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ANZAC DAY-THIS POEM SAYS IT ALL!
Anzac Day ceremonies are fantastic but one thing that is rarely mentioned is the pain,torment and suffering experienced by families, especially mothers,and the fact that many of those who returned were shattered men,both physically and emotionally. This poem by Jim Brown says it all. Learning this poem could be part of the lead up to Anzac Day in schools and wouldn't it be great for schoolchildren to read a verse each while wreaths are being placed during the ceremony on Anzac Day.
The Anzac on the wall.
By Jim Brown
I wandered thru a country town, 'cos I had some time to spare,
And went into an Antique Shop to see what was in there.
Old Bikes and Pumps and Kero lamps, but hidden by it all,
A photo of a soldier boy ?. An Anzac on the Wall.
'The Anzac have a name?' I asked. The old man answered 'No?,
The ones who could have told you mate, have passed on long ago.
The old man kept on talking and, according to his tale,
The photo was unwanted junk, bought from a clearance sale.
'I asked around,' the old man said, 'But no one knows his face,
He's been on that wall twenty years... Deserves a better place.
For someone must have loved him, so it seems a shame somehow.'
I nodded in agreement and then said? 'I'll take him now.'
My nameless digger's photo, well it was a sorry sight
A cracked glass pane and a broken frame ?I had to make it right
To prise the photo from its frame I took care just in case,
Cause only sticky paper held the cardboard back in place.
I peeled away the faded screed, and much to my surprise,
Two letters and a telegram, appeared before my eyes
The first reveals my Anzac's name, and regiment of course
John Mathew Francis Stuart ? of Australia?s own Light Horse.
This letter written from the front... My interest now was keen;
This note was dated August 7th, 1917
'Dear Mum, I'm at Khalasa Springs, not far from the Red Sea
They say it's in the Bible ? looks like a Billabong to me.
'My Kathy wrote, I'm in her prayers...she's still my bride to be,
I just can?t wait to see you both, you're all the world to me.
And Mum you'll soon meet Bluey, last month they shipped him out
I told him to call on you, when he's up and about.'
'That bluey is a larrikin, and we all thought it funny,
He lobbed a Turkish hand grenade into the C.O.?s dunny.
I told you how he dragged me wounded; in from no man's land
He stopped the bleeding, closed the wound, with only his bare
Hand.'
'Then he copped it at the front, from some stray shrapnel blast,
It was my turn to drag him in, and I thought he wouldn't last.
He woke up in hospital, and nearly lost his mind
Cause out there on the battlefield, he'd left one leg behind.'
'He's been in a bad way Mum, he knows he'll ride no more
Like me he loves a horse's back, he was a champ before.
So Please Mum can you take him in, he's been like my own brother
Raised in a Queensland orphanage he?s never known a mother.'
But Struth, I miss Australia Mum, and in my mind each day
I am a mountain cattleman, on the high plains far away.
I'm mustering white-faced cattle, with no camel's hump in sight,
And I waltz my Matilda, by a campfire every night
I wonder who rides Billy?!! I heard the pub burnt down!!
I'll always love you? and please say Hooroo, to all in town'.
The second letter I could see, was in a lady's hand,
An answer to her soldier son, there in a foreign land.
Her copperplate was perfect, the pages neat and clean
It bore the date, November 3rd 1917.
'T'was hard enough to lose your Dad, without you at the war
I'd hoped you would be home by now? each day I miss you more'
'Your Kathy calls around a lot, since you have been away,
To share with me her hopes and dreams, about your wedding day.
And Bluey has arrived? and what a godsend he has been
We talked and laughed for days, about the things you've done and seen'
'He really is a comfort, and works hard around the farm,
I read the same hope in his eyes, that you won't come to harm.
Mc Connell's kids rode Billy, but suddenly that has changed.
We had a violent lightning storm, and it was really strange.'
'Last Wednesday, just on midnight, not a single cloud in sight,
It raged for several minutes, it gave us all a fright.
It really spooked your Billy ? and he screamed and bucked and reared,
And then he rushed the sliprail fence, which by a foot he cleared'
'They brought him back next afternoon, but something's changed I fear,
It's like the day you brought him home, for no one can get near.
Remember when you caught him, with his black and flowing mane?
Now Horse Breakers fear the beast, that only you can tame,'
'That's why we need you home son??Then the flow of ink went dry??
This letter was unfinished? and I couldn't work out why.
Until I started reading, the letter, number three
A yellow telegram delivered news of a tragedy.
Her son killed in action?Oh! What pain that must have been,
the same date as her letter? 3rd November 1917
This letter which was never sent, became then one of three.
She sealed behind the photo's face ? the face she longed to see.
And John's home town's children, when he went to war,
Would say no greater cattleman, had left the town before.
They knew his widowed mother well, and with respect did tell,
How when she lost her only boy? she lost her mind as well.
She could not face the awful truth, to strangers she would speak
?My Johnny's at the war you know? he's coming home next week.?
They all remembered Bluey, he stayed on to the end.
A young man with wooden leg, became her closest friend.
And he would go and find her when she wandered, old and weak,
and always softly say? 'Yes dear ? John will be coming home next week.'
Then when she died, Bluey moved on?to Queensland some did say.
I tried to find out where he went, but don't know to this day.
And Kathy never wed, a lonely spinster? some found odd.
She wouldn't set foot in a church ? she'd turned her back on God.
John's mother left no Will, I learned, on my detective trail.
This explains my photo's journey, of that clearance sale.
So I continued digging, cause, I wanted to know more.
I found John's name with thousands, in the records of the war.
His last ride proved his courage? a ride you will acclaim
The Light Horse Charge at Beersheba of everlasting fame.
That last day in October back in 1917,
at 4pm our brave boys fell ? that sad fact I did glean.
That's when John's life was sacrificed, the record's crystal clear.
But 4pm in Beersheba is midnight over here......
So as John's gallant spirit rose, to cross the great divide,
Were lightning bolts back home, a signal from the other side?
Is that why Billy bolted, and went racing as in pain??
Because he'd never feel his master, on his back again?!
Was it coincidental?? Same time... Same day ?Same date?!!
Some proof of numerology? or just a quirk of fate??
I think it's more than that you know, as I've heard wiser men,
Acknowledge there are many things, that go beyond our ken
Where craggy peaks guard secrets, neath dark skies torn asunder,
Where hoof beats are companions, to the rolling waves of thunder,
Where lightning cracks like 303's, and ricochets again,
Where howling moaning gusts of wind, sound just like dying men
Some Mountain cattlemen have sworn, on lonely alpine track,
They've glimpsed a huge black stallion ?with Light Horseman on his back.
Yes Sceptics say, it's swirling clouds, just forming apparitions.
Oh No, My friend you can't dismiss all this as superstition.
The desert of Beersheba ? or a windswept Aussie range,
John Stuart rides on forever there? I don't find that at all strange.
Now some gaze upon this photo, and they often question me,
and I tell them a small white lie, and say he's family.
'You must be proud of him.' they say ? I tell them, one and all,
That's why he takes ? the pride of place ?
The Anzac on the Wall.
APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF THE WILL OF JAMES HEARN SNR. OF THORNGROVE, PARISH OF YUROKE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. (& R.WATSON'S ESTATE.)
In an idle moment, I wondered when the electric telegraph had been laid through Jamieson's Special Survey en route to the Sanitary Station at Point Nepean, and with the side tracks that often lead me astray, discovered that William Biggam had been invited to apply for the lease of the Mount Martha Run in 1850*. I am sure that I have read in heritage studies that James Hearn was the last lessee and that I have downloaded these studies but identifying the right one could take weeks, which I can't afford to spend the time doing. This claim was made in the citation for the pre-emptive right, Dalkeith Park, which I should be able to find quickly with a google search but the Mornington Peninsula Shire has excelled in hiding such citations in the past.
* COUNTY OF MORNINGTON.
1. Alexander Balcombe, eight square miles Checkengoork, Mount Martha.
2. William Biggam, five square miles, Mount Martha, near Jamieson's Special Survey.......
10. Andrew M. M'Crae, eight square miles,Arthur's Seat, Jamieson's Special Survey.
(P.4, The Melbourne Daily News, 21-5-1850.)
The boundary between 1 and 2 was probably indicated by Range Rd (or the southern boundary of The Briars) with Ellerina Rd being the boundary between 2 and the Survey. The boundary between the survey and the Arthurs Seat Run was Pt Nepean Rd/Myers Rd east from Melway 160 A4 to 161 J7.
William Vale's letter seems to support the claim of Hearn leasing the run but it must have been for a short period only.
"But the other day, and the whole of the district was divided into squatters runs of which tho owners were Messrs. McMahon, Baxter, Wedge, Davy, Hunter, Yuille, Balcombe, Hearn, Riddle, and others."
(P.7, Argus, 27-12-1855.)
Leslie Moorhead in his history of Osbourne State School claimed that the Mount Martha Run and the Survey were combined as the MOUNT MARTHA SHEEP STATION. This would imply that both huge properties were in the control if not ownership of the same man. That man was James Hearn's brother in law, Big Clarke. who during the 1850's had bought the survey bit by bit according to LIME LAND LEISURE and owned the whole 8 square miles (5120 acres) until he sold the northern fifth of the survey to John Vans Agnew Bruce after whom Bruce Rd was named. The aforesaid SHEEP STATION would have existed until this portion was sold.
James Hearn had married W.J.T.(Big) Clarke's sister, as demonstrated in other journals so it is no surprise that he had appointed his brother in law as one of his executors. Robert Watson, (after whom Watson Drive was named) purchased most of James Hearn's grants for the benefit of his health but sold most of his estate to a company which almost certainly became insolvent within a few years because of the 1890's depression, the reason ownership of unsold lots had reverted to him. The heritage studies called his house Melville AND Melrose House, not Mount Martha House and also gave two different years of purchase. As far as I know, Mount Martha Hotel, a drawcard to attract buyers in the land boom of the late 1880's, and now a community house, is of weatherboard construction, not brick.
SEEKING PROBATE.
IN the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria: In
its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.-In the WILL of
JAMES HEARN, late of the Parish ol Yuroke, In tho
County of Bourke, In the Colony of Victoria, Settler,
deceased.-Notice is hereby given to all partios Inter-
ested, that after the oxplratlon of fourteen days from
the date of the publication hereof, application will be
made to the Supreme Court of the colony of Victoria,
in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, that Probate of the
last Will and Testament of the abovenamed James
Hearn, deceased, may bo granted to William John
Turnor Olarke, of Melbourne, in the said colony of
Victoria, gentleman, and John Brown, of the same
placo, merchant, two of the executors named in and
appointed by the will of the said James Hearn, de-
ceased, reservlng to Hugh M'Phillimy, of Geelong, in
the said colony, wine and spirit merchant, and Alox
ander Brock, of Mount Macedon, in the said colony,
settler, two others of the executors named In and ap-
pointed by the said will power to come in and prove
the same at any time. .
Dated this 28th day of September, A.D. 1857.
SELWYN and KLINGENDER, Llttlo Collins street
west, Melbourne, Proctors for the said William John
Turner Clarke and John Brown. (P.8, Argus, 29-9-1857.)
ROBERT WATSON'S ESTATE.
GEMMEL, TUCKETT, and Co. (in conjunction
with J. E. WORRELL) have received in-
struction from THE EXECUTORS of the LATE
ROBERT WATSON, Esq., to OFFER for SALE by
PUBLIC AUCTION, at the rooms, as above,
LOT 1.
ALL THAT handsome, commodious, and
pleasantly-situated property, known as
MOUNT MARTHA HOUSE,
formerly the residence of the late
ROBERT WATSON, Esq.,
with 150 acres of land, beautifully laid out in
gardens, orchard, and paddocks, commanding
lovely views of the bay.
In addition to being an ideal seaside residence,
its GOLF LINKS are justly reckoned to be second
to none in the colony.
THE HOUSE IS BUILT OF GRANITE, and con-
tains 10 rooms, with ample servants' premises out-
side, stabling, and other conveniences. It is in the
occupation of Alexander MacNeil, Esq., on a
tenancy expiring 1st January next.
No expense was spared by the late owner on this
lovely home, and the purchaser will get the bene-
fit of the MANY THOUSAND POUNDS EXPENDED
by him.
THE FURNITURE can be had at a valuation.
LOT 2.
ALL THAT well-built and pleasantly-situ-
ated property, known as OSBORNE-HOUSE,
with 51 acres of land, also commanding de-
lightful views of the bay. Part of this land
consists of subdivisional roads.
The house contains six rooms, kitchen, and out-
side conveniences. Portions of this land comprise
rich soil along Balcombe's Creek. This property is
particularly suitable for fruit-growing and garden
purposes.
LOT 3.
ALL THAT valuable freehold property, be-
ing the remaining land unsold of the well-
known Mount Martha Estate Company Limi-
ted, consisting, inclusive of roads and re-
serves, OF 1269 ACRES 0 ROODS 24
PERCHES, or thereabouts, subdivided into
good-sized allotments, with roads and
avenues laid out as shown by the plans of
subdivision lodged in the Office of Titles,
being the untransferred land comprised in
certificate of title, vol. 2208, fol. 441, 588.
A small part of this property consists of five
blocks FRONTING THE ESPLANADE, and ad-
joining the hotel. On the land are TWO SUB-
STANTIAL GRANITE DWELLINGS, formerly Mr.
Watson's lodges, one on the Esplanade and the
other on the main Nepean-road.
This lot is a mortgagee's sale.
LOT 4.
ALL THOSE pieces of land, containing 31
ACRES, or thereabouts, being Crown Allot-
ments 29, 30, 31, 34, and 35 of Section A,
parish of Moorooduc, with a frontage to the
main Nepean-road, adjoining the Quarry Re-
serve, Balcombe's Creek.
LOT 5.
FARM, CONTAINING 740 ACRES 2 ROODS or
thereabouts, known as DALKEITH-PARK,
being Crown Section 33 and part of Crown
Section E, parish of Moorooduc, including
part of old Mount Martha pre-emptive sec-
tion, with NEWLY-ERECTED BRICK RESI-
DENCE thereon, now in the occupation of
Mr. Alfred Head.
The soil is rich, suitable for agriculture, on flats
at foot of Mount Martha.
LOT 6.
FARM, CONTAINING 546 ACRES or there-
abouts, known as ST. JAMES'S PARK, being
part of Crown Sections E and 31, parish of
Moorooduc, including other part of old pre-
emptive section, now in the occupation of
Messrs. Brady Brothers and Head; also con-
taining rich flats.
Both of these farms are situated on the main
Nepean-road, within five miles of the Mornington
railway station and Butter Factory. Mail coaches
and cream carts pass these properties. A consi-
derable portion of the land has been cultivated,
and is all well grassed, cleaned up land.
LOT 7.
ALL THOSE pieces of land containing 12
ACRES and 23 PERCHES or thereabouts,
being Crown Allotments 43 and 44, Section
B, parish of Moorooduc, formerly known as
"Hutchins' Paddock," opposite Balcombe's
Creek, on the road leading from the beach to
Osborne-house.
All the above properties are for ABSOLUTE
SALE for the purpose of winding up the estate,
and present a splendid opportunity for investors
in seaside properties, farms, and fruit-growing
properties.
The property known as MOUNT MARTHA
ESTATE COMPANY'S LAND has been subdivided,
roads and avenues laid out, and should afford a
very desirable investment for syndicates or capi-
talists for a re-sale.
The climate of Mount Martha is famed for its
HEALTH-GIVING PROPERTIES, and many in-
valids have gone back wholly restored to health.
The beautiful residences of Dr. Balls Headley, H.
Byron Moore, Esq., and other gentlemen are in the
immediate vicinity.
Titles certificates, save as to two or three blocks
in Lot 4, particulars of which may be obtained from
Messrs. Lewis, Hedderwick, and Fookes, solicitors,
414 Little Collins-street, Melbourne.
(P.2, Argus, 15-11-1900.)
Alf Head of Fern Valley near Stony Creek Rd and Brady (Of Mount Evergreen) were neighbours near Mornington-Flinders Rd.
IS THIS JUST COINCIDENCE OR WHAT?
IF Mr. WILLIAM BIGGAM , from Salchrie, (brother in-law of Captain Robert Watson,) will apply to the chief officer of tho Royal Charter, he will hear news of his friends.(P.1, Argus,23-3-1858.)
I don't recall Robert Watson being a skipper; my impression from the studies was that he was a businessman.
Mentions of William Biggam in the 1850's were only in connection with the run, the good news and bad news-insolvency in 1859.
Mr Jacomb, official assignee. — William Biggam, miner, of Daylesford. Liabilities, £68 14s ; assets, nil ; deficiency, £68 14s. Causes of insolvency, pressure of a creditor and want of means to carry on his employment.
(P.6, The Age, 30-5-1859.)
ARE YOU A DESCENDANT OF THE CAMPBELLS OF GLENGYLE (TULLAMARINE), CAMPBELLFIELD AND PORT CAMPBELL?
Andrew Campbell has sent me a private message which explains that the Campbells at these places were indeed members of the same family. He also confirmed my assumption that a member of this family had married John Bertram (after whose family Bertram's Ford between Keilor Village and the parish of Tullamarine was named.)
Andrew asked if I would like more genealogical information about the family, but my focus is to provide local history to make family histories more of a story rather than pure genealogy, just as family lore does. I do include family notices from trove; in many cases,family historians may never find these because of faulty digitisation and I save them the tedious task of correcting the text.
It would be of far more value for Andrew and others researching the same family to be put into contact with each other so they can pool and compare their information and help each other over stumbling blocks. I will ask Andrew for his email address so that anyone who desires to work with him on the Campbells of said places and sends me a private message to this effect can be put in touch with him.
Here is Andrew's message.
Hello,
I just arrived on your journal "HOW GLENGYLE, KEILOR (SECTION 1,TULLAMARINE) BECAME ARUNDEL, "TURNER'S" AND ELLENGOWAN. (VIC., AUST.)".
In case you need some family details, this John Bertram was the husband of Anne McLean Campbell, the last child of Neil Campbell, Mull, Scotland. The Elizabeth Campbell who died there was Anne's first cousin. McLean was indeed her mother's maiden name.
I need to check, but Colin Campbell, elder brother of Anne, went to VDL in 1820. He did quite a farming business near White Hills, Tas, and I believe, in Victoria. He sold all his properties in Australia in 1851 and returned to his family in Scotland. Perhaps this the the Colin Campbell "cousin" you refer to?
I'm trying to develop Anne and John's family tree down, as we have very little documented on them, though I probably have some other info I could try to dig out if you are interested.
For info, I'm a descendant of Archibald McArthur Campbell, a squatter and grazier in Victoria of the time. He is brother to Anne and Colin, and also Alexander (Port Campbell was named after him) and Neil Campbell (Campbellfield was named after him).
Let me know if I can help?
Best regards,
Andrew Campbell
The Campbellfield connection is of interest to me because Robert Campbell was granted land near Neil's grants in the parish of Will Will Rook, and it would be good to find out whether he was related to Neil.To get the Will Will Rook parish map, google WILL WILL ROOK, COUNTY OF BOURKE.
ART AND HISTORY: . EUGENE VON GUERARD and Walter Clark's "Glenara", Bulla, Victoria, Australia. TOWNSHEND SOMERVILLE.
Artists left a valuable historical legacy in the days before photography developed. The "Australia Sketcher" artists were kept busy recording images of places, such as a view of Mt Martha and Safety Beach from Arthur"s Seat; these can be seen on trove. The Peninsula and other "Artists' Trails" let us compare present day scenes, viewed from the spot where the artists sat, with reproductions of their paintings.
The N.G.V.pamphlet about the Von Guerard exhibition in 2011 contains reproductions of mountain scenes near Kosciusko and the western District but the ones that captured my attention were those of Cape Schanck and Walter Clark's Glenara (Melway 177 C9); the latter on page 2 which is attached.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM "EARLY LANDOWNERS: PARISH OF TULLAMARINE", WRITTEN LARGELY FROM MEMORY."
Later additions to the text are written in italics.
SECTIONS 16 and 17.
Section 16 was granted to Archibald Walker who sold the 533 acres to William Coghill on 7-7-1842 for 1040 pounds. On 16-5-1856, William conveyed the part of section 16 s/w of Bulla Rd to George for two (several?) sums of 10 shillings each and ?the natural love and affection he hath and beareth for the said George Coghill.?
As it is now two years since I have been able to access the computer, both my enthusiasm and my ability to recall facts or access notes at the drop of a hat have almost disappeared. Therefore, I hope you will forgive me if the rest of this history is somewhat abbreviated. I think that is preferable to the information not becoming available.
Section 17, consisted of part A (435 acres) and part B (448 acres). As the Bulla road ran through 17A, from Oaklands Junction (where a southern extension of Oaklands Rd would meet Perimeter Rd inside the airport) to where a dotted line now meets Sunbury Rd at Melway 177, F/9, the north eastern corner became the Inverness Hotel paddock of 58 acres, rather than part of Glenara, (although it was still owned by the Clark family). This paddock was generally leased by the occupant of the Inverness, such as Patrick Condon in 1879 and 1882. By 1915, bookmaker, Maurice Quinlan had bought this paddock (as well as huge tracts of the Glenara Estate up Oaklands Rd) and was leasing it and the hotel to Eleanor C.Gibb, who was later to move to the Essendon (Grand) Hotel. Another to run the hotel was Bridget Madden, the sister of Maurice Crotty of "Broomfield", through which Tullamarine Park Rd now runs.
Glenara consisted of 1030 acres and was owned by Alexander Clark in 1914. It consisted of the part of section 16 conveyed to George Coghill the part of 17A excluding the Inverness Hotel, and 17B.
As I no longer have my notes and maps, the following relies purely on my memory. George Goghill called his farm Glencairn. The dam at 177 D12 was known to the pioneers as the Glencairn dam. Walter Clark, who was the next owner, renamed the farm Glenara. Coghill, remembered by street names in Broadmeadows (Westmeadows) and Bulla Townships, also owned Cumberland, and if I remember correctly, built the Cumberland mansion whose ruins are at Melway 178 C12. In about 1850 Coghill, like Joseph Raleigh at Maribyrnong, built boiling down works to convert near-worthless sheep into tallow.
Walter Clark bought much land up Oaklands Rd as well as Glenara. One portion of this land was called Dunalister, after his son, Alister. When a later owner of this property wished to rename it Balbethan, the late Bob Blackwell used the name for his property near (I think) Elmore.
While in London, young Alister Clark chanced upon the Chelsea Flower Show and fell in love with roses. Bulla Bulla gives great detail of his fame as a breeder of roses. Alister also loved horses and as well as being closely involved with the Oaklands Hunt, he was the first Chairman of the Moonee Valley Racing Club from its inception until his death. Two of this club?s highly regarded races were the Tullamarine Handicap and the Alister Clark Stakes. Alister?s Vice Chairman, J.B.McArthur, and the Rundles (later owners of Glenara) were members of the Hunt as well.
Alister was adored in the community and Lilly Green, who with hubby Cec used the closed Junction Hotel at Greens Corner (Mobil site) for a garage and store, said that serving Alister with petrol was the highlight of her time there. Alister served for years on the Bulla Shire Council (many as President) and the Bulla School Committee.
I.W.Symonds' "Bulla Bulla" has much information about the Clark family. If I remember correctly, Walter Clark died in a buggy accident at about the time that Eugene Von Guerard painted the scene in the painting. The reason it is described as being near Keilor is that from 1854, Keilor Rd (known as Mt Alexander Rd) became the main route to the diggings, much money having been spent to build Brees' bridge and improve the surface. Logically, the artist would have taken that route, stopped at Keilor for refreshments and then taken Arundel Rd (part of which is now named after Jose Borrell)across Bertram's Ford and through "Arundel", finally driving north along the present McNabs Rd past Barbiston, Victoria Bank, Oakbank, Aucholzie,Seafield, Roseleigh and Gowrie Park until he reached the southern boundary of Glencairn at Melway 4 G2. Then he would have chosen a spot which placed Mt Macedon almost in line with the homestead.One can imagine the curiosity of the McNab, Ritchie, Mansfield, Grant, Farnes, and Gray children to see a stranger in their quiet backwater. I bet they followed and watched him at work from a respectful distance. The Grants of Craigllachie and Loemans of Glenloeman, on Tullamarine Island, probably gawked from across Deep Creek.
Amazingly although the two families were so prominent, the Shire of Bulla rate collectors could never seem to work out which ones were Clark and which were Clarke (of the Jackson's old run, where Rupertswood was built.) Interestingly, the buildings between the Glenara homestead and Mt Macedon are probably on Lochton where Bain opened a flour mill in 1856, the year that Walter Clark bought 17A and Glencairn.(Lochton, whose old homestead was still standing when occupied by Reddan descendants circa 1999, is located at Melway 177 C4; aborigines used to pick-a-back children from Lochton across the creek on their way to the original Bulla school near the bridge.)
TOWNSHEND SOMERVILLE, about whom much information is given in my SOMERVILLE journal,was married at Glenara, the residence of Walter Clark. This would indicate that he and Walter were close friends. (Illustrated Australian News, 4-12-1871, page 223, accessed through TROVE.)
Arthur BOYD (born 1920, AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR IN 1995) and HERITAGE PROTECTION FOR 62 ROSEBUD PARADE, Rosebud, Victoria.
As can be easily found in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, this Arthur was a member of an artistic family. His grandfather, also named Arthur Boyd, came to Australia via New Zealand. The family became established at Murrumbeena, with one of the properties being Open Country where young Arthur's father, Merric, became a famed potter. When Merric's mother died in late 1936, young Arthur went to live with his grand-father at what is now 62 ROSEBUD PARADE, ROSEBUD. Young Arthur's maternal grandmother, Evelyn Gough, an early advocate of equality for women, had owned a house on the foreshore (Rosebud Fishing Village)since 1905 or before. With tuition from his grandfather, the teenager painted many scenes in the Rosebud area (10 known so far)until 1939 when his grandfather's ill health forced a return to Murrumbeena. Merric and Bloomfield are two common given names in this Boyd family and I suspect that they were maiden names of women that married into the family. Two of young Arthur's paintings featured Charles and Walter Burnham's jetty at the bay end of Boneo Rd; the view from the east gracing the cover of Robin Boyd's book. The house at 64 Rosebud Ave has been demolished so the Mornington Peninsula Shire must immediately protect the house that the 1995 Australian of the Year occupied, as a teenager launching a fabulous career. Honour this noted family's connection with Rosebud!
As two of Arthur's paintings, HOUSE AT ROSEBUD and INTERIOR LIVING ROOM, ROSEBUD had been sequestered on gallery websites, finding the house was difficult. Ben Boyd, a descendant of Arthur's, answered a plea for help emailed to his sister and it was mainly due to his titles searches that the house was granted heritage protection.
The newspaper article might have helped a bit.
A LOCAL historian wants a Rosebud house where renowned artist Arthur Boyd once lived to receive heritage status.
It was when he began researching Rosebud?s history that he discovered the link between the Boyd family of painters, potters and writers and the house at 62 Rosebud Parade.
The retired primary school teacher had already written extensively about different aspects of peninsula history when he read that the Boyd presence in Rosebud started in 1905 through Arthur Boyd?s grandmother, Evelyn Gough.
EXTRACTS FROM EMAILS.
I have advised the owner of 62 Rosebud Parade that I intend to apply a heritage overlay to the property; this process takes some time, and in the meantime I am exploring what the future of the cottage could be in a practical sense, for example what could it be used for.
It may be that the owner is willing to sell the property to someone - or some organisation - interested to preserve it for its Arthur Boyd history.
Do you know of any persons, or organisations, that might have in interest in the cottage, to purchase or to use?
I would appreciate any leads you can give me.
The Bundanon Trust, The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, University Arts Departments, or some umbrella group for Art Societies (if such exists) might be able to get a Government grant to buy the property and employ a live-in manager. I envisage groups of artists, from interstate or country or even metropolitan areas, staying in the house for a reasonable fee for a week or so to follow an expanded Artists' trail and execute their own works of our Peninsula beauty spots. Failing lack of interest from the above organisations and success in obtaining grants, there are many artists living on the peninsula who would probably jump at the opportunity to buy a house with such bragging rights and conduct it as a B&B for clients as described above. They could pocket income from guests for accommodation and conducted tours (the trail, good locations to paint) as well as soaking up inspiration from the many different artists that Arthur Boyd's house would attract. Local traders (shopkeepers) would benefit from the extra tourists that this very different guest house would attract.
ARTHUR BOYD AND THE RIGGS OF HINDHOPE IN ROSEBUD, VIC., AUST.
Well, blow me down with a feather!
The Mornington Peninsula Shire has removed heritage protection from the Boyd Cottage at 62 Rosebud Pde. in Rosebud. Thanks a lot CONTEXT! The ROSEBUD FISHING VILLAGE cottages on crown allotments 21 and (then) 26 occupied by Evelyn Gough are long gone. I knew that Evelyn's mother was a Rigg but I never thought for a moment that she would be related to a Rosebud family of that name, and if I had, I wouldn't have dared to speculate that such was the case. Having regained my internet connection after months thanks to my son's efforts today, I was delighted to find the connection between the Boyds and Hindhope Villa (50 First Avenue, Rosebud)which is still standing but has no heritage overlay either.
Subject: Rose bud , Rigg ,Hindhope , Gough , Boyd
To: itellya
From: Westwood01
Date: 2016-02-22 04:35:15
Thank you so much for your journals they are very interesting . I read with interest re Gregory and Eleanor Rigg, my great grandparents who after many years at "Caulpaulin" on the darling river brought at Hindhope . Gregorys sister Evelyn Anna Walker Gough ( nee Rigg)( a wonderful women:suffragette, writer, Fabian , poet& penal reformer- her husband T.B Gough was a lieutenant on the "Cerberus " ) was the grandmother of Arthur Boyd (their youngest daughter was Doris Boyd ( nee Gough) , apparently Evelyn she had a holiday house there? or did she stay with the Rigg family ? , Arthur also spent much time on the peninsula . Do you have any photos of where they may have lived ? The family was devoted to the arts G.B Riggs son Colin Rigg was a great benefactor for the Victorian art gallery ( Colin & Cicely Rigg design prize).
My grandmother Rebecca Rigg was born in Tooradin, I have some photos of the family . My email is (DELETED.) Thanks again Amanda
If any people wish to get in touch with Amanda Fraser, private message your contact details to me and I will pass them on to her.
AUSTRALIA-WIDE HERO IN 1905: William John Ferrier of Warrnambool, Queenscliff and Rosebud.
William John Ferrier was a hero. Apparently suffering with an injured arm and conditions so bad that he had to lash himself to his mast, he performed a heroic rescue when the La Bella was wrecked near Warrnambool in 1905. He was a fisherman at this stage and was awarded the Humane Society's gold medal for his bravery. Between 1905 and 1915, he was the lighthouse keeper of the South Pile Lighthouse in Port Phillip Bay. During his time there, he owned the historic house at 858 Pt Nepean Rd on crown allotment 7 of the Rosebud Fishing Village, which had been granted to Thomas Coppard, a member of the Queenscliff Fishing Co. It is probable that the Government had given him this job as a reward for his heroism. While at the lighthouse, he painted ships on the timber interior which are shown on the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum website. Both Warrnambool and Queenscliff have a continuing Ferrier presence. William and his wife seem to have retained an affection for Rosebud as they gave this name to their house in Beach St, Queenscliff. Lew Ferrier's fishing boat was also given this name and played a prominent role in the opening of the renewed harbour in recent years.
When William (having gone back to fishing) died in 1937, all the flags in Queenscliff flew at half-mast.
Ferrier, a great name in Victoria's maritime history!
BASKET DAVEY MILBURN OF KEILOR :VICTORIA'S FIRST IRRIGATOR!!!!
David Milburn of Keilor is officially recognised as the first irrigator in Victoria. (Victorian Year Book 1973.)
As I am about to gain access to DHOTAMA, much information will then follow but in the meantime, readers might care to google "David Milburn, irrigator" and see what pops up. The first irrigating was done on his original purchase, Grange Farm, about which details will be supplied when I can access the Grange Farm entry in the dictionary history.
One of the pioneering families connected by marriage with the Milburns is the Tate family of Pleasant Vale which occupied the western side of Tullamarine Island, (subdivided by J.P.Fawkner)and extended across Jacksons Creek into the parish of Holden where the Tate children attended school after the Tullamarine Island school on Bulla Park closed. (Tullamarine Island is between Deep Creek and Jacksons Creek with Loemans Rd providing access.)The Pleasant Vale homestead was accessed via Cooper Rd and was directly in line with McLeods Rd across Jacksons Creek in the parish of Holden.
While the history of the Milburns revolved mainly around market gardening (orchards with peaches a Keilor specialty until the Spanish invasion of Borrell, Vert and Cuartero introduced crops of cauliflowers, tomatoes etc), it might surprise even the Milburns that David Milburn had Mrs Kilburn's 400 acre ("Fairview"x) "Fairfield" in about 1880.It is likely that this property,north of Sharps Rd and west of Broadmeadows Rd in Tullamarine, was used by David for hay growing or grazing. It was later owned by another pioneer of the Keilor area, James Harrick, before being divided into Brightview and Dalkeith.
BELGIAN, HENRY BERNARD SIMON, THE ALMOST MYTHICAL PIONEER OF DROMANA , VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
Cr. John Davies of Balnarring got the myth rolling when he stated at a gathering of the Peninsula's earliest pioneers at the Balnarring hall in 1913 that a Frenchman named Simon lived in a large hollow tree for years and died there. This quotation and other information from pages 153-4 of A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA, under the heading of "Simon The Belgian or, as Others Say, Frenchman", will be transcribed later in the journal, along with a passage from Helen Blakeley's W.H.BLAKELEY: PIONEER SAW MAKER, FARMER AND TRADE UNIONIST, which shows how frightening it could be for early pioneers living in the bush and how hospitable Henry, the so-called hermit could be.
Not one of the 130 death records for SIMON on Victorian BDM ONLINE is that of our mythical pioneer, nor was he the father of any of the others whose deaths were recorded. Unsurprisingly, as records were lost, there is no record of him being buried at Dromana.
Henry's two grants are shown on the Kangerong parish map:
KANGERONG
There were three cuttings between Boundary Rd and Arthurs Seat Rd: Eaton's, Simon's and Bryan's.
Simon's Cutting obviously gave access between Henry's two grants.
Colin McLear knew where Henry's grants were, as demonstrated on page 153 of his book, but may not have been able to read the INITIALS of the grantee on the parish map: H.B.SIMON. He wrote to council in 1882 complaining that the valuation on his property was too high and luckily I suspected that his second given name in the article, "Barnard", was actually Bernard.
DROMANA POLICE COURT
The notice regarding the probate of Henry's estate in 1885 shows that he was almost certainly a native of BELGIUM.
Law Notices.
HENRY BERNARD SIMON- STATUARY NOTICE to CREDITORS and OTHERS. — Pursuant to the Sixtieth Section of the "Statute of Trusts, I864,"notice is hereby given that all Creditors and other Persons having any CLAIMS or DEMANDS upon or against the ESTATE of Henry Bernard Simon, late of Dromana, in the colony of Victoria, farmer, deceased (who died on the 28th day of August last, and Probate of whose Will was granted by the Supreme Court of the said colony in its Probate Jurisdiction on the 22nd day of September last to JULES RENARD. of Melbourne, in the colony of Victoria, Belgian Consul, the sole executor named in and appointed by the said Will, are hereby
requested to SEND the PARTICULARS of such claims to the said Jules Renard, at the office of Messrs. Malleson, England and Stewart, 24 Queen-street, Melbourne, on or before the second day of November next, and notice is hereby also given that at the expiration of the last mentioned day the said Jules Renard will be at liberty to distribute the assets of the said Henry Bernard Simon, or any part thereof, amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which he shall then have had notice, and the said Jules Renard will not be liable for the assets or any part thereof so paid, applied, or distributed to any person of whose claim he shall not have had notice at the time of such distribution.
Dated this first day of October, 1885.
MALLESON. ENGLAND and STEWART, 24 Queen-street, Melbourne, Proctors for the said Executors.
P.8, The Age,2-11-1885.
Henry certainly did not die a pauper.
LAW COURTS. PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. (Before Mr. Justice Molesworth.) THURSDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER.
Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) Saturday 26 September 1885 p 29 Detailed Lists, Results, Guides
... ; John Charles Lowrie, £257 ; Bridget Austin, £58 ; Henry Bernard Simon, £411; John Stephen Garrett
TRANSCRIBED ANECDOTES.
PAGES 153-4, A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA.Colin McLear.
CHARACTERS IN DROMANA'S PAST.
Simon The Belgian or, as Others Say, Frenchman.
In Georgiana McCrae's journal, she several times refers to a Simon as being on Jamieson's Special Survey or as visiting Arthurs Seat Station from the Survey.
The Simon hereafter discussed lived and worked on the side of Arthurs Seat. It is a matter for conjecture thathe may have been occupied on the Special Survey at some time.His eccentricities, coupled with his broken English, saw him become a figure of folklore far and wide throughout the Peninsula- a lesser Paul Bunyan of the Antipodes. Tall tales were affectionately told of him by septuagenarian and octagenarian pioneers when they gathered at Balnarring in 1913 to recall the early days. These recollections were gathered into print and published by the Peninsula Post under the title, The Men Who Blazed the Track.Councillor J.Davies then said of him:
Not many years ago there lived in a large hollow tree in the vicinity a Frenchman named Simon. On one occasion he was asked by a minister how he lived. Simon's answer was short and to the point. He said, "Two goannas and one possum last me a week." (Laughter from the audience) He lived in the tree for years and died there. (A voice: "He was as strong as a giant.")
At the same gathering, Mr B.Tonkin said that the Simon referred to by Mr Davies lived on the mountain, Arthurs Seat. He carried all the posts and rails for fencing on his back up the hill and also walked to Dromana and carried a bag of flour up the hill on his back. Simon purchased lot 3 of section 3 in the Parish of Kangerong on May 1, 1877. This 27 acre block fronted Boundary Road. Adjoining it and higher up the hill, he purchased lot 33 of 43 acres on March 4,1881. Above this was George McLear's 82 acres block, and, above that again, on the top of the hill, Simon purchased lot 6, which was 142 acres in area. The latter block fronted Arthurs Seat Road.
In his early days on the mountain, Simon did live in a hollow tree, though not one standing as depicted in some sketches. His house was built some 230 yards above Boundary Road and beside the creek that once bore his name.
When Simon died, his house was purchased by the Shire Rate Collector, Mr Hazeldine (Hazledine)who moved it onto his land in Foote Street, Dromana, and with his family, took up residence therein. His descendants occupied it until comparatively recently when it was removed to make way for the new Roman Catholic Church. Then the old wooden church was converted for use as a hall.
It is said that Simon had a long body and short legs, was very strong and could carry a post on a shoulder over a long distance. Regularly he is said to have carried large bags of chips* to his home from various points on the mountain. Allegedly he was not averse to eating goannas and possums.(*Fuel for his fire, not French fries!)
It was also said that the Gallic settler's behavior was unpredictable. As mentioned earlier, George McLear owned a block between two of Simon's (paraphrased-and another beside Simon's lower blocks near Boundary Rd.)It was a shorter journey between George's two blocks if he could take his bullock team across the top corner of one of Simon's blocks. Permission was sought to do just this. When George's smaller brother, John (born in 1846 six years after George*)attempted to follow at a distance, Simon chased him with a stick.
*This information that I've added would suggest that the incident happened in about 1860.
Simon seems to have had a penchant for pears*. Indeed his orchard by his house contained numerous varieties of this fruit. On one occasion, Nelson Rudduck was riding by one of Simon's boundaries when he noticed him cutting a bough that was hanging over an intended fence line. Nelson was anxious for the axeman's safety for the latter was standing on the offending branch on the outer side of the cut he was making. He tried to draw his attention to the danger he was creating for himself. "Simon! You're standing on the wrong side of the cut," he called by way of drawing Simon's attention to his imminent danger, There was no acknowledgement of repeated warnings, until, at last the Frenchman came to earth, branch and all.
*Pears can be used to make mead. See Helen Blakeley's story.
John Townsend once camped at Simon's, whilst splitting posts on the mountain. One evening he shot a possum, intending to feed it to his dog in due course. Late the next day, John returned to camp in time to find Simon rolling on his bed, moaning and groaning all the while. When he enquired as to the cause of this distress, Simom replied that he had eaten too much possum. "But," insisted Townsend, "that possum was for my dog. What did you give him?" "I gave him the stomach," was the reply.
COMMENTS.
In 1882, Henry's land was described as being 140 acres when he complained that the valuation was too high. This was almost certainly the 142 acres. In the first Kangerong Road Board assessment of 3-9-1864, Henry Bernard Simon was rated on property in Kangerong with a nett annual value of 12 pounds which the 1865 rate record described as 122 acres and a hut. In 1879, Henry Bernard Simon was assessed on 70 acres leased from the Crown.
He would seem to have been occupying the Arthurs Seat Rd block at first and some time soon after he assisted William Henry Blakeley (as detailed below)he had moved to his land near Boundary Rd. The incident involving Nelson Rudduck (who arrived at Dromana in 1871) most likely happened on the property near Boundary Road.
Joseph William Hazledine, who'd arrived in the area to teach at Rosebud State School moved to Dromana in the mid 1890's and lived for some time in Dromana Villa, Alex Haldan's original Dromana Post Office. The statement that he'd bought Simon's old house upon the latter's death is seriously misleading given that there is no death record for Henry Bernard Simon on the Victorian BDM online records.Henry died in 1885 (exact date in the notice re probate by the Belgian Consul.)
William Henry Blakeley's "Ecclesall" was on the east corner of Arthurs Seat and Mornington-Flinders Rds being crown allotment 70A, Balnarring, partly occupied since about 1950 by the Red Hill Consolidated School.
To see the parish map, paste digital.slv.vic.gov.au/dtl_publish/simpleimages/36/1191007.html into your search bar and click on the first result.
Blakeley, who'd bought c/a 70A from the grantee Richard Henry Holding on 24-3-1874, spent much time in Melbourne running his sawmaking business and on this occasion had returned home by Steamer. He had to walk from the jetty (Melway 159H5)to Eatons Cutting Rd (160D9)which ends at 190E3 right across Arthurs Seat Road from "Ecclesall". Hopelessly lost, he finished up spending the night at Simon's place at 190 A 2, now the Seaforth Vineyard over Arthurs Seat Rd from Heath Lane, the original north end of Main Creek Rd.
PAGE 53-4, W.H.BLAKELY, PIONEER SAWMAKER, FARMER AND TRADE UNIONIST.Helen L.Blakeley.
William himself had difficulty finding Ecclesall at night. On one such occasion he left the bay steamer at Dromana and walked up the Eatons Cutting track to the top of the hill. It was a pitch black night and when William thought he might be near Ecclesall he called out 'coo-ee' several times in the hope that Edward Barker* would answer him and he could get his bearings. There being no reply William continued along the top track , Arthurs Seat Road, heading in a westerly direction and was in fact with each step walking further away from the farm. After groping his way along for about two miles, he saw a dim light shining through a window. He went over to where the light came from and knocked on the door.
It was opened by Simon, a hermit after whom Simon's cutting was named. Simon was an early settler in the district. William told Simon that he was 'bushed' (lost) and he was invited inside, given a meal and told that he was welcome to stay the night. Simon was noted for distilling mead, an alcoholic beverage whose main ingredient is fermented honey.
Local legend had Simon eating bandicoots and possums but William would have noted this if it had been on his bill of fare. In the morning, Simon pointed the way home and upon arrival William asked his father in law had he heard someone calling out in the bush. The answer was yes but he had been afraid to answer in case it was a robber who would come back and attack him.
I guess that would prove that the hermit, Henry Bernard Simon, had been brave as well as hospitable to answer William's knock on his door.
BEN STENNIKEN OF RYE AND PORT MELBOURNE, PIONEER OF THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA, VIC., AUST., IN 1848.
Because there are so many links they will not be formatted in the usual way so you can click on the word(s) in blue type. Just copy the links, which I will render in BOLD TYPE, into your search bar and press enter.
If by chance I do not detail some of the information in the next paragraph,most of these details,such as Ben's land on the Survey and the Wilson/Stenniken connection, can be found in Colin McLear's A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA. The Anglican Church in Rye has an excellent history board which mentions the use of Stenniken lime for the original school/church.
BEN STENNIKEN.
If, by some sort of authoritarian edict (such as Richard Wynne's, allowing three story dwellings on the Peninsula without the need for permits), any mention of Ben Stenniken and the pioneers and areas with which he was associated was banned, an enormous black hole would be created in the history of the Mornington Peninsula. The family was mainly identified with Rye and Port Melbourne but there was the land that Ben owned at Mt.Eliza; the land that he leased on the Survey near Henry William Wilson's hut which his Patterson descendants later owned, Maria Wilson working for John Vans Agnew Bruce at his summer residence on the northern fifth of the Survey before her marriage; and her home in Dromana, which was used for a hospital; the Stenniken land in the parish of Fingal which probably led to the Kennedy-Patterson marriage. At Rye the first school/C.of E.was built with Stenniken lime most likely quarried on Kenyon's former (RUN?) near the east end of Melbourne Rd or the north west corner of Truemans Rd;; and a timber supply industry which ensured continued employment for those previously engaged in the supply of lime for which demand slackened when Dame Nellie Melba's father and others opened the Lilydale quarries.
There is no death notice or record* for one of the Peninsula's most prominent pioneers and it was only because of his widow's death notice in 1922 that his death in 1897 was discovered. There seems to be no marriage notice or record either but this is explained in Sam Sherlock's obituary.
* Comment on the PIONEERS OF THE MORNINGTON PENINSULA Facebook page.
Sandra Beckett There actually IS a death record, however it is under SLINNIKEN. Father - Ben, mother Maria Newton. 1897.
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THE STENNIKEN GRANTS NEAR RYE.
CROWN ALLOTMENTS 5 AND 6, PARISH OF NEPEAN. See nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm4538
These grants adjoined or were near Melbourne Road which, as shown on the map, was the only through road west of Dundas St for many years. There is no date showing when the grants were issued but the low crown allotment numbers would indicate they were among the first to be alienated (as in the case of Andrew McLellan's c/a 1, Moorooduc.)
CROWN ALLOTMENT 48 WANNAEUE. See digital.slv.vic.gov.au/dtl_publish/simpleimages/30/2611207.html
West corner of the beach road and Truemans Rd, consisting of 108 acres 1 rood and 23 perches, granted to S.Sherlock (obviously Ben and Mary Ann's son, Samuel) on 16-8-1865. This extended west to adjoin the Tootgarook pre-emptive right at the Morris/Keith St midline and south to adjoin James Trueman's grants at the Bona/Ronald St midline. The grant was placed on sale in about 1920 with Truemans Rd confusingly called the Government road between Rosebud and Rye. Wilkinson St. was named after a developer but Burdett St was named after Godfrey Burdett Wilson (who married Maria Stenniken) or his mother, Thamer, nee Burdett.
SALE OF THE ABOVE GRANTS.
SEASIDE ALLOTMENTS at PORTSEA.
w. F. VALE and Co. have received instructions
from THE TRUSTEES. EXECUTORS, AND
AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED, of 412 Collins
Blreet, to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION (through
their, auctioneer, W. F. Vale), at the rooms, 235
Collins street, on Wednesday, February 4. at half
past two o'clock.
In the Estate of the Late B. Stenniken.
RYE.
Lot 1.-Comprising Crown Allotment 6, parish
of Nepean, containing 129 acres 0 roods 13
perches, adjacent to the properties of Messrs.
Norquay, Wigmore, and Brown, and in the
centre of the celebrated Mellelotus country;
this land having a similar soil ovcrlaying a
limestone foundation.
Lot 2, adjoining.-128 acres 3 roods 37 perch«,
being Crown Allotment 5 of said parish.
ROSEBUD.
Lot 3.-On main road to Sorrento, corner of
Government road, between Rosebud and Rye,
Crown Allotment 48, parish of Wannaeue,
containing 108 acres 1 rood 23 perches, ad-
joining part of "Tootgarook Estate" and J.
Trueman's property ; a suitable block for sub*
division into seaside allotments, having over
half-mile frontage to main road, with only
the narrow Government reserve dividing it
from the beach.(P.3, Argus, 17-1-1920.)
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The closest thing to an obituary for Ben is contained in Sam Sherlock's obituary. See below.
Because there was so little about Ben on trove, I tried a Google search and discovered that an icon of the Peninsula's history was owned by Ben's namesake son whose details will follow.
The Eivion was probably Rosebud's major lifeline. Jack Jones whose store on today's 854-6 Pt Nepean Rd (lot 6 of the Rosebud Fishing Village) was burnt down, built a new store on lot 86 of section 18 Wannaeue (the FJ's corner) in about 1884 and would be on the beach anxiously scanning the horizon if the Eivion, carrying his supplies, was behind schedule. After George Fountain had bought Jack's foreshore allotment (with pines planted on the frontage by Jack), two dismantled North Melbourne houses were brought down on the Eivion according to Graham Bickford (who believes he has a photo of the Eivion) and used to erect "The Pines".
http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/shipwrecks/heritage/345
EIVION
Location
Rye Pier, Port Phillip Bay
VHR Number
S345
Date lost
1918
Statement of Significance
The wreck of the Eivion is historically significant as a Port Phillip Bay lime trader and for its association with its owner Benjamin Stenniken, the 'mayor' of Rye. It is archaeologically significant as the remains of the hull and cargo exhibit aspects of stowing of bagged lime, including the use of bulkheads and possibly limewashed holds to minimise water ingress to the vessel. As part of a maritime and terrestrial landscape it is in proximity to White Cliffs at Rye which produced lime and has remains of historic lime kilns. It is recreationally and educationally significant as the coherent remains of a wooden vessel within swimming distance from Rye Pier and lies in snorkelling depth.
Physical Description
Construction Material Wood
Rig Ketch
Propulsion Sail
Engine Builder No auxillery engine
Length / Breadth / Depth 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
History
Former Details of Registration Former owner John Olsen (Chronicle, 17/01/1914)
Details
Coming down Bay, encountered SW weather. Sheltered at Swan Bay, Queenscliff. Towed out by Gertrude (later Cicada). Hoisted sail, arrived Rye about 10 am with weather worsening.Only two trolley loads of wood to complete loading at Rye pier when wind came in from west at gale force, pinning Eivion , with no auxiliary power, to pier. Huge seas battered vessel for hours, carried it up and crashed hull down on leeside of wharf. Eivion's cargo burst out. The next morning, after storm had abated, it was awash, half filled with sand, with its rigging tangled. The vessel was later dynamited to clear wreckage away from pier [If the report is correct that the Gertrude (later Cicada) towed out the Eivion, then the latter must have been wrecked before 10 Aug. 1922 (the date the Gertrude/Cicada was wrecked) and probably before 1918 when the name Gertrude was changed to Cicada (see file). Reports of wrecking based on eye-witness recollection - may not be accurate. Reports differ on date of wrecking - early 1920s(and late 1920s]
Voyage Details
Date Lost 1918
Voyage from Melbourne to Rye
Cargo
70 tons wood, lime (observed on site)
Owner Benjamin Stenniken Jnr
Master of Vessel Vic Kallic
Weather conditions
Gale force winds from west
Cause of Loss
Strong westerly winds and wave action whilst vessel was alongside pier Vessel was pounded onto pier. After storm, Eivion was awash with rigging tangled. Later dynamited to clear wreckage from pier
Further Details
Number of Passengers 0
Number of Crew Members 0
N.B. THE EIVION SANK AT THE RYE PIER ON THE WEEKEND OF 3RD, 4TH. DECEMBER, 1921.
SORRENTO.
During the rough weather at the weekend the ketch Eivion
was sunk at the Rye pier.(P.9, Argus, Monday, 5-12-1921.)
THE CHILDREN OF BEN STENNIKEN AND MARY ANN, NEE SHERLOCK.
STENNIKEN/SHERLOCK information is available on:
Mary Ann Sherlock / Stenniken 1826-1922 - Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/mary-ann-sherlock_44929630
Numbers don't indicate order of birth. Just checking that I have all ten from the Ancestry page.
1.
EventBirth Event registration number19841 Registration year1857???* (1850-1923 ON ANCESTRY!)
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesRachel SexFemale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Unknown) Place of birthWHITE CLIFF PORT PHILIP HEADS
EventMarriage Event registration number1352 Registration year1874
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesRachel SexFemale Spouse's family namePATTERSON Spouse's given namesRalph
EventDeath Event registration number5402 Registration year1923
Personal information
Family namePATTERSON Given namesRachel SexFemale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birth Place of deathDROMANA Age73*
PATTERSON. —On the 26th May, 1923, at her residence, McCulloch street, Dromana, Rachel,the beloved wife of Ralph Patterson, loving mother of Sarah (Mrs. Kennedy, deceased), Jim(South Africa), Godfrey, Margaret (Mrs.Edwards), Sam (Sydney), and Jessie (Mrs. Dean), and loving sister of Annie (Mrs. West), Sarah(Mrs. Kenyon), Maria (Mrs. Wilson), Samuel, Benjamin, Mary, and Elizabeth Stenniken, and Jessie (Mrs. Dalton), aged 73 years.
A patient sufferer at rest.
PATTERSON (nee Stenniken). —On the 26th May,at her daughter's residence, Dromana, Rachel,the dearly beloved wife of Ralph Patterson of Cape Schanck, loved mother of Sarah (deceased),James, Godfrey, Margaret, Samuel, and Jessie,73 years 7 months.(P.1, Argus, 30-5-1923.)
*In view of the fact that both the death record and death notice agree on Rachel's age at death being 73, it would seem that the birth year in the birth record is wrong and that Rachel was about 24 rather than 17 when she married Ralph.
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EventBirth Event registration number6668 Registration year1860 (1860-1932 on Ancestry.)
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesBenjamin SexUnknown Father's nameBenjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birthTHEH*
(* I can only imagine that this is supposed to be an abbreviation for "The Heads". )
I presume this is Ben Junior. Did he marry a cousin?
EventMarriage Event registration number4258 Registration year1892
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesBenj SexMale Spouse's family namePENLINGTON Spouse's given namesSarah Jane
EventDeath Event registration number1299 Registration year1932
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesBenjamin SexMale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birth Place of deathDROMANA Age69
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EventBirth Event registration number18168 Registration year1864 (1864-1938 on Ancestry.)
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesElizabeth Penlington SexUnknown Father's nameBenjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birthSAND*
(* Liardet's Beach and Sandridge were early names for Port Melbourne.)
EventDeath Event registration number7758 Registration year1938
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesElizabeth Penlington SexFemale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birthPORT MELBOURNE Place of deathPORT MELBOURNE Age72
STENNIKEN - The Funeral of late Miss ELIZABETH STENNIKEN will leave her residence, Drumrora, 143 Rouse street, Port Melbourne, THIS DAY (Thursday, the 25th August), at 11 a m ,and proceed to the Anglican Church, Rye where a service will be conducted by the Rev. G. Hughes,
assisted by the Rev. J. K Taylor, at 1 45 p m, at the conclusion of which the cortege will proceed to the Rye Cemetery.(P.10, Argus, 25-8-1938.)
See Elizabeth's death notice in Jessie's details.
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4.
EventBirth Event registration number11017 Registration year1867 (1867-1951 on Ancestry.)
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesJessie SexUnknown Father's nameBenjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birthSANDRIDGE
As there is no death notice for Jessie Stenniken, this might be her marriage record.
EventMarriage Event registration number6043 Registration year1901
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesJessie SexUnknown Spouse's family nameKALTON Spouse's given namesJno
No death record for Jessie Kalton to confirm her parent's names. Nor was there any record of a second marriage.
This stumbling block was caused by yet another Victorian BDM typo. Jessie had married John DALTON.
ELIZABETH'S DEATH NOTICE also reveals the Stenniken/ Kenyon connection hinted at in Sam Sherlock's obituary AND NAMES SIBLINGS NOT PREVIOUSLY LISTED.
STENNIKEN-on the 23rd August 1938 at her residence Drumrora Rouse street Port Melbourne, Elizabeth the dearly loved daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Ann Stenniken and devoted sister of Annie (Mrs West deceased) Sarah (Mrs Kenyon) Rachel (Mrs Patterson deceased) Marla (Mrs Wilson deceased) Samuel (deceased) Benjamin (deceased) Mary (deceased) and Jessie (MrsDalton) late of Dromana -Peacefully sleeping (P. 10, Argus, 25-8-1938.)
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ANNIE (1845-1930 on Ancestry.)
No Stenniken birth record was found in 1845, no Stenniken death record in 1930 or a marriage record in any year for Annie Stenniken was found on Victorian B.D.M.
There was no result on trove for "Annie Stenniken".
However, her sister's death notice immediately above shows that Annie became Mrs West, the reason there's no death notice for Annie Stenniken.
ANNIE'S DEATH RECORD.
EventDeath Event registration number6908 Registration year1930
Personal information
Family nameWEST Given namesAnn SexFemale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birth Place of deathPORT MELBOURNE Age83
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6.
MARIA (1855-1927 on Ancestry.)
No birth or marriage records were found for Maria Stenniken! Luckily there was a marriage record for her husband. Gee, the spelling of the surname caused problems-as on the Nepean parish map! (STENNIGAIN ETC.)
EventMarriage Event registration number1452 Registration year1878
Personal information
Family nameWILSON Given namesGodfrey Burdett SexMale Spouse's family nameSTENNEKIN (sic!) Spouse's given namesMaria
MUCH DETAIL OF THEIR CHILDREN IN "A DREAMTIME OF DROMANA".
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SAMUEL (1857-1937 on Ancestry.)
(Mary Ann Sherlock's father and younger brother, the Green Island pioneer, were both named Samuel.)
EventDeath Event registration number186 Registration year1937
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesSamuel SexMale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Shearlock) Place of birthRYE VICTORIA Place of deathALBERT PARK Age80
STENNIKEN. — On the 31st December, at his residence, 9 Cardigan-place, Albert Park,Samuel, dearly loved husband of Rose, loving father of Stella (Mrs. Simcocks), Emily(Mrs. Ward Mitchell), Edith (Mrs. Jack Mitchell), Jack and Ethel. Our loved one.(P.8, The Age, 1-1-1937.)
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8.
MARYJane (1862-1938 on Ancestry.)
The birth and death years on Ancestry are wrong unless the death record has serious errors.It is likely that her death year was confused with that of Elizabeth. Mary Jane had the property in the parish of Fingal.
EventDeath Event registration number18132 Registration year1934
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesMary Jane SexFemale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birth Place of deathDROMANA Age70
There was no death notice for Mary Jane.
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EMMA (1854-1854 ON ANCESTRY.
It is likely that Emma was 2 DAYS old. If 2 meant 2 months, there probably would have been a birth record as well.
EventDeath Event registration number1317 Registration year1854
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesEmma SexUnknown Father's nameBenjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birthMELBOURNE Place of death Age2
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Just as well I checked!
10.
Sarah Caroline Stenniken (1846-1939 on Ancestry.)
KENYON. - On the 20th June, 1939, at her residence, Drumrora, Rouse street, Port Melbourne, Sarah Caroline, the loved daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Stenniken, and loving sister of Annie (Mrs. West, deceased).
Rachel (Mrs. Patterson, deceased) Maria (Mrs.Wilson, deceased) Samuel (deceased). Benjamin (deceased), Mary (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), and Jessie (Mrs. Dalton). -Peacefully sleeping. (P.8,Argus, 21-6-1939.)
EventDeath Event registration number5423 Registration year1939
Personal information
Family nameKENYON Given namesSarah Carol SexFemale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birthWILLIAMSTOWN VICTORIA Place of deathPORT MELBOURNE Age92
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BEN STENNIKEN'S WIFE, AND BROTHER IN LAW SAMUEL SHERLOCK.
EventDeath Event registration number4921 Registration year1922
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesMary Ann SexFemale Father's nameSherlock Saml Mother's nameUnknown (Unknown) Place of birth Place of deathDROMANA Age95
Mary Ann would have been born in about 1827.
EventDeath Event registration number10793 Registration year1900
Personal information
Family nameSHERLOCK Given namesSaml SexUnknown Father's nameSherlock Saml Mother's nameMary Ann (Wignall*) Place of birth Place of deathSnapper Pt Age64
*WIGNALL. Wignall Ford sponsored Frankston in the good old V.F.A. days and Sam Sherlock 3, (the Green Island pioneer's son born in 1861**) became a prominent citizen of Frankston after whom Samuel Sherlock Reserve (the site of Frankston's sensational new swimming pool) was named.Just a coincidence or was the car dealer related to the Sherlocks?
** EventBirth Event registration number19777 Registration year1861
Personal information
Family nameSHERLOCK Given namesSamuel SexUnknown Father's nameSamuel Mother's nameJennette (Mclellan) Place of birthSCHNAPPER
SAM SHERLOCK'S OBITUARY WITH MUCH STENNIKEN HISTORY.
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF MR. SAMUEL SHERLOCK,SENR.
On Thursday last there passed away at his residence, Mornington, one of the oldest residents of the Peninsula
in the person of Mr Samuel Sherlock, senr. The deceased had suffered from asthma for many years past and about
a fortnight ago was confined to his bed. Dr Somers was called in, and by skilful treatment, he so far recovered as to be able to ride into Mornington and vote on polling day. However, on returning home, he again took ill, and despite all that medical aid could do, he expired about 6 p.m. on the evening abovementioned, the immediate cause of death being syncope, supervening on mitral valve disease.
The deceased was well-known and very highly respected throughout the whole of the Peninsula, and ample evidence of his popularity was given on Sunday, when 60 vehicles and over 40 horsemen followed his remains to their last resting place, the Moorooduc (Mornington) cemetery, where a most impressive burial service was read by the Rev. Jas. Caldwell, Presbyterian minister. He leaves a widow, two sons (Lieutenant Samuel Sherlock, Veterinary Surgeon with the Bushman's Contingent in South Africa, and Andrew*, who is a storekeeper at Mornington) and three daughters (Mrs W. Baxter, Sarah and Aggie) to mourn his loss, and the greatest sympathy is expressed on all sides for them.
(*Andrew would have been named after his maternal grandfather, Andrew McLellan.)
Mr Sherlock, who at the time of his death was 64 years of age, was born at Launceston, Tasmania, 1836, and came to Victoria in 1840, being then only 4 years old. His father had a small run at Yarraville, but died four years after he arrived. His sister and her husband (the late Mr Stenniken) then had charge and they stayed at Yarraville for another 4 years, when they purchased the late Mr Kenyon's property at Tootgoorook, now called
Rye, which was in those days good grazing country and not overgrown with ti-tree as it is now. They moved
their stock to this property in 1848,Mr Sherlock stopping with them as stockkeeper for a number of years.
He was afterwards with Mr Burrell, senr., of Arthur's Seat and Mr Barker,senr., of Cape Schanck (both of these
gentlemen being dead some years)stockriding, and he used to tell many amusing stories of that life in the early
days. The stockman's work at Arthur's seat in those days was to round up the wild cattle, shoot the bulls and brand the cows and calfs (sic). It was while he was at the latter station that he, along with Mr Robert Anderson (the only two there at the time) had to entertain the two notorious bushrangers, Brady and O'Connor, who had got away from Tasmania on a craft, and when off Cape Schanck tied up all hands, took two of the sailors and the boat, tried to sink the vessel, made for the shore, and landed safely through the surf with a broken boat. They then made the sailors walk in front of them up the cliff, to Mr.Barker's station, got some food, made a stock of bullets, gave Mr Sherlock a powder flask and the boat, and departed without doing any mischief. These two men were shortly afterwards captured and executed.
He was next with the late Mr A. B.Balcombe, of "The Briars" (who had a good portion of the now Shire of Mornington as his run, before there was any township) stockkeeping, horse-breeding, etc. From Mr Balcombe's
place he married a young lady named Janet McLellan* in April 1859, and settled down at Green Island. Before
the days of coaches, he used to carry the mail on horseback from Rye to Cheltenham and from King's Creek
(Hastings) to the same place. He was also a contractor for roads, bridges, etc,and carried on farming in a small way.
He was married, lived and died in the house he built for himself. Although for the last 20 years he suffered greatly from asthma, he always had a colt in hand, and, in fact, was never happy unless amongst horses, of which he was passionately fond. His last job was breaking in a pony, which he handled and rode himself, although very ill atthe time. (P.2, Mornington Standard, 6-9-1900.)
*Jeannette McLellan according to Sam 3's birth notice of 1861, immediately before the obituary, but Janet in the marriage notice.
EventMarriage Event registration number1263 Registration year1859
Personal information
Family nameSHERLOCK Given namesSamuel SexMale Spouse's family nameMCLELLAN Spouse's given namesJanet
Janet was a daughter of Andrew McLellan.
EventDeath Event registration number8929 Registration year1918
Personal information
Family nameSHERLOCK Given namesJanet SexUnknown Father's nameMclellan Andw Mother's nameMary (Stuart) Place of birth Place of deathFrankston Age84
Andrew McLellan was the grantee of crown allotments 1 and 2 in the parish of Moorooduc,bounded by Moorooduc ,Eramosa, Derril and Bungower Rds., his surname being wrongly written on the parish map as McLennan.
digital.slv.vic.gov.au/dtl_publ…/simpleimages/…/1076739.html
ANDREW McLELLAN, FATHER OF MORNINGTON.
The surveyor was not the only one to write the surname as McLennan. The journalist did so in his tribute despite starting and finishing with the correct spelling.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70072105
Ben Stenniken's land at Mt Eliza was probably across Moorooduc Rd from Andrew McLellan's grants. Stenniken's quarry has been mentioned in an article and I believe that Ben's land included at least part of today's Mt Eliza Regional Park.
The Moorooduc Quarry site was bought by the Shire of Frankston and Hastings in 1923*, so it was most likely the land Mary Ann Stenniken was referring to in 1919.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/…/Moorooduc_Quarry_Flora_and_Fauna…
Mary Ann (STENNIKER!) was negotiating the sale of this land in 1919.
SHIRE OF FRANKSTON AND HASTINGS.
M. A. Stenniker, Dromana, asking for an early and definite reply as to whether Council intends to buy her property at Mt. Eliza, and stating that £4 per acre was never offered for the land in question.(P.3, Mornington Standard, 11-10-1919.)
In 1905, Andrew McLellan, who was leasing the Stenniken land which "contained a. mountain ridge, 1 1/2 miles long", successfully challenged an increased valuation on the property. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65838576
RYE CEMETERY.
The main path traverses flat ground for some distance and after the graves of Cassie Williams on the left and Sidney Smith Crispo on the right commences to climb steeply. On the left, just before Cassie's grave, are the following graves.
2358/2359 STENNIKEN Benjamin 9/10/1897 82 Mary Ann buried with daughters Mary A Stenniken & Elizabeth PENLINGTON
2358/2359 STENNIKEN Mary Ann 7/6/1922 96 buried near daughter Rachel Patterson.
2358/2359 STENNIKEN Mary Jane 7/11/1934 70 buried with par Mary A & Benjamin Stenniken
AND JUST BEFORE THOSE GRAVES:
2357 KENNEDY Mary Sarah 4/3/1910 35 buried with par Rachel & Ralph Patterson
Mary Ann Sarah Patterson had married in 1899. I suspect she had met her future husband in the parish of Fingal where much land was granted to MARY JANE STENNIKEN* and the Pattersons and where a James Kennedy had been assessed at one time.
THE FINGAL PARISH MAP.
digital.slv.vic.gov.au/dtl_publish/simpleimages/3/2067791.html
EventMarriage Event registration number2423 Registration year1899
Personal information
Family namePATTERSON Given namesMary Ann Sarah SexUnknown Spouse's family nameKENNEDY Spouse's given namesJno Wm
This might be her husband's birth record.
EventBirth Event registration number17242 Registration year1874
Personal information
Family nameKENNEDY Given namesWilliam John SexUnknown Father's nameJames Mother's nameEllen (Ryan) Place of birthMELB NTH
* EventDeath Event registration number18132 Registration year1934
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesMary Jane SexFemale Father's nameSTENNIKEN Benjamin Mother's nameMary Ann (Sherlock) Place of birth Place of deathDROMANA Age70
OTHER PENINSULA FAMILY CONNECTIONS.
CLEMENGER.
The heritage-listed Parkmore on the west corner of Parkmore Rd and Pt Nepean Rd, Rosebud was built by Albert "Bert" Holloway and occupied by his family for nine years before he left Rosebud in 1900. Bert also built the new Anglican church at Flinders during that time. By 1903, Parkmore was being used as a guest house and George Fountain's family spent its first Rosebud holiday there in 1904. In about 1908, the Clemengers bought the property, set on 10 acres, and introduced tented accommodation, years before camping on the foreshore was allowed at Rosebud.. The family soon became part of the community and by 1915 their son had married Ruby, the daughter of George Griffeth*, native of New York and a co-owner of the famed TWO BAYS NURSERY which was very close to Ben Stenniken's Mt Eliza land. That would account for J.(Stenniker!)being a groomsman at the wedding.
Ruby and Lily Clemenger were Ruby Griffeth's bridesmaids.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88657711
*http://www.morningtoncemetery.com/Denominations/Presbyterian/Griffeth-George/Griffeth-George.shtml
In 1929, their daughter, Cecilia became engaged to Geoff, only son of Edwin Wheeler,Rosebud's postmaster since 1923 and they later married. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146713664
In between,1922, Lily Clemenger married a Stenniken lad but it may have been a low-key affair because Ben Stenniken's widow also died in 1922. There was no wedding notice.
EventMarriage Event registration number10344 Registration year1922
Personal information
Family nameCLEMENGER Given namesLillian Alice SexUnknown Spouse's family nameSTENNIKEN Spouse's given namesJohn Benj Saml
Lily's husband was the son of Benjamin (born 1860), son of Benjamin Stenniken and Mary Ann, nee Sherlock.
EventBirth Event registration number15898 Registration year1893
Personal information
Family nameSTENNIKEN Given namesJohn Benjamin Sa SexMale Father's nameBenjamin Mother's nameSarah (Penlington) Place of birthMELB