by pppg | Feb 29, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, Pioneers, Uncategorized
It is interesting how the lives of two brothers can be so different. George and William Cross Yuille are two fascinating Port Phillip Pioneers, George the older, but William the one we will start with. In 1 William Cross Yuille (1819-1894), pastoralist, was born on 28... by pppg | Feb 29, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Places
¨ Illustration of the changes to Batman’s Hill between 1840 and 1882 (J MacFarlane – The Illustrated Australian News, 1 April, 1980 [SLV Accession No. IAN01/04/92/13] Around 1836 John Batman built a house at the base of Batman’s Hill where he lived... by pppg | Feb 29, 2024 | Articles From Our Newsletter, History, Pioneers, Resources
‘ The identity of another white girl baby born before 1844 has been established: Mrs William Hogg, of ‘Bona Vista’, Murdock Street, Brunswick, was born at Captain Brown’s station on July 13, 1841. This was somewhere in the vicinity of the Preston district.... by pppg | Aug 13, 2023 | History, Pioneers
At the General Meeting on 8 July 2023, Port Phillip Pioneers Group Vice President, Elaine Race, introduced us to George Coppin. George Selth Coppin jnr, born in 1819 in Steyning, Sussex, England, was the son of George Selth Coppin snr, surgeon, and Elizabeth Jane...