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... by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
A Mr. Brunton was a cabin passenger on the “Agnes and Elizabeth” (a schooner of 74 tons, Captain J. Mitchell), which departed Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land on 25 January 1840 and arrived at Melbourne, Port Phillip, on 30 January 1840. (... by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Places
Whilst Ken Smith was doing research on Unwin’s Special Survey he searched old newspapers to see how Melbourne’s citizens reacted to land being sold for a pound an acre. He noticed in the classified sections that property sale notices provided detailed... by pppg | Jun 19, 2022 | Pioneers
William Wareham married Esther Forbes, a young Irish bounty immigrant, in Melbourne, Port Phillip District on the 23rd September 1844. William was from Basingstoke, Hampshire, England and Esther from County Derry, Ireland. William died on the 29th January 1866, his... by pppg | Jun 18, 2022 | Pioneers
Decades before the Irish potato famine, John and Mary Mulqueeny of County Clare had two daughters. Well, they probably had many more offspring, but we need only concern ourselves with the two, Bridget and Ellen. In fact, it is likely that Bridget was one of the oldest... by pppg | Jun 18, 2022 | History
When Dr. Maxwell Waugh was lecturing at Monash University, he discovered that Richard Bourke, the 8th Governor of New South Wales, was passionate about education and was the catalyst behind the introduction in 1848 of a free, secular and compulsory system of State...