by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Joy Braybrook, author and public speaker, provided us with interesting details about John & Eliza Batman and also Charles Swanston. Eliza Batman nee Callaghan was born in County Clare, Ireland in 1802. Upon leaving school she started work as a servant, and then at... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers
Peter Sherlock’s interest in the story of Adam Compton Thomson stems from his teen years when he started researching his family genealogy. He became interested in the different ways we gain knowledge of the past and thus how we perceive the early days of... by pppg | Jul 7, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
Elgar’s Special Survey Henry Elgar was a West Indian merchant who purchased 5,120 acres in a Special Survey in Boroondara in the Port Phillip District, without having ever stepped ashore in Australia. True or False Bob Kerr, who lives on land which was part of... 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....