by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Methods & Sources, Pioneers
Beverley Jacobson, who at present is the Honorary Secretary of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group, claimed membership of the group by supplying relevant proof of descendancy from her great great grandfather, Nicholas Emellen, his wife, and parents-in-law. Nicholas... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
I am descended from a family of ‘green thumbs,’ but sadly, I didn’t inherit any of their natural talent. My 4xgreat grandfather Guy Cole was obviously an adventurous type because when he immigrated to Australia in 1849, he was 79 years old! He was baptised in 1773 at... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Places
Fleming House, Park Street, West Brunswick Owned and lived in by John Wood and Mary Weir Fleming for over 50 years, Fleming House stood on the hill at the western end of Brunswick Road and Park Street, facing Royal Park, for almost 100 years from 1868 to the... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | History
by Susie Zada It is generally believed that there were no convicts transported to the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, now the State of Victoria. However, that is not the case, and historian, Susie Zada described the different groups of convicts who did... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Ships
The Ward Chipman on which my ancestor, Robert Dodd, arrived at Port Phillip on 29th December 1841 had a typical merchant ship history travelling to many ports in the world carrying emigrants and various cargoes during her life. She was a three-masted... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
JOHN WOOD FLEMING 1837-1919 John Wood Fleming is my great grandfather. He is truly a Port Phillip Pioneer. He was one of the first eight white children born in the new Port Phillip Colony, on the banks of the Yarra River, 150 meters east of where Princes Bridge was to...