by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Castellated Wall & Gate, Black Rock House; Carolyn Brown; Charles Hotson Ebden Whilst Charles Hotson Ebden was living at the eastern end of Collins Street, Melbourne in a two-storied mansion he decided to build a nice big holiday home he would call Ebden Castle.... by pppg | Jul 6, 2022 | Places
Lennox Bridge, on the Site of the Present Princes Bridge, Melbourne Artist: James Graham Boyd [1] – SLV Picture Collection When we think of tolls we normally think of modern day living, however Melbourne’s predecessor to Princes Bridge was just that. When... by pppg | Jul 6, 2022 | Pioneers
Whilst Robert Wuchatsch and his late wife Gaye were researching Gaye’s great-great-great-grandfather John Muston they found in the Birmingham Library in England revealing letters written in England and Australia between 1829 and 1841 by Muston to his sisters,... by pppg | Jul 6, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
Location of Edmund Steel’s 2,000 acre South Beach Station at Present Day Jan Juc Edmund Steel, who sometimes appears in records as Edward Steele, was born about 1789 in England, the son of James Steel and Jane, nee Bulpit. He married Maria Thatcher on 30... by pppg | Jul 6, 2022 | Places
David Langdon, President of the Richmond and Burnley Historical Society, discussed the first land subdivisions in Richmond, and early residents. In 1839, two years after the first land sales in the Port Phillip District, Crown Allotments were auctioned in Richmond....