by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Former Members
Michael Grogan(PPPG Member No. 1332) It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Michael Grogan on 18 July 2018. We remember Michael as a marvellous Committee Member and Examiner of Proofs. From the moment he joined the Group in April 2007, he was an... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Edward Waghorn was born May 1806, Chatham, Kent, England and died 18 July 1868, Melbourne, Victoria. Thomas Fletcher Waghorn was born 1800, Chatham, Kent, England and died 1850, Islington, London, England. WAGHORN FAMILY There were ten Waghorn children and all were... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Charles Forrest was born in Cawnpore, India on the 19th April 1809 to Charles Ramus Forrest and Ellen St. Leger, daughter of General William St. Leger. Charles was the fourth generation of his family to serve in the army. Charles won his commission in 1827 at the... 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,...