South Australia, and went to the Casterton district in the early 1900s. He farmed at Carapook and Bahgallah before settling in the Casterton township. His wife predeceased him and he left seven sons and daughters.
Early debates of the 1850s on Chinese migration to Australia were particularly concerned about the possibility of the ‘destruction of the white race’ through sexual relations between Chinese men and white women, although there were only one or two cases ...
The youngest of the men were just boys, being just 18 at the time of their deaths. The oldest men were 48. They were born in places across the Western District and other Victorian locations, such as Swan Hill, Shepparton, and Fitzroy. They also came from interstate, South Australia, Quee...
In 1853, Jabez married Nanny Penrose and they went on to have six children. Jabez ran a store in Branxholme and was also the first postmaster, not to mention the Electoral Registrar, Dog Inspector. the correspondent for the Common School, and Registrar for Births, Deaths, and Marriages somet...
Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia – Harman Portland, Victoria, Australia – Diwell, Harman PORT FAIRY, VICTORIA Q Queensferry, Victoria, Australia – Combridge SAWMILL NEAR QUEENSFERY, VICTORIA c1880. Photographer: Fred Kruger. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. ...