by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | Places
Figure 1. Landing at Melbourne on North Bank of Yarra River 1840 (Source: Watercolour by W. F. E. Liardet, State Library of Victoria) When my great great grandfather John Ross McNaughton arrived in Melbourne in January 1839 he was employed by Thomas Watt,... by pppg | Jul 4, 2022 | Places
First Post Office at Melbourne 1841 (Source: Watercolour by W. F. E. Liardet, State Library of Victoria) Bullock team and cart on a dirt road, small wooden Post Office building with shingled roof, tents, established house belonging to John Batman in the distance.... by pppg | Jul 3, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
Mack’s Hotel, on Corio Terrace ca. 1875 The first liquor to be served in a public house in Geelong, the second largest city in the state of Victoria, was on April Fool’s Day, 1839. The name of Geelong’s first publican was Andrew Macnaughton.... by pppg | Jul 2, 2022 | History, Places
Situated on opposite sides of the Murray River, Moama & Echuca have interesting histories.They are due north of Melbourne at the closest point of the Murray River to Melbourne. In 1865 an article in the “Pastoral Times” newspaper declared... by pppg | Jul 2, 2022 | History, Places
“When I was young a frequent Sunday afternoon drive was up Pretty Sally Hill near Kilmore followed by afternoon tea at the Hume & Hovell Lookout Tower. It was built of bluestone like many buildings in the township of Kilmore itself.” Ken Smith, Port... by pppg | Jul 1, 2022 | Pioneers, Places
The Victorian town of Trawalla, east of Beaufort and 41 km west of Ballarat, is named after an aboriginal word meaning ‘much rain.’ It was in this area that the “Trawallo” pastoral run was begun about 1838 by Robert Hamilton, James McGregor...