by Felicity McDonald | Dec 18, 2020 | Profiles
Dr. George Edward Mackay was born in Caithness, Scotland, in 1811, Trove article about Dr George Mackay AF Mollison wrote in his Overlanding Diary that when he crossed the Murray River on 22nd June 1837 he met Mr Hamilton Hume who was accompanied by Mr George Barber...
by Felicity McDonald | Nov 24, 2020 | Profiles
Robert Brown arrived at the crossing place on the Murray River in mid-1838 (1) and opened a store and inn. Merriman showed Brown where to plant a garden and sow his crops above flood level and by April 1839 Brown’s corn crop was over 12 feet high. (2) According to...
by Felicity McDonald | Nov 24, 2020 | Profiles
Paul Huon was among the first white men to settle in the Albury area selecting the Wodonga Run which included Huon Hill near Wodonga Creek in 1836. (1) Both he and his brother in law William Mitchell were granted leases on 7th Feb 1837. (2) William Mitchell was...
by Felicity McDonald | Nov 24, 2020 | Profiles
John Jobbins was a convict (1) who became a wealthy man with large cattle runs supplying his butchering businesses in Sydney. In 1836 he arrived at the crossing place on the Murray River and took up Cumberoona and Talgarno stations. Jobbins had a ruthless attitude...
by Felicity McDonald | Nov 24, 2020 | Profiles
William was by trade a butcher (2) but at age 20 he was convicted at the Old Bailey in London for housebreaking and stealing goods valued over £168 (1) – a fortune at the time. He was sentenced to death commuted to 7 years in the colony and arrived in Australia...
by Felicity McDonald | Nov 24, 2020 | Profiles
After the Faithful massacre, he took up a station on the Ovens River near present-day Wangaratta. He failed to make good relations with Indigenous people and Rev Joseph Docker noted that George Faithful was renowned for having his animals speared when his neighbours...
