by pppg | Jun 24, 2022 | History, Pioneers
At the entrance to Scots Church, on the corner of Russell Street and Collins Street, Melbourne, a plaque displays the following message: James Forbes was the son of Peter Forbes, farmer, and his wife Margaret, nee Clark. He was born in 1813 at New Braes farm, in the... by pppg | Jun 23, 2022 | Pioneers
Pioneering Presbyterian Minister at Buninyong & Shelford Buninyong was surveyed in 1850, making it one of the earliest inland towns. It began as a sheep run, under brothers, Thomas and Somerville Learmonth, from Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). Like their... by pppg | Jun 13, 2022 | Pioneers
The Rev. Andrew Ramsay arrived at Melbourne on 4 January 1847 with his wife and family per “Anne Milne” from Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was the first minister at Port Phillip of the United Secession which later became the United...