Reunion for Members of the Daniel Family of Narbonne Oaklands Rd Bulla
TOGETHER AGAIN in DESPERATELY SEEKING, SUNDAY HERALD SUN, p.76,11-1-2015.
A reunion of the Daniel family will be held at the Sherwood* (sic) Hunt Club in Bulla on SUNDAY, MARCH 22,(2015) FROM 11-3 P.M. Contact Trevor Parton at trevor_parton@bigpond.com for further details.
*"Sherwood" was part of a run apparently leased by Major Firebrace and part of Section 3,parish of Bulla,granted to Tulip Wright and subdivided as the gold rush got into full swing. In 1888,the Oaklands Hunt Club was formed but it was many years before it had its present headquarters,the late Dr Dickinson's SHERWOOD*. Much of the club's history revolved around the Daniel family, as is well and truly shown in D.F.Cameron-Kennedy's THE OAKLANDS HUNT. Don't be surprised to see photos of at least two of the Daniel men displayed in the clubrooms at Sherwood,the headquarters of the OAKLANDS Hunt Club. The Oaklands Hunt Club is situated in Melway 178 C6, its eastern boundary being that of the parishes of Bulla and Yuroke.
*A trove search for DICKINSON, SHERWOOD, BULLA shows that the original article about the farm was reprinted in countless country papers.
As my journal about John Cosgrave shows,Mary Daniel and her family were among the early pioneers of the future Bulla Road District. It must be nearly 25 years since I read the Daniel family history and it would be nice to think that this will be reprinted,perhaps with updates. One other thing I would like to see is the renaming of Daniels Rd to Daniel Rd so that it correctly recalls the surname of this pioneering family. (Otherwise Daniel may be thought to be a spelling mistake and that there was some sort of relationship to the pioneering DANIELS family of Keilor.) If a petition to this effect was signed at the reunion, I will be pleased to see that it is presented to Hume Council with the backing of the Broadmeadows Historical Society. If Trevor needs help to prepare arguments to support the request, I will be only an email away.
I can't remember how and when Mary became a widow but she was quite capable of fending for herself and her youngsters. Narbonne's orchard was well known but as an amusing story in the family history relates,the ground was prepared by unpaid labourers. Mary's boys? No! But relatives and friends who all carried the label "New Chums". These new chums had an enormous advantage in that they could avoid the inflated cost of the little-remaining and shoddy accommodation in Melbourne while they prepared for their journey to the diggings by staying at Narbonne. Cunning Mary explained that digging for gold was hard work and it would be wise to develop muscles and pick and shovel skills on Narbonne ground before venturing into the unknown.
Like John Pascoe Fawkner's mother, Mary valued the importance of an education and her descendants reaped the benefits, two working as municipal administrators at Bulla, with stone bridge-building being another accomplishment. Young Oswald Daniel displayed his pride in the history of Bulla while modestly giving the Daniel family rarely a mention (unlike D.F.Cameron Kennedy!) Oswald's history is included below. "Daniell" and the version of Firebrace* would seem to be typesetting errors rather than Oswald's but it is possible that Cosgrove for Cosgrave was the boy's boo boo. Anyone wishing to copy and paste the article should do so from the DANIEL entry in my DICTIONARY HISTORY OF BULLA journal,where lines have been put into A4 length AND MISSED ERRORS CORRECTED.
(*Part of Pascoe Vale Rd in the Essendon and Hawstead map was called Firebrace St.)
HISTORY OF BULLA.
Bulla derives its name from the abor-
iginal words, 'Bulla-Bulla,' which
mean 'two round low hills,' or 'the
two breasts.' I do not know who gave
the district that name, but it must have
been named in the early settlement of
the colony.
Two of the earliest settlers of the
district were Mr Martin Batey (of Red
Stone Hill), and Mr George Evans
(father of Mr R. C. Evans, of Emu
Bottom, near Sunbury), who, with their
wives, landed in Melbourne from Tas-
mania before John Fawkner. (Evans was on Fawkner's Enterprize but Fawkner was ordered off at Queenstown to settle his affairs, not because of sea-sickness, and had to appoint Captain Lancey as leader. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN PASCOE FAWKNER, C.P.Billot.)
When these pioneers essayed their
eventful trip across Bass Strait the
weather was so rough they had to turn
back for shelter, when Fawkner decided
that he would not go on, and the first
trip was accomplished without him ;
and he did not come over till the second
trip.
Mrs Batey was sixteen years of age,
and Mrs Evans a year younger.
Other settlers were :"”Messrs Page
Brothers, ??, Cognall (COGHILL), Fawkner, Duncan, Grant,
M'Nab, Riddell, Loeman, Dickens,
Hunter, and Greene.
Woodlands was the residence of Mr
Greene, who was a naval officer and re-
ceived this section of ground as a free
grant for services to the Crown.
The sections running northward are
now occupied by the Oaklands Hunt
Club, Messrs Peters, Quinlan, and
Anderson ; there were also grants from
the Crown to Major Fairbrache, Captain
Taylor, and other military officers.
The first church (the present Church
of England), which stands on a corner
of Woodlands, was built by Mrs Greene,
and a right of passage existed until re-
cently for persons attending church to
walk along the southern boundary of
the land.
One of Mr Greene's sons (Rawden)
died of thirst while travelling with
stock in Queensland, but his name is
perpetuated in the township of Bulla"”
the street near the Roman Catholic
Church being named 'Rawden,' and the
street on which the Shire hall stands
"”'Greene' street. (Wrongly written as Green St for years and now named as Somerton Rd.)
The section extending from Mus-
grove's corner to the late Andrew
Carroll's was owned by Mr William
Wright, who cut it up and sold it about
the year 1852. Messrs Musgrove,
Johnson, Daniell, Carroll, Tulloch and
Waylett were among the original pur-
chasers. Mrs Mary Daniell purchased
two blocks of the estate, one of which is
still held by her grandson, Mr A. F.
Daniel.
The adjoining block she sold to the
late John Cosgrove, who was alderman
and first treasurer of the City of Mel-
bourne. Mr Cosgrave used to cycle out
on a 'bone shaker,' (a term given to a
certain make of early cycles) that must
have had an earlier history than the
famous machine of the late Professor
Kernot, and in his trips from North
Melbourne to the farm he used to arrive
with such an enormous appetite that
one of his standing boasts was that he
could eat anything that was put before
him, On one occasion a crow was pre-
pared, and he was invited to have a
meal of crow. After he had finished
the meal he remarked : 'Humph ! I
can eat crow, but I don't hanker
after it.'
Mr Cosgrove afterwards sold to
Messrs Hunt and Standen. Mrs T.
H. Dean, of Moonee Ponds (a daughter
of Mr Standen) next possessed the
property ; then her son, Melbourne ;
and it has now become the property of
the Hunt Club.(SEE COSGRAVE JOURNAL RE DANIEL OCCUPANCY& KENNELS.)
It is a coincidence that the first run
of the Oaklands Hunt Club, in which
Mr H. H, Daniel carried the drag,
finished upon the very spot where the
kennels are now built.
Mr William Wright built an hotel,
which was named the' Bridge Inn,' on
the Deep Creek, but it is now a ruin.
He was known as ' Tulip' Wright. The
name was supposed to have been given
him when he was chief constable of
Port Phillip, but, as he had a beauti-
ful garden, and a fine collection of tulips
"”in which he took a great pride, it is
more probable the name arose from the
latter source.
For many years in the early days of
the district, there was no cemetery at
Bulla, and a considerable number of
those who died were buried on the bank
of the creek about Bulla bridge ; but in
1863 a grant was obtained from the
Government of a piece of land near the
Oaklands road, which is now used for
the cemetery.
About the year 1842 the late Mr
Michael Loeman came up from Moonee
Ponds and took up the land which he
named ' Glenloeman.' On his second
trip he brought up the late Mr John
Dickins, who also look up land next to
him. Mr Loeman married a Miss
Isabella M'Lean, who was escorted in a
long overland journey from New South
Wales by the late John Dean, when the
New South Wales blacks had become
so dangerous that the white settlers
had to leave. Although Mr Loeman
was one of the very early settlers, when
he paid his first visit to Bulla a well
known identity, the late William Pen-
der (or ' Old Bill Pender' as he was
popularly known) was camped in a tent
on the edge of the creek just above
'Glenloeman' on land now occupied by
Mr James Allen. During the drought
of 1868 Mr Richard Brodie, of Helens-
ville, gave Mr Pender the remainder of
his sheep, which were in the last stages
of starvation, on condition that he took
them away, so that he could not see
them die A couple of days-after Mr
Pender left rain came and left Mr Pen-
der with a fine flock. He used to run
his stock along the roads between Bulla
and Lancefield, which was known as
'Pender's run.'
Messrs Hume and Hovell, in their
first overland journey, must have crossed
the Deep Creek near Bulla, as the spot
where it is considered they crossed
Jackson's Creek is close to Mr A.
Randall's, in Tullamarine Island.
In 1860 the Burke and Wills ex-
pedition passed through Bulla, their
second camp being at a small water-
hole, traces of which are to be seen be-
hind the gorse bushes opposite the In-
verness Hotel, which was then kept by
Mr Melville.
A meeting was called on 23rd Octo-
ber, 1862, at the Bridge Inn for the
purpose of forming a Road Board Dis-
trict. Mr James Macintosh was in the
chair. The first Council was formed
and elected by a show of hands at the
meeting ; it consisted of Messrs Walter
Clark, Michael Loeman, Martin Batey,
James Macintosh, William Bethell,
Thomas Branigan, David Patulla,
Dugald Stewart, and John Dickins.
Mr James Macintosh was appointed
first chairman and Mr Walter Clark
occupied the chair the following year.
Mr Macintosh went to New Zealand,
where he took a prominent part in polit-
ics, and was Minister of Lands when
he died.
At that time the Bulla Road District
extended towards Melbourne as far as
Woods' Hotel, and the first ratepayers'
roll was revised at the Moone Ponds
Police Court, and signed by Messrs R.
McCracken, T. Napier, and M. Loeman.
After holding two or three meetings
at the Bridge Inn Mr Frost wanted to
charge the Council for the use of the room and Mr Melville of the Inverness
came to the rescue, and allowed the
council to have a room free of charge.
After holding their meetings for five
years in the places mentioned, the Coun-
cil built the present Shire hall, in which
they held their first meeting on 20th
November, 1867.
The Bulla district was the first in the
colony in which wheat was grown. Mr
Maurice M'Auliffe, of Wildwood, gives
interesting accounts of the farmers is
the early 'fifties carting their wheat in
to Melbourne to Gillespie's mills, and
bringing home their supplies of flour.
Mr William Hunter also had a mill on
the creek, just above Bulla, the ruins of
which are still to be seen. The late Mr
Donald Ross was one of the masons
employed in the building of it.
The first school in Bulla was built on
a piece of land which had been granted
to the Church of England, about one
hundred yards north of Bulla Bridge,
and had for the first teachers the
Misses Thorpe. Miss Dickins, Messrs
P. Loeman, E. Fanning, and J. Lawlor
were among their pupils.
This school did service from 1854 til
1870, when the present school was built.
The opening of the new school was cele-
brated by a grand ball, which was held
in a marquee opposite the Shire hall,
and a special treat given to the children
by the late Richard Brodie, of Helens-
ville.
In the early days of the district there
used to be a boiling-down works on
Glenara, just above old Glencairn dam,
and about 1867 a pottery works was
started by the Victorian Pottery Com-
pany alongside the kaolin deposit at
Bulla bridge.
These, with the flour mill referred to,
were the only manufactories established
in the district, and have long ceased to
exist.
Since the year 1870 the district has
simply been a farming one. With little
change or alteration, and very little
history can be recorded for these years.
The Oaklands Hunt Club was started
in 1888, Mr A. M'Dougall being the
first master.
The first show of the Bulla Horticul-
tural Society was held on lst May,
1897, Mr A. F. Daniel being presi-
dent, Mr E. Meeking secretary, and
Mr W. Peers* treasurer, and now com-
pletes its fourteenth year of existence
with this show,
OSWALD DANIEL.
(Age, 12 years 10 months). (P.2, Sunbury News, 4-6-1910.)
(*William Peers was Alister Clark's gardener on Glenara and deserves credit for his boss's fame as a breeder of Roses. According to Wally Mansfield,who lived on Roseleigh, adjoining Glenara, William Peers won Tatts and retired.)
Oswald Daniel's essay was used as a prime source, almost verbatim, by I.W.Symonds in his BULLA BULLA, an illustrated history of the Shire of Bulla. On her FANNING FAMILY website, Kathleen Fanning has the essay written by the boy who came second to Oswald in the essay competition run as part of the Agricultural Show.
NARBONNE AND ITS NEIGHBOURS.
Reports of the Oaklands Hunt pursuits are fascinating if parish maps,rate records and a road tour with the late Bob Blackwell have provided background information. Some Daniel descendants may not need this assistance to follow puss or reynard. The Daniel family history does not specify the location of Narbonne but I presume that Daniels (sic) Rd bisects it. The following indicates that the starting ride was in a north westerly direction from Sherwood to Narbonne which was adjoined on the south by the Kennel paddock, John Cosgrave's purchase from Mary Daniel. I presume that Henry (and perhaps Nolan) had purchased James Musgrove's corner block with a short frontage to Somerton Rd and Richards on the next block east, where this famed implement maker, who would not allow anyone to call him Jim, dabbled in photography and set up a telephone between his house and factory. This block was the Ponderosa Zoo when Bob Blackwell was telling me about Musgrove circa 1990. I think he also said that Percy Bockholt had a shearing depot there when Frank Mitchell owned Woodlands and sheep from far and wide (including Woodlands whose shearing shed was derelict) would be grazing on the roadside in great numbers while waiting to dry off and get shorn.
THE OAKLANDS.-Considering the counter attraction of the Grand National Hurdle Raceon Saturday there was a good muster at the meet of the Oaklands Hounds at 8herwood,Oaklands Junction, in a run which was easily the best of the season. Leaving the club buildings a move was made in the direction of Narbonne, where hounds quickly opened on the line of a hare. Running in a southerly direction the quarry first crossed through the kennel paddock, then on through Nolan's and Henry's, to cross the Greenvale road which leads to Woodlands, where unfortunately scent was lost.
A return was made to Henry's, where a fresh hare sprang up, and taking a northerly
line, practically recrossed the same line of country before reaching Dunalister(1), where the field was treated to a good gallop over the several paddocks which comprise this property, thence on in the direction of the Oaklands Estate(2). Here hounds were momentarily at fault, but it was only a matter of a few minutes till
they owned the line again and were running well when a fox was viewed to the north.
Forsaking the line of the hare for that of the new quarry the pack had its run cut
short when reynard made for safety in a tree, and was not persevered with.
Yet another hare was raised in this property, and, taking a westerly swing, crossed the Oaklands road into Gilligan's(3), through several paddocks, which included a cultivation, and on as far as the Wildwood road to Michie's(4). Circling to the right the Wildwood road was re crossed to enter J. L. Gilligan's(5), where a northerly circle led to Pullen's old property,after which hounds raced on in the direction of Deep Creek, and it was shortly afterward that they earned a well-deserved kill in Dillon's.(6)(P.48, The Australasian, 14-7-1934.)
(1)Dunalister was section 9, Bulla Bulla (adjoining section 3 on the north) which Walter Clark named after his son. Bob Blackwell managed the estate for some years and when it was sold, with the new owner wanting to call it Balbethan, Bob was given permission to use the former name for his poll shorthorn stud at Elmore. A quarry occupies much of section 9 (not a quarry that the Oaklands Hunt would pursue!)
(2)Oaklands is Section 10 Bulla,(across Craigieburn Rd from Harpsdale)and north of Dunalister, but the estate seemed at times to have included land just east in the parish of Yuroke. The Alston family (two sisters and totally unrelated to Gilbert Alston,pioneering Bulla blacksmith), owned Oaklands fairly recently and, if I remember an old article correctly, were very environmentally conscious. I seem to recall that they were earlier associated with Ballater Park, east of Sherwood in the parish of Yuroke (but I could be wrong.)
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The CHAIR—Our next participant is Tid Alston, landowner. ... Ms ALSTON—My address is Oaklands Farm, 380 Oaklands Road, Oaklands Junction, 3063.
(3) and (5). The presumed locations of both Gilligan farms are given in the GILLIGAN entry of my DICTIONARY HISTORY OF BULLA journal. John and Jim Gilligan were both killed in separate accidents involving horses not too long after this hunt report was published.The quarry must have been just inside the southern boundary of Oaklands and run south-west across Oaklands Rd to get to Gilligan's (3)which would have been part of Peter Young's "Nairn". Due west from Oaklands is section 11, named WARLABY after Major Booth's stud in England by Robert McDougall, a devotee of the Booth strain of shorthorns, rather than the Bates strain. If the chase had gone west from Oaklands,they would have entered Warlaby.
(4)Michie's "Cainbrae" was north of the Wildwood Rd bridge between St John's Lane (now Rd)and Deep Creek. He grew up on Ballater Park,next to Sherwood.
(6)Martin Dillon bought David Patullo's "Craigbank" and called it Willowbank under which name it is heritage-listed. The report does not mention the quarry crossing the creek so it might have been caught in "Airey's" (part of Craigbank) through which Wildwood Rd zig- zags down to MARTIN DILLON BRIDGE. A history board in Martin Dillon Reserve (Melway 384 A12)gives interesting information (if it hasn't been vandalised!)
TID ALSTON AND HER SISTER,MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS COMMENT AND MY JOURNAL ABOUT BULLA, BLACKWOOD, AND ALISTER CLARK'S ROSES, WERE FINDING FARMING ON OAKLANDS,A BIT MORE THAN A MILE NORTH OF NARBONNE, VERY DIFFICULT BY 2009.
CORRECTED VERSION
OUTER SUBURBAN/INTERFACE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Inquiry into sustainable development of agribusiness in outer suburban Melbourne
Melbourne—12 May 2009
Members
Mr G. Seitz Mr K. Smith
Mr M. Guy Mr D. Nardella
Chair: Mr G. Seitz
Deputy Chair: Mr K. Smith
Staff
Executive Officer: Mr S. Coley
Research Officer: Mr K. Delaney
Witnesses
Ms Tid Alston
Landowner
Ms Alston was sworn in.
The CHAIR—Our next participant is Tid Alston, landowner. Can you state your mailing address, please.
Ms ALSTON—My address is Oaklands Farm, 380 Oaklands Road, Oaklands Junction, 3063.
The CHAIR—Thank you. If you can make your presentation please.
Ms ALSTON—I think one of the big problems of being the last speaker is that most of the others have covered it pretty much before. However, I was asked on Friday to outline a few of the personal problems we have living in the green wedge. I have lived all my life at Oaklands. I have farmed in my own right for the past 30 years. I live next to the quarry in Oaklands Road. I grow prime lambs and crops.
My first point was that a farm business to survive sustainably must be viable. My understanding of the 2020 planning vision which created green wedges was that green wedges were to remain as broadacres preserving open space for the greater community good and should not be cut into small lots. In order to honour this concept we have attempted to improve our soils by cropping and farm trees, but the tree plantings have been a bit limited due to drought and lack of water; also too encourage regeneration of indigenous trees and particularly we have concentrated on enhancing remnant native grasslands.
As in all business our outside costs have improved, particularly in council rates. Three or four years ago our rates rose by almost 100 per cent due to the sale of neighbouring properties. Our rates are now our biggest cost after seed and fertiliser. My rates this year increased by almost $4,000. This is unsustainable. I believe that if the government and council are serious about preserving farming in green wedges a different system calculating farm rates should urgently be addressed. I think farmers probably should be subsidised to continue farming for the benefit of the whole community if that is what is needed.
One of our other problems is increased traffic has meant greater difficulties in moving plant and stock on and off the property, often involving more personnel for safety purposes. We have constant complaints when sowing or harvesting at night or spraying weeds in daylight hours. There needs to be more education of public and road users of our right to farm.
Weeds are a constant and recurring problem, as so many lifestyle properties do nothing about their weeds. Control of weeds is not helped in our case by the apparent reluctance of the airport to allow helicopters to spray, as mentioned by Alan. Roadside rubbish dumping is another problem we have. Garden waste often introduces new weeds to farming. General rubbish, particularly paper, plastic and polystyrene blow onto the farm and are unsightly and even dangerous if ingested by animals. Council do a pretty good job trying to clear but they cannot be there the whole time.
Very high rates, being such a high percentage of our cashflow inhibits our ability to follow programs in sustainable enhancement of the farm. Many pastures need renovation and order to completely cover the soil and keep it covered for the whole season. This can create carbon sinks to the benefit of the whole community and offset our own farm emissions. Most good farmers I know want to hand on their farms in better condition than when they started. I do believe we need clear indications of planning thinking for the future in order to make good decisions to the greater benefit of all. Green wedges in this area should not be seen as lovely open spaces to put anything that does not fit inside the square—eg, outer ring roads, light industry, railway lines et cetera—which can create more problems for genuine farmers.
One of the other problems we have—well, it is not really a problem, it is a nuisance—is people constantly calling, wanting to buy, not naming a price, and most of them are land bankers. They buy it and they do nothing with it and then make squillions in the long term. It is a real problem for any farmers that are left trying to earn a living off the place. That is all I have to say.
The CHAIR—Thanks. That was very short but concise, to the point.
Ms ALSTON—I have only had since Friday to do it.
The CHAIR—Any questions?
Mr SMITH—How much land do you have?
Ms ALSTON—We have 1,000 acres.
Mr SMITH—You seem to have some resentment for the land bankers or developers—
Ms ALSTON—I have no resentment for them as such, but it is time-consuming, and the ultimate result is that if they do buy a farm place and there are other farmers around you, it makes it more difficult for the farmers that still exist and that has happened to us and that is one reason why our rates went up 100 per cent. They lease their land to somebody else, but there is nothing done to improve it. We do have a huge problem at the moment as we have absolutely no water, except underground water.
Mr SMITH—Are you included in this new zone for the urban growth boundary?
Ms ALSTON—No, I am on Craigieburn Road West, just outside that urban growth area.
Mr SMITH—With 1,000 hectares you would probably want to think yourself lucky.
Ms ALSTON—I think we are lucky but we need to know what the long-term projections are. As my sister said to me the other day, 'I don't want to leave, I want to go out in a box.' At our age we are quite happy to stay there forever but perhaps not on 1,000 acres.
Mr SMITH—Yes, well, if you sold out you could go in a gold-lined box.
Ms ALSTON—Well, I am not sure that I would be bothered with that.
The CHAIR—You have rotating crops or what do you have—
Ms ALSTON—We have 400 acres under crop this year. We are growing barley this year. We have grown wheat, we have grown oats and we have grown canola and we do a rotation.
Mr SMITH—Where do you get your water from?
Ms ALSTON—At the moment I am tapped into a bore that the quarry next door do not used and they have allowed me to tap into that for stock water, but it is very salty and it kills plants, so it is not a huge asset when you are trying to plant trees and things. Certainly the garden has gone.
The CHAIR—We generally hear the artesian water has a lot of salinity in it.
Ms ALSTON—In our particular area, yes, it is. The reason that situation came about was when the quarry first started they bored quite deep on our boundary and I said to them, 'What is your pumping regime?' and they said '24/7'. I did say, 'I think you might #fill the bores.' What they did not know is that my father had put a bore in, in direct line with one at the back of their property, and they bored in the middle so they did take my water and that is why I use their water, but they are very good neighbours otherwise, I find, apart from the nuisance of dust and trucks but that is general development, I suppose.
Mr NARDELLA—How much do you pay in rates a year?
Ms ALSTON—17,000 this year.
Mr NARDELLA—What is the weed rebate that you get back?
Ms ALSTON—23 per cent—not of that, that is with the rebate. I cannot work that one out.
The CHAIR—Thank you very much for making your time available.
Henry H.Daniel's family lived in a cottage on a block on Tulip Wright's subdivision that Mary Daniel had sold to John Cochrane in 1853. There is a photo of the family standing in front of the cottage in THE DANIEL FAMILY HISTORY or D.F.Cameron-Kennedy's THE OAKLANDS HUNT. The block was bought to house the kennels and Henry and his son,Harry, occupied the cottage as Masters of the Hounds. The first Catholic services were held at Narbonne.
Henry's wife, Margaret Theresa, was the daughter of Maurice Crotty's sister, Mrs Madden, who ran the Inverness Hotel.
HENRY H. DANIEL
St. Michael's Church, Bulla, lost one of its oldest and most staunch parishioners with the death, on July 5, of Mr. Henry Howarth Daniel, at the age of 90 years. His parents— the late John and Therese Daniel— were prime movers in raising funds for
the erection of the church-school over 75 years ago. The deceased, only recently, recalled the opening of the structure by the late Archbishop Goold on the wet and stormy day of November 19, 1876. As well as for his tireless work for the church in
the district, Mr. Daniel was keenly interested in sport and for 59 years held
the position of secretary of the Oaklands Hunt Club, of which he was the last surviving foundation member. The deceased is survived by his four children—Mary
(Mrs. G. A. Gannan, Lower Ferntree Gully), Harry, Thomas and Grace (Mrs. A. McDonald, Greenvale), his wife—Margaret Theresa(Madden)—and a daughter, Margaret
(Mrs. J. A. Gannan), predeceased him.
At the end of the Requiem Mass in St. Michael's Church, celebrated by Rev. F. P. Kissane, P.P., (Sunbury), the funeral took place at the Bulla Cemetery. There was a large and representative gathering of sporting, hunting, and local residents at the
Mass and at the funeral. (P.12, Advocate,Melbourne,17-7-1952.)