by pppg | Nov 10, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Miscellany, Pioneers
Laura Jocica address to PPPG General Meeting 13 September 2025 Dr Laura Jocicis a curator and historian with a specialisation in dress and textiles. At her address to the P.P.P. Group Laura spoke of the letters of Captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury (1813 –... by pppg | Aug 26, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Pioneers, Resources
OBITUARY. Mr. W. Beaton, Senr. ‘One of our oldest residents passed away on Friday last in the person of Mr. W. Beaton, senr. The following sketch of his life has been handed us;- The deceased, who was 89 years of age was one who had passed through... by pppg | Aug 26, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Pioneers, Places, Resources
Hugh Middlemiss was born in 1814 at Perth, Scotland to John and Jean (nee Cameron) Middlemiss. The 1835 Electoral Register for Perth & Kinross, Scotland shows his occupation as being ‘Cart and Plough Wright.’ Hugh Middlemiss married... by pppg | Jun 23, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Pioneers
This is a copy of the Journal written by Sergeant William Henry JOHNSON over the period 1839-1873 which was kindly donated to the Port Phillip Pioneers Group by great, great Grandson Paul Anthony SMITH PPPG Member 1362. NB – We would like to... by pppg | Jun 23, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Pioneers
Nothing is known of William Henry JOHNSON prior to 1839 when his journal states “In May 1839, I was appointed Corporal by Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales, and took charge of six border police, and marched overland to Melbourne.... by pppg | Feb 17, 2025 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Uncategorized
“On a delightful spring day in August,1864, Mrs John Duff was alone with her three children Jane Cooper, aged 7 years, Isaac Cooper, 9, and their step-brother, Frank Duff, 4, in their cosy little shepherd’s home of bulloak slabs with its gumbark roof and floor...