoona – George Adams of Tattersalls Hotel Sydney – and William Lewis, saddler of Kiama were boys then – and accompanied their respective parents on that journey.  The boat got up the river until the rocks were reached.  A railway bridge spans the river at that spot now.  (The writer say the first span of that bridge put into position 14-6-99) not being able to proceed further the diggers disembarked and formed a camp.  That was the foundation of the town of Rockhampton.

Those who would adequately group the social problem of our time should bring to them a mind prepared by a study of the laws of organic life.

Southern lights and shadows of Australia by Frank Fowler.  The Bloody State Church by David Buchanan – Australian production.

Mr George Hindmarsh had boats trading between Kiama and Sydney.  How owned the Charles Webb and the Sea-Serpent.  Had an office in Kiama.  In

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those  days Joseph Pike was post-master at Kiama.  Surely the wiser time shall come; when this fine overplus of might, no longer sullen, slow, and decent, shall leap to music and to light.  Not Pike’s poetry eh!

Milk.  The following device was in use by the milk peddlers of Berlin, Germany in 1890 to present.  The separation of cream from milk through the motions of the waggon – A large conical shaped piece of tin perforated with holes ¼ inch at small end and smaller holes at the large end – is inserted point downwards in each can.  It is claimed that by this simple contrivance the milk at the bottom of the can after a day in the waggon will be as rich as the first drawing in the morning.  Milk was being sold in Berlin at 5 ¼ cents per litre – a litre is a fraction over a quart.  Abortion in cows – Phosphate of Lime and Salt in proportion of one to one and a tablespoonful of the mixture to be given to cows in excessive quantities. 

George Hindmarsh – Gerringong went to the Turon Diggings with John Williams, and Robert Marks in 1852 who lived at Yerragong?

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It was William Congreve who wrote:- ‘Twas now when flowery lawns the prospect made, And flowing brooks beneath a forest shade, A lowing heifer, loveliest of the herd, stood feeding by, while two fierce bulls prepared their armoured heads to fight, by fate of war to prove the victor worthy of the fair one’s love.’

An article in the N S Wales Gazette treating on the great progress of Port Macquarie it was stated there that the Religion was sinking deep into the souls of the prisoners, & that , sugar cane was flourishing – and, that there was every prospect of the settlement becoming in the near future self supporting – Religion, Rum & Rappee

‘Now [illegible] her bosom expands to the gale, And science o’er darkness begins to prevail, And a friend is our patron and ruler we find.  A patron, whose sympathy hails the decree, that bide the bond exile-amend and be free – yes – with Religion, Rum & Rapee.  On the restoration of an old Scottish manuscript, And bring the tale of other years, Which oft resounded to the harp, And listen to the falling tears, To numbers round the harp to wrap, While parent Caledonia views, with pride & work, restored to life, that else had died”  ‘Tis difficult to find the author of this.

John Terry Hughes died in 1861 aged 49 years.

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The last four lines of a poem written by Dr Halloran for which he was unsuccessfully prosecuted by Gipps.  ‘Your pride ere long, will meet a fatal fall, and that unfeeling  heart be taught to feel, unworried by one just had vindictive hurting, Beware! The next may be more deadly certain.

The Homebush Racecourse – In 1792 Homebush looked a place – nothing more.  The race between two horsed – Sportsman and Cooranciss for ₤1000 a side was about all that most men had heard of who were then living.  Some thought that the famous Hyde Park Sydney was a mere sports ground for the use of the military authorities till 1828.  Others said that the Old Sydney Turf Club raced on a new course in 1826 on a portion of land between Grose Farm and Johnston’s Annandale Estate.  When on June 14^th  – 16^th 2000 persons were present at a race meeting when Janine won the chief event.  Such historians do not now understand the nature of even sportsmen’s social distinctions during the first fifty years of the settlement of Botany Bay.

A Mrs Shepherd hung herself in a cabbage tree hut near a waterhole near the bridge, village of Jamberoo – bottom corner of the Recreation reserve.  She was known to the old settlers only – Ritchies.

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William Elyard was granted land at Greenwell Point – And Berry and Wollstonecraft owned Brundee.  B & W expected to see the grow into importance so they arranged an exchange with Elyard.  When Elyard settled at Brundee a constable was living in a house on a corner off the Brundee property.  In due time B & W found out that they had made a most serious blunder in the exchange of properties.  The possession of the small piece of land where the constable had lived was the key to a lawsuit.  The lawsuit to a great extent ruined the Elyards – as the case went to the Privy Council which cost lots of money in those days.  Tanner was the constable’s name.  He was the first policeman in that district after the removal of the penal settlement that was established at Coolangatta.  There were four members of the Elyard family on the Shoalhaven River – William, Alfred, Arthur & Samuel.  William lived in Sydney – Alfred lived at Nerrallee, Arthur lived at Brundee – Samuel lived at Nowra and drew pension money as a civil servant for many years. 

On May 15^th 1803 Father Dixon married Henry Simpson (shipwright) to Cathrine Rourke of the Rock – widow.  Father James Dixon died 4^th of Jan 1840 aged 82 years.  He saw terrible things in Sydney and returned in 1808.

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There died in 1879 James H Rose – a cutler aged 71 years.  Thomas Tippler Smith – builder aged 76 and Charles Meehan of Paddington.  Stephen Greenhill aged 80 years also passed out in 1879.  Sir Edward Deas Thompson died 1879 aged 80 years.  He was a son of Sir John Deas Thompson, accountant – General of the Navy of Great Britain and Ireland. A big order.  Melville or Smith, to give his true name was with scores of others allowed to escape from Circular Head Van Dieman’s Land to Victoria – a regular trade in convicts was kept up with the Tasmanian ports – captains of small vessels charging each convict so much for landing him safe in either N S Wales or Victoria.  The Van Dieman’s Land authorities shut their eyes to this trading as they were glad to get rid of them.  And the price the captains charged was in accordance with the convict prison status.  The ticket of leave men got over cheapest.  A pass holder was charged a little more whilst convicts under sentence had to pay a substantial fee.  At the time most of this trading was carried on Tasmania was receiving its instalments of 4000 convicts every year.

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Once into his environment he became for a time a model character and was soon engaged in a great work, namely, the translation of the Bible into the Language of the Australian black.  He was a man of more than average intelligence and he used his great mental powers for bad over his associates.  The same story is told everywhere.  But in earlier times Norfolk Island was the most dreaded place on earth for NSW convicts.  Convicts were seldom if ever sent on the farms or into the bush to cut timber.  Ticket of leave men were employed getting cedar.  After having cut all the cedar procurable about Druwalla Jamberoo – Michael Hyam commissioned cedar getting operations in the Gap mountain near Budgong.  His son David was sent there to look after the stores and measure the timber.  John Welsh was in charge of the sawyers and Edwin Vidler was in charge of the bullock teams.  The cedar was drawn with bullocks to Budgong at the junction with the Shoalhaven river.  The cedar planks were thrown into the river at this place and floated to Burrier.  From Burrier it was rafted to the boats.

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It took a week to get the rafts to reach the boats owing to the time wasted between tides.  As much as 30,000 feet of cedar was cut on one pit.  Some idea may be formed of the size of some of the cedar trees when a log 12 feet long – squared two sides contained 1040 feet.  Many narrow escapes in the bush and in the river creeks.  Yet few real troubles.  Much cedar came from the vicinity of Illaroo creek.  At Jamberoo – Michael Hyam had an Arab stallion – a grey.  A man named Grover? A ticket of leave man stole it and he was transported to Norfolk Island.  Parson Layton had a grant of 640 acres aat Green Hills – he sold it to William Graham (Terrible Billy).  After years this property was brought into the law courts.  James, John, Mrs Monaghan and the surviving daughters of William Graham junr (who died in 1849) were all interested.  At one time there were five generations of Grahams living at Nowra and Shoalhaven.  When Michael Hyam opened his hotel at Green Hills every other house in the district was a sly grog shop.  Hyam got rid of the lot in a short time.  Sir John & Lady Franklin visited Jamberoo when Hyam kept the hotel and they stayed there.  Lady Franklin sketched the Kiama Blowhole with David Hyam a child on her knee – 1836.

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William and John Gollan; Isaac, John and William Thorburn; and the Macpherson family all left Jamberoo and went to live on the Shoalhaven River.  First church – the Catholic Church – Jamberoo – then there was a Scots Church on the hill – at Jamberoo – Carr was a carpenter and James Conroy was a ship’s carpenter.  A man named Carnell built a lockup in Kiama – mud walls.  He afterwards built Waugh’s mud houses.  Angus Munroe was a builder at Jamberoo and went to the Shoalhaven River.  Old Duke had a garden on Jerrara Creek near Marks’ place.  He was an old stooped man in the early forties.  Constable Sutherland was living in 1843 near where the public school stands.  A man named Bates was teaching school then in Bong Bong St Kiama – Post office at Green Hills was kept by a scotchman named Lang – in Moss’s Hotel.  Wollongong – Barrett – Cobbler’s Hill – Charles J Smith, Bob Benjamin – Billy the Barber sold his wife to Jim Beadle.  Harris built an Hotel – Russell a publican.  George Brown & Mat Ryan were severe with the convicts.  F Wiley’s Terrace Hempill, Hobbs, and ?ritten.  Joseph Wiltshire, Kenneth McKenzie and McKinnon.

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Ratnell was in charge of the sawyers who were cutting cedar at Binidawalls?  Johnny Ritchie was at Yalwal.  His brand was B.Coonawoolaba? Lake – was a sheep station near Jervis Bay.  Major Weston – Lochinvar – Mossman writes date 14^th October 1912.  Major Johnston never imported any pedigree cattle at all.  The Duke of Northumberland sent him out a few Liecester sheep and a creamy stallion – hence the creamy horses in the Illawarra in after years.  The steeplechaser Creamy Jack was a descendant.  David Johnston – youngest son of Major Johnston imported a fine shorthorn bull who was the progenitor of the McGill cattle Illawarra.

A certain number of species having character in common by which they resemble each other and differ from all other species, constitute a genus; a group of genera, similarly associated constitute a family; a group of families constitute an order; a group of orders constitute a class; a group of classes constitute a sub-kingdom; while the latter agreeing with one another, only in characters in which all animals agree, and in which they differ from plants, make up the animal kingdom.

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George Hindmarsh of Gerringong owned 3 stallions.  The Heart of Oak, Defiance and The Duke of Cleveland.  Mr Hindmarsh said that he saw as a boy old Davey Smith – Davey the Lawyer when he had the public house.  Shut the old woman and the daughters in a room.  And tells men that he had three Welsh Cows shut up in his house.  William Rutter Hindmarsh had two bulls.  The Duke of Derriment and Gipsy Boy when he was in Gerringong.

Surgeon John Harries of the old New South Wales Corps was in Parramatta in 1791 and he was much troubled about the health of his Regiment and wrote Governor Phillip to be informed ast to how he (Harris) was to obtain the necessary medical comforts, until the medicines and necessary comforts of the Corps which had been unfortunately left behind in England arrived.

For displaying great interest in the 102^nd Regiment on April 1^st 1793 Harris obtained a grant of 100 acres in the township of Parramatta.  This grant was cancelled in Feb 1794 and in lieu of it he obtained a grant of 110 acres also in the town

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ship of Parramatta.  This latter grant is supposed to include Harris Park and the remainder is covered with bricks and mortar in the form of buildings.  Surgeon John Harris was appointed acting magistrate at Sydney by Governor Hunter and was appointed magistrate for the County of Cumberland and was allowed the free labour of five convicts.  But in time he was called upon to pay towards their up-keep in common with others similarly situated in N S Wales.  Governor King in 1800 in a fit of imagination conceived the notion that a conspiracy was being worked in the settlement to dethrone him.  So he appointed a committee of four consisting of Colonel Patterson, Judge-advocate Dove, William Balmain and John Harris to make enquiries.  As a result 16 prisoners were recommended corporal punishment from 1000 lashes to 200 lashes each.  It was before that committee was appointed that the Rev Samuel Marsden stood by at the punishment on more suspicion of some prisoners at Toongabbie and while Paddy Galvin a mere lad was punished all over the body.  Parson Marsden in his report – headed – Memorandum of Suspected persons, gives

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in detail, as if he gloried in it – the various stages of the punishment meted out to Galvin the suspect.  Joseph Holt an eye witness mentions this punishment of the lad Galvin as being terrible.  In June 1801 Surgeon Harris accompanied Lieutenant Grant, in the Lady Nelson on a surveying expedition between Port Hunterand Port Stephens and made a preliminary survey of the Hunter River.  They ?strated as far up as Singleton of which Surgeon Harries furnished an interesting report.  For this Governor King appointed John Harris a naval officer. Vice-Surgeon Balmain returned to England.  This office included that of Collector of Custons and Health Officer.  In 1802 Governor King appointed Surgeon Harris Superintendant of Police as a Magistrate acting under the Governor and to take the place of Lieutenant Governor in King’s absence – and included Collector of Assessments and placed him over the Gaol and Orphan School.  Colonel Patterson, however, discovered that the duties of Naval Officer and Magistrate performed by Surgeon John Harris of the NSW Corps were contrary to the Express Command of His

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Royal Highness the Commander in Chief who said that officers of Corps were not to be permitted on any account to engage in the cultivation of farms or any other occupation that would detach them from their military duties.  Governor King on being apprived of the fact retained Harris in the office.  At this time Surgeon Harris had five (5) land grants given him by Lieutenant Governor Gross –  and four (4) given him by Governor Hunter – a total of 313 acres – 40 acres of which he had cleared – 30 being unde maize and wheat.  He owned 6 horses, 5 head of cattle, 160 sheep, 170 goats, and 4 pigs. His stock in trade.

When William Gard decided to erect a building near the site of the present Freemason’s Hotel in Kiama in 1847 in which to carry on the brewing of ale he let the contract of the building to a carpenter named Louis Gronass and secured the services of two men – Hunt and Bond – to do duty as brewer and assistant brewer.  David Hartigan now of the Tweed River was also assisting in the brewery.  After Gard’s death Hunt and Bond went into partnership and established a brewery in Manning Street ? of the Catholic Church on the opposite side of the street.

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State Prisons in 1773 by John Howard.  It was a book that created a big sensation.  He told of the damp and nauseous cells – holds of dire wretchedness and vice – over which a jailor sat extracting bribes and under him turnkeys, cruel and vicious operating on their own account.   Mrs Elizabeth Fry took the matter and accomplished some little reforms.  If there were any reforms brought about prior to 1788 – prisoners must have had a terrible time indeed – if we are to judge by the hells that existed in New South Wales.  When George the Third was King.  There were 500 gaols and her dependencies in the reign of George III to which in one year 100,000 prisoners were sent.  Of these 500 gaols only 23 provided means of dividing the sexes and 50 actually had no such provision whatever.  Newgate was a hell upon earth – males and females half nude huddled together.  The Governor of the gaol passed through on his tour of inspection.  Very bold one and there with much reluctance.  Now the Australian prisons were built and conduct on the Newgate model.  No wonder they were hell.

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From the plough to the Racecourse.  The crack hurdle racer Red Corn has recently – 1914 – been sold by Mr Kerr of Sydney, for 1000 guineas to a Victorian Sportsman.  He was originally owned by a farmer in the Stockinbingal district, and had to take his turn in the plough team when required.  The big chestnut had been fairly successful on the flat over a mile course.  He was however a natural jumper and was sold in Goulburn for 100 pounds.  Since passing into the hands of Mr Kerr ‘Red Corn’ started nine times – five wins, one second and one third – twice unplaced.

Antoine Schrieber died 20^th January 1914 aged 92 years.  He had resided at Wallaby Hill, Jamberoo about 60 years.  Born in Germany – buried Catholic Cemetery.

George Pearson died Merriwa 1913 aged 74 years.  He had been a resident of Merriwa for 63 years.

Michael Joseph Shanahan died suddenly Wollongong 1914 aged 62 years.  For a time he conducted a denominational school in connection with St Francis Xaviers Church Wollongong.  He was an excellent cricketer, a great hitter, a wicket keeper of merit and played a good game of bilyards. “Life is a little gleam of time between two eternities”.

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Donald Campbell, brother of Mr P C Campbell of Inverell Station and James Campbell of Pindari Station died 28^th Jan 1914 aged 66 years.  He was born at Inverell Station in 1848 and was the second son of the late Alexander Campbell who originally took up Inverell Station now a populous farming centre.  Sydney’s water supply.  The first water supply was the creek running between Pitt & George Streets.  In 1791 a tank holding 8000 gallons was excavated in the bed of the stream which then became known by the name of the Tank Stream.  It was used till 1838.

James Archer Cawdell died 1914 aged 85 years.  He was a denominational school teacher.  CE at Tullimbar – Albion Park – 43 years ago.  He them became a public school teacher in same place and eventually became a Church of England minister – simple living man.

Patrick Daly born County Cork Ireland arrived in Jamberoo with his parents in 1839 at the age of 3 years.  In 1868 he married Margaret Welsh daughter of Welsh of Wandandian.  Lived at Broughton Vale and Alstonvale – died 1914 aged 78years? [Frank’s question mark]

Jerilderie stuck up and robbed by the Kelly gang Feb 8^th 1879.  Stuck up Mackies, Wannamurra Station next day.  They got away with a great haul and shot Skerritt as a traitor at Beechworth, Victoria.

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The Clarence and Richmond Rivers were discovered by Captain Rous in 1828.  A convict named Craig cleared out from the penal settlement at Moreton Bay and settled with the blacks on the Clarence in the early thirties.  Whilst there he discovered some working bullocks that had strayed from the penal settlement at Port Macquarie and bargained with an official to convey all information to headquarters if he was pardoned.  He was pardoned and after the bullocks had been secured Craig journeyed to Sydney and got in touch with Mr Thomas Small and Henry Gillet of Parramatta.  Small was a son of Segt. Small of the old N S Wales Corps 102^nd Regiment.  Gillet was not a convict – came to N S Wales from the County Cork Ireland.  He embarked in an immigrant ship – The Hiberius – with his wife and two children – 550 souls aboard.  Ship by some means caught fire.  Gillet recovered the ship’s papers – lost his wife and children and was landed in South America.  Gillet built a ship – Small fitted her up – Captain Thorne took charge and they sailed for the Clarence River in 1836 with a number of sawyers.  Early Clarence River pioneers.

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James Hedley died at Tenterfield Station in 1914 aged 75 years.  His father was a shepherd on Tenterfield Station when it was owned by S A Donaldson and later by Messrs Riley and Cooper. 

? at Camden 1880 – George Robert, third son of George Lyttleton Gaudry of Ashby Park, Picton.  He married Maggie Gwendoline Quigg of Clifton Hill, Burragorand.  The Gaudrys date from the early days on NSW.  The original William Gaudry was appointed clerk in the Secretary’s Office and lived in High St, now George St, near Globe Street.  He married Dinah Kable and became connected with the Woldds of Vaudeville, the Leales of Windsor.  Georgy Lyttleton Gaudry was a boxer in his day. He fought Bishop of Windsor on Windsor Racecourse.  He was born in Windsor Jan 15^th 1815 and died at Burragorang Sept 1889 aged 74 years.

Mathew Fawcett died 1880.  James Busby died 1880.  Mrs Helena Maria Lette died at Raymond Terrace aged 82 years in 1850.  She was the mother of Charley Lette.  Handsome Charley Lette who married Bobby Towns daughter.  Mrs Lette snr waas a teacher of music and her husband John Lette was editor of the Chronicle.  Handsome Charley was in the Crown Law Offices and a prominent volunteer – a well known Sydney man.

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Benjamin Warby died at Campbelltown in 1880 aged 75 years.  The Warbys were old stock – away in the twenties John Warby was located at Airds.  His post town being Campbelltown.  William Warby was at Goulburn.  The Yorkshire ? Hotel, Goulburn and Castlereagh Streets belonged to the Warbys and the Liverpool Arms, Pitt and King Streets kept by B R Moore who retired for Country Life to Campbelltown was then taken over by David Warby as Warby’s Hotel.

Richard Cavanagh died at Windsor aged 79 years in 1880.  He was second son of Owen Cavanagh of HMS Sirius and arrived in Sydney 26^th Jan 1788.  In 1880 Gustavus A Clunes Innes.    Innes  died at Hamilton, Victoria.  He was Archdeacon of Hamilton Victoria and only son of Major A C Innes of Lake Innes Port Macquarie, N S Wales.  It was said that Major Innes of the 3^rd Regiment of Buffs married a daughter of Alexander Macleay of Sydney, N S Wales.  Captain or adjutant Rowley had a grant of land now known as Kingston in the vicinity of Sydney.  George William Lord, son of Simeon Lord died in 1880.  Joseph Marshall, a chemist, afterwards of Marshall’s Brewery, Paddington died 1880 at the age of 60 years.  He founded the brewery.

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John Alexander Mathews died at St Peters 1880 aged 71 years.  A very old colonist, came out to NSW in the twenties, very young.  Was employed by Alexander Berry.  In 1834 a brother named William George Mathews came out free.  He also got employment with the Berrys where he remained till the death of David Berry.  After the Hay invasion H G Mathews was pensioned off, although he was wealthy and did not want Hay’s money.  He died result of an accident 1910 at eh ripe age of 90 years carrying many secrets to the grave.

George Loder of Tamworth died in 1914 at 40 years a benevolent man.  He was the oldest son of George Thomas Loder of Wyllie’s Flat, Singleton.  The original George Loder was an hotel keeper in Windsor in the twenties and early thirties, died there in 1834.  In 1880 Thomas James, son of the late James ? Loder of Liverpool Plains was married to Mary Elizabeth, second daughter of the late John Sylvester Ryan of North Shore.  George Loder snr married Miss Arndell.

Michael DeGray died June 1880 aged 69 years.   An old pressman and Custons House Officer.

Andrew MacDougal died at Singleton 1880.  William Charles died Cobbitty in 1880 aged 82 years.

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Henry Connell, assistant Commissary General died in 1880.  He was second son of Antony Connell, barrister at law and Records of ? Ireland.

Merchant Campbell owned two ships which were loaded with seal skins.  They were the only two available in Sydney Harbour to send to India for provisions during a severe drought in NSW.  Campbell sold the ships and cargoes to the government for two grants of land, one 4000 acres the other 5000 acres and 1000 ewes.  In the early twenties he sent up an old trooper who at one time belonged to a ‘Scots-Grey’ Regiment named Ainslie, and put him in charge.  Ainslie had been wounded in the battle of Waterloo and moving out from Goulburn he allowed himself to be led to the Duntroon plains by a black gin.  This selection was called Duntroon after the family estate, the Campbells of Duntroon Argyleshire, Scotland.  The Aboriginal name of the place is Pialigo.  Hence Mount Ainslie. 

A man named Lang was post master at Green Hills now Nowra in 1858.  It was situated in Moss’ hotel and Jimmie McMahon was mail boy.  Mr Tom Collins was born in Tipperary Ireland in 1826.

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Old Tom Campbell of Jamberoo and James MacKay were brotherinlaws.  Sam Chester was a convict in the employ of Campbell.  Campbell had two sisters living with him and one married Yarnoll and the other had a child to her father named Tom Campbell.  He married Mrs Moore.  Old Tom Campbell got Sam Chester to marry his sister Mrs Gordon which he did. Thus relieved he married old Mick O’Meara’s daughter and produced Tom Campbell the cricketer.  Mrs Chester died and Sam Chester married Bill Gard’s widow.  Mrs Yarnell stabbed Donohue and they sold out their farm and left Illawarra.

Roberts a solicitor was Joseph Hector Carruthers first fatherinlaw.  He died at Moss Vale a few years ago aged 80 years  [- about 1910? This is not at all likely]*

J R Wildman of Paddington was artist to the Queen in 1879.  In 1879 Alfred Elyard died aged 73 years.  Edward Hallem, architect of the Sydney Grammar School married Miss Sophia West Lawson, daughter of Lawson of Blue Mountain fame.  Hallem died 1890.  His wife died 1906.  Mrs John McPhillamy of Mount Lamiar?, Bathurst was a Miss Dargin, the Dargins were an old family.

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William Twiggins was a native of Wolverhampton, England, a bricklayer by trade – came to Victoria in 1852 – struck a rich patch of gold at Forest Creek diggings.  Returned to England, squandered it all.  Came back to Victoria and found nothing.  He joined Gipsey Smith in the highway robbery business.  Eventually he succeeded in shooting Serjant McNulty and was hanged in Victoria in 1857 aged 33 years.  Gipsey Smith was sent to the Hulk President, was removed to Pentridge, got a ticket of leave and conducted himself peaceably till his death.  A reformed savage so to say.

On 21-1-14 there died at Bathurst William Dargin aged 78 years.  He was the second son of John Dargin of Bathurst.  The Dargins originally settled on the Hawkesbury.  Thomas Dargin had a public house in Windsor in 1813.  His widow kept that house in the early thirties.  In the twenties James Dargin kept the Bull’s Head in George St, Sydney.  John Dargin had an hotel in Parramatta.  Joseph Dargin was at Darlington, Singleton in 1837.  Michael Dargin was at Newcastle.  Thomas in George St, Windsor.  William Crown Hotel. Brickfield Hill and James had a new hotel in George St, Sydney.

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William Hinchy who kept the public pound at Pitt and Campbell Streets, Sydney died 1879.  In 1879 Thomas Watson died aged 84 years.  He was a chum of old William Moffitt.  Lived for years in a house – Trafalgar Lodge – next door to the Trafalgar Hotel – which he owned.  It was in Castlereagh Street.  He also built the Captain Cook.  In 1879 William Moseley died aged 84 years; and George Banks Suttor died at Baulkam Hills same year aged 80 years.  He was a son of the original Suttor who was a friend of Sir Joseph Banks and came to Sydney in 1800.  In 1879 Thomas Kendall Bowden a solicitor died aged 49 years.  He was a son of the Rev Thomas Bowden.  Alfred George Milson was married in 1879 to Blanche de Mestre, eldest daughter of Edward Lord and grand-daughter of Simeon Lord.  Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Rev Samuel Marsden married Rev H H Robardt in 1879.  Thomas Chippendale died at Bradley’s Creek, Campbelltown in 1879 aged 66 years.  The goaler’s son.

Alexander Elliott died in 1879 aged 72 years.  He lived for years in Wollongong.  Kept Elliott’s Hotel Wollongong – Elliott’s Hotel King and Sussex Streets, Sydney and Elliott’s Hotel in Park St,

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Sydney.  The latter was the town house of the Cooper and hill families.  It is difficult to understand why it was. There were two brothers Elliotts in Wollongong, Frederick and Alexander.  Frederick Elliott kept Elliott’s Farmer’s Hotel in Crown Street, where Hosking’s Chemist Shop was later on and opposite the E S & A Bank.  He afterwards built a new hotel corner of Crown and Corrimal Streets and called it the Royal Hotel.  Their sister married Andrew Lysaght.  She was the mother of Andy Lysaght of the Queen’s Hotel Wollongong and who represented Illawarra in the Legislative Assembly for a few years.  A very large silent man.

Mrs Caroline Chisholm was the daughter of an English yeoman of Northampton, at 20 years of age she married Captain Chisholm of the Madras Army and two years later sailed for India.  In 1837 she and her husband arrived in Sydney and in 1840 Captain Chisholm returned to his regiment.  She returned to England and died in Fulham in Surrey in 1877.  Leaving her sons in NSW. 

In 1880 George Cross MD died in Wollongong 75 years.  Dr Glennis was killed near Singleton aged 72 years.  John Bull died at Liverpool in 1880 aged 77 years.  He was in Liverpool since 1834 – related to Horderns.

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The Round House was situated in Parramatta Road now George St West.   Just there on June 25^th 1825 Constable Byron shot a ticket of leave man named Samuel Lypton or Lepton, aged 27 years.  Constable Byron was tried and acquited, but a fate followed him and he was found dead on the highway later on in Sydney.  The Round House was eventually pulled down and a lock up was erected near the Benevolent asylum, George St.

The Brodribb Bros, William Adam and Kerwick Edmond Brodribb.  Kerwick Edmond was a solicitor and William Adam was a squattor.  Their sister married James Liddle Purvis, barrister-at-law, Melbourne.  W A B was born in London in 1809, was the eldest son of a W A B a solicitor who landed in Horbarown in 1816.  Settled for a time in Goulburn on Auditor-General William Lithgow’s station as manager.  Then went to take charge of a sheep station at Gundagai.  From there to the Monaro to manage a station for Mr Bradley.  Became an owner of stations in both NSW and QLD, died in 1886, possessed forces of character. 

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Probate of her will was granted to Mrs Blanche Weston, a sister who died in 1904 aged 98 years.   A quiet family.

Joseph Hector Carruthers married Louisa Marion Roberts in 1879.  Her father was a solicitor and a native of Sydney.  John Oatley? kept The Sportsman’s Arms in Goulburn Street.  He was mayor of Sydney and represented Canterbury on the Legislative Assembly.  In Goulburn Street he had for neighbours Bill Hinchey the pound-keeper and old John Carruthers who took Keek’s place in the markets.  Carruthers died in 1891 aged 86 years where stands [illegible]

William Tarrant MD was killed in Kiama June 1880.  The Yorks were butchers, splendid types of men, Sydney natives, especially James and Charley.  James died June 1880.  Luke Dillon an Irish nobleman was transported to Botany Bay for rape on a society lady.  He died insane in Paris, France where he had lived a fast life.

Old John Driver had public housed in Castlereagh Street, where now stands Belmont Chambers.  His father kept the Three ? in Elizabeth Street.  John Driver’s son Dick Driver was a solicitor and died 1880, 51 years.  Reuben Uther? Died at Crown St Surry Hills July 1880 aged 90 years.  Mrs Sarah Wentworth, W C’s wife died 1880 aged 75 years.  A daughter of Francis Cox – her sisters were Mrs Dick Hill and Mrs Geo Bloodworth.

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Thomas Charles Stanley was a celebrated jockey in his day.  He died Feb 1914 aged 69 years.  He rode the winner of two Victorian Derbys in 1868.  That which caused two Victorian Derbys to be run in one year in Victoria was the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia in that year.  Stanley won both Derbys on Fireworks.  He won the Victorian St Ledger on same horse same year.  He won the Sydney Cup and Metropolitan on The Barb.  He won the Melbourne Cup on Glencoe.  He and Bricky Colley flogged each other with their whips in a race at Campbelltown which he kept for years.

Margaret Hanrahan died Sydney 1910, 65 years.  Sir William Lyne died 1910, worth ₤17,880.  Andrew Lysaght died Wollongong 1906 aged 74 years.  He married Miss Carroll of Sydney.  Old man Grace of Wollongong came out to N S Wales same ship as Thomas McCaffrey.  He is now 82 years old (1914).  He worked at the harbour works Wollongong under ? John Gibbon and Mr Anderson.  He considers that Gibbon was a great failure at Wollongong and was also a failure at Kiama Harbour works.

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The Wollongong penal settlement was established on Flagstaff Hill after its removal from Port Kembla.  Old Marr was transported.  He, old McCourt and Billy Ahern’s father married three sisters, were they not sisters of James Mguire Smith of Jamberoo, as their name was Smith, their families settled about the Figtree and Wollongong.

The Hotels of Wollongong.  The Brighton Hotel used to be the Black Swan, kept by Johnstone.  Where the old Mercury office stood near the Market Square was the Blue Bell kept by Tom Swan.  James Cosgrove who married Miss Braton kept the O’Brien’s Hotel and Courtney’s Hotel.  Makin kept the Harp Hotel in Corrimal Street.  The was an hotel where Beatie lives north side of Market Square.  Russell kept an hotel east side of Market Square where the convent stands, and Andy Lysaght kept the Queen’s Hotel south side of Market Square.  Frederick Elliott kept an hotel wher Hosking’s chemist shop was, the he built the Royal at corner of Crown and Corrimal Streets.  Joseph Makin kept the Cricketer’s Arms opposite corner.  Graham had an hotel at Figtree.

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Organ had an hotel corner of Crown and Corrimal Sts.  Joe Makin was born at Charcoal Creek in 1842 and is therefore 72 years of age.  The old courthouse was opposite the beach near the Brighton Hotel.  A man named Taylor was police magistrate there.  Emmett was a shoe-maker for years in Corrimal Street.  Before building the Royal Elliott kept the Farmer’s Hotel.  Mrs Osborne kept the Commercial Hotel.  Makin’s Hotel in Corrimal St was the Illawarra Steam Packet Hotel situated near the Harp Inn.  Old Tom Elliott used to live at Five Islands (a wood carter).  A man named John Elliott lived at Berkeley.  He afterwards went to live at Fairy Meadow – not sure if he was a brother.  William Joseph Dwyer died in 1880.  He owned the Turon Hotel now the Agincourt.  His only daughter Hannah Dwyer married Edward Goodwin.  Dwyer owned the Patent Ship Hotel not far from Circular Quay.  He died between Regent and Kensington Streets where his house was.  Ernest Benjamin 3^rd son of Benjamin Backhouse married Ida Frances daughter of George Want, solicitor in 1880.

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Robert Hoddle.  Drybery White sued his grandfather Robert Hoddle in 1890 over property in Melbourne.  The case was settled – the plaintiff taking one half of the Elizabeth St property and 48,000 pounds in cash.  Chief Justice Collins father-in-law Charles Hilton Dight died at B???gowannah near Albury dec 1913 worth 25,000 pounds, mostly mortgage.  A P Clapin assistand Clerk of Parliament died 1914 worth 34,100 pounds.  Left some money to RC Church.  In 1855 – Parramatta Roaad – now George St, West had 10 hotels.  Robey and Coy had the Brisbane Distillery founded by Robert Cooper of Juniper Hall in 1826.  James Pewell? had a flour mill there also.  The Colonial sugar Coy and Robey’s sugar refinery were adjoining.  The Blackfriars School site was the a whiskey mill.  Captain Stuart’s (the explorer) the Soldier’s Garden and the Spinning Wheel were adjoining.  The Soldier’s Garden was a grant to Stuart.  Dr David Ramsay married Simeon Lord’s daughter and received as a dowry 400 acres.  Dobroyd Lancelot Iredale who founded Lassetter & Coy in 1820 – died in 1845 – left one son, Lancelot Frederick Iredale.  Mrs Lancelot Iredale married a second time a Mr Schofield a Methodist minister.

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In 1810-11 Joseph Inch a freeman applied for a passage from England for his mother and Governor Macquarie granted it.  Joseph Inch was the keeping an hotel in Pitt Street Sydney on the ground now occupied by Richardson & Wrench.  The license was transferred to Mathew Kearns.

William Henry Hargraves was born at Dapto in 1839.  His father left Dapto in 1840 and settled at Gosford.  In 1849 he went to California.  He returned to N S Wales in 1851 and discovered gold at Louisa Creek, a tributary of the Macquarie River near Bathurst.  At Guyong? Was an hotel kept by Mrs Lester, young Lester and a lad by the name of Tom.  They commenced operations at the junction of Lewis Ponds Creek and Summer Hill Creek.  The Listers and Tom lived at Guyong?  Commissary Palmer’s grant at Wulla Malla now Woolloomooloo.  At Paddington Campbells Commissary You, Lawson, Hely (convict overseer), Underwoods, Pipers and Wests. Mr J Underwood had a grant of 100 acres – the Glenmore Falls at the foot of the Glen.  J Underwood, Robert Cooper and Forbes created a distillery in 1878.  He was Big Cooper, Little Cooper

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lived at Juniper Hall – Ormond House.  Later Captain Piper had a grant of 100 acres in 1815.  Bradley Hall owned by Thomas Broughton.  Mrs Frances Jane Tarrant wife of the late Harwood J Tarrant MD daughter of Edward Hammond Hargraves – gold discoverer of N S Wales died March 4^th 1914 at Bowral.  Dr H Tarrant once lived in Kiama.  John Farraher born at Bulli Illawarra 1826 died at Greenmount Candelo, Bega – 4^th March 1914 aged 88 years.  The first man to establish a jersey herd in the Illawarra.  A prominent racing man and the owner of the horse “Trump Card”.  Denis Farraher, Patrick Farraher and Thomas Farraher were born in Connaught, Ireland and arrived at Port Kembla.  Thomas was then six years old came out with his mother and brothers to join their father in Wollongong at least many people think so. [this sentence has been written over and may be incorrect]

Old John Ritchie of Jamberoo was a coachman to Governor Brisbane who recommended him for a grant of land in 1827 at Jamberoo – died 1860.  John Hayden born County Tipperary, Ireland 1831 married Miss McIntyre in Gerringong, N S Wales 1860.  Went to Binalong 1876, died at his residence, Cl??, Binalong, NSW 22^nd Feb 1914 aged 88 [or 3] years.

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Antony Finn rendered service to the colony of New South Wales by capturing a bushranger and the Governor gave him a grant of 100 acres.  He selected on Broughton Creek in the centre of the properties of Messrs Berry and Wollstonecraft, now known as Broughton Vale.  Broughton Creek passed through the property in its source from the Foxground.  In course of time Finn sold the property to Dick Woods.  A one time Cook on one B & W’s boats.   Woods was joined by his brother William, a carpenter who helped to build the second house erected in Goulburn.  The price paid for the 100 acre farm was 300 pounds.  Dick Woods bred some fine dairy cows and horses, use to be considered an excellent horse doctor.  Both of the Woods had been transported to N S Wales.  They never married and when they grew old William died and Dick sold the farm to George Tate for 1000 pounds.  The horses and cattle realized 250 pounds.  Which he handed over to George Adams of the Steam Packet Hotel Kiama to keep him for life – which was most faithfully carried out.  The property is now in the hands of the executors of the Estate of the late George Thompson.  The Wiley Bros have a stiff mortgage over it. 5/2/14

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James Macgregor Dunn died at Lismore, North Coast March 1914 aged 73 years.  A Lismore House and Land Agent.  Joseph Faulks died at Canterbury March 1914 aged 73 years.  W C Wentworth was born in Norfolk Island in 1798, a subcolony 1200 miles to the north east of Sydney.  He was educated at Greenwich and Peterhouse, Cambridge England.  In 1818 being only 20 years of age he crossed the Blue Mountains.  He got a grant of land, 1000 acres near Bathurst.  Went to England, passed his degree and returned to N S Wales with Dr Wardell and was called to the Bar in 1822.  He and Dr Wardell founded the Australian newspaper.  Governor Macquarie was the patron of the Wentworth ? house in 1821.  He was succeeded by Governor Darling who reversed Macquarie’s policy of encouraging convicts (emancipists).  Wentworth attracted him every opportunity till his recall in 1831. W C Wentworth died in England in 187? 

Sheridan Moore’s wife was known as Mavis Flora Harris.  Her sister married Henry Stephen Harper who died 1880.  Charles Kidman purchased Beefsteak Corner with 55 ft frontage to George St, 143 ft frontage Market St and 64 ft frontage York St for 35,000 pounds.  Buildings including the butcher’s shop once kept by old Charley Smith.

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In 1880 G F Rowe married Minnie, eldest daughter of Charley Roberts of ‘The Ferns’ Rose Bay.  Rowe was then living at Yarrowville, Minto, the old estate of Judge Cheeke? who had racing stables there at the time.  Catherine Augusta widow of the late Judge David Grant Forbes, a one time district Court Judge of N S Wales.  She was the daughter of Henry Boucher Bowerman of Field of Mars, who had been Assistandt Commissary at Parramatta.  She married D G Forbes Nov 1846 and died at Ellesmere, Jericho, Tasmania 1914 aged 84 years.

Greta was the name of Green’s Station on Fifteen Mile Creek between Yass and Gundagai.  Green also had Bogolong Station, the later name was changed at the suggestion of Lady Franklin to Bookham.  In 1836 Lady Franklin visited Bogolong and was the guest of Mrs Green – when Mount Franklin was called after her husband – Sir John Franklin who became Governor of Tasmania from 1837 to 1843.  In 1845 he went to the Arctic Region and never returned.

Charles Nelson Matcham was a neighbour of the Greens.  He was a nephew of Lord Nelson and dreadful task master.  An armed gang of bushrangers tied him to a tree where he remained 24 hours when discovered he was in a state of collapse.

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Land hunger was what the squatters, what the early squatters suffered from.  They wanted land under easy terms – 10 pounds per year for 1000 acres.  They affected no improvements.  They lived in a state of barbarism and often sank as low in the scale of life as men of civilised extraction could sink to.  Such were the men who planted themsleves and nothing but themselves upon the soil, and thus prevented the march of colonisation until the year 1859. 

Digby, a man of note in Victoria kept a public house, store and blacksmith’s shop on Even? Creek in 1848.  He prospered and bought Rifle Downs Station 25,000 acres, 12,500 sheep in 1862.  Went to England and purchased the celebrated blood stallion King Alfred whose progeny turned out the greatest group of steeplechasers ever obtained from one sire in Victoria.  [illegible sentence]

Charles Hotson Ebden went to Victoria with cattle from N S Wales, via Albury, took up Bonegilla, Victoria.  The Duke of Edinburgh was shot at Clontarf 12^th March 1868.  Thomas Wright (pegleg) married Martha (Matilda) Ritchie.  Their supposed son, William, who died in 1901 aged 86 years married Miss Jones.  Her sisters were Mrs Edwards of Kiama and Mrs ? Berry.