by jageroa | Jan 16, 2024 | Profiles
In early 1837 William Coghill was overlanding to Port Phillip District to take up land. He had an arrangement with John Hepburn and they met at the Murrumbidgee River where the sheep were depastured. about this time they met up with William Bowman who was overlanding...
by jageroa | Feb 27, 2023 | Profiles
could have prevented two massacres of Aboriginal people but chose not to. He was also a magistrate in Melbourne at the time Merriman and Harlequin were incarcerated. He was born at Blackdown House in Lodsworth, Sussex, England on 6 September 1801 to Richard Yaldwyn...
by jageroa | Feb 24, 2023 | Profiles
Henry Munro arrived in the colony in November 1834 as a man of means with introductory letters and a prestigious family background. His father was Professor Munro of Edinburgh College. The ship which brought Henry Munro to the colony also carried Mr Charles Christie,...
by jageroa | Feb 14, 2022 | The Era
At first glance, this picture appears to show the law is equally metered out to those who break it. Black man kills white man, black man dies and vice-versa. However, it also depicts the law being dispensed by the white man which can only be considered an arrogant...
by jageroa | Jan 29, 2022 | Profiles
George Hamilton was in charge of Henry Howey’s overlanding expedition that crossed the Murray River in the vicinity of the crossing place in mid-1837. They crossed 3,000 sheep losing twelve to drowning plus floated across two wagons, one of which carried the men...
