by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | History
(FROM THE VERY BEGINNING) My great-great grandfather, James Hacking, his wife Elizabeth Bayes, their children William (11), James (9), George (4) who was my great-grandfather, Elizabeth (2) and baby Margaret, and Elizabeth’s father, William Bayes, arrived in... by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Pioneers
James and Susan Woods and their two young daughters, Anne Jane aged two years and Margaret, seven months old, arrived in the ‘Colony of Port Phillip’ on the 27th of June, 1840 and first settled at “Warrion Hills”, nineteen miles north of Colac.... by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Pioneers
Charles Naylor was born 10 April 1837 at Port Phillip but you won’t find his name in any of the early church records for the new settlement. He was the son of Corporal John Naylor, of the 4th (The King’s Own) Regiment of Foot (yes the same regiment as... by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Pioneers
Pioneer Settler, “Tarrawingee” The earthly remains of one of the earliest settlers of north-east Victoria lie beneath a partly demolished tomb in a forlorn old cemetery at the outer Sydney suburb of Prospect, near Parramatta. William Bowman died on 20th... by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | History
Master Of The Schooner “Enterprise” Last year I received a letter from a Mr. Eric Dickson, of Taunton, Somerset, in England, who was seeking information about his ancestor, Captain Peter Hunter, the master of John Pascoe Fawkner’s...