by pppg | Jul 2, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Places, Resources
John Hodgson (1799-1860), merchant, was the first owner of St Heliers before selling the property (due to insolvency) to Edward Curr in 1842 at a great bargain price at a sheriff’s sale. It was then a 4-roomed cottage before Curr built a new house in... by pppg | Jul 2, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Resources
Mudgen, the king or chief of the Barrabool tribe of Aborigines, died on Sunday morning last, the disease which carried him off being a severe attack of influenza. Mudgen was well known about Geelong and the neighbouring districts as a very intelligent, inoffensive... by pppg | Jul 2, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Resources
Elizabeth Sarah Pennefather (nee Curr) was the fourth daughter and tenth child of Edward Curr and his wife Elizabeth Micklethwait. Elizabeth Sarah Curr aged 8 arrived in Port Phillip from Van Diemen’s Land in 1842 with her parents and some of her 13... by pppg | Jun 11, 2024 | History, Miscellany
March 22, 1843: ‘NOTES OF A BUSH LIFE – No. 1’, page 4. [In late numbers of Chamber’s Journal there is a series of articles headed “Notes of a Residence in the Bush,” by a lady... by pppg | Apr 21, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History
The concept of a Native Police force was first proposed by Captain Alexander Maconochie in 1837, as an alternative method to ‘protection’ and based on ideas of assimilation and compensation for land. The force was established in the Port Phillip District on three...