by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
This article is in response to a recent suggestion asking if I could tell more about finding “Alexander’s” journal. So here goes: After my father’s death in 1965 we found among his papers some notes and letters which indicated he had been...
by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
Thomas Rea was a native of Roxburghshire in Scotland. He is thought to have been baptised at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire on 26 June 1811, the son of John Rea and Isabella Armstrong who had been married at Kelso on 14 November 1806. Thomas was married on 7 October 1833 at...
by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
In the Supreme Court – Napier v. Snodgrass (defendant) & Chisholm v. Snodgrass On Monday, the 4th day of April 1842, at the Lamb Inn, Melbourne, the Deputy-Sherriff will cause to be sold, and to be delivered at the station –...
by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
Mr. Duncan and his wife Alexina voyaged to Port Phillip on the first settlers’ ship, the “David Clark” in 1839. After putting his hand to a variety of jobs, in 1848 Mr. Duncan became a member of the provisional committee to report on the formation...
by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | History
To the residents of the Port Phillip District in 1844 it was a matter of pride that the area was convict free and whilst they turned a blind eye to the 900 convicts who were already assigned to government public works or who worked as servants, they certainly...
