by pppg | Feb 17, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Uncategorized
“On a delightful spring day in August,1864, Mrs John Duff was alone with her three children Jane Cooper, aged 7 years, Isaac Cooper, 9, and their step-brother, Frank Duff, 4, in their cosy little shepherd’s home of bulloak slabs with its gumbark roof and floor... by pppg | Jan 2, 2025 | Methods & Sources
To assist members with their research into their ancestors and and early Melbourne we have proved in two parts the Chronicles of Early Melbourne by Edmund Finn or ‘Garryowen’. It is a series of personal recollections and anecdotes covering the period 1835... by pppg | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Places
Watson and Hunter were a powerful Scottish pastoral company formed in Edinburgh in 1838. It had wealthy and aristocratic backers including the Marquis of Ailsa the chief of Clan Kennedy. The Watsons were famous cattle breeders and perfected the breed Aberdeen Angas a... by pppg | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Pioneers, Ships
Some members of the Port Phillip Pioneer Group have embarked on a Magical Mystery Tour and are trying to track those people who arrived on the ship Andromache on 26 June 1840 and to give some substance to their memory. The majority of the Bounty passengers are listed... by pppg | Oct 23, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Uncategorized
How Christmas was celebrated between about 1830 and 1851 in the Port Phillip District seems to have depended on one’s status in the new colony. If you were a convict, you probably came across from Van Dieman’s Land and might have had Irish or English roots. If you...