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Joshua and John Hobbs

26/3/2020

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Joshua and John Hobbs were early settlers in the Strathbogie region. They arrived in Australia in July 1852 with their parents, Edwin and Susan (née Horton) Hobbs, and siblings. They were the first of their extended family to arrive in Australia. Joshua was 9 and John was 5. Their father, Edwin, was a brother of John Lowe Hobbs, who arrived with his family the following year in August. The two men married sisters, Joshua marrying Fanny and John marrying Isabella, daughters of James and Eliza (née James) Smart. Another sister, Jane, married Harold, son of Harold and Hester (sometimes called Esther) Humphrey of Connewarre. They also went to Strathbogie where Jane died in 1928 aged 73. Harold died at Strathbogie in 1931 aged 78. They were buried together at Euroa Cemetery.

Records of the Germantown (Grovedale) Wesleyan Sunday school mention the brothers being presented with bibles and hymn books in 1878 to help them carry on their Sunday school work in the district they were going to. The Strathbogie area was being opened up for selection at the time they moved there and this would have assisted them to each set up a farm. John was first mentioned when he attended the Sabbath school meeting as a visitor in 1868. He became a teacher in 1871, secretary in 1872 and superintendent in 1873 to 1878. Edwin Hobbs was recorded as donating fruit and the wagon to take the children to picnics. Later generations of Hobbs also served the church and Sunday school.​
Joshua married Fanny Smart in 1876. They had the following children:
Susan Eliza — born 1878 at Mount Duneed, died on 12 July 1887 at Mr H Hinton's residence at Euroa aged 9 years of inflammation of the lungs
Arthur James — born 1880 at Strathbogie, died in 1947 at Euroa
Harriet Elizabeth — born 1882, married Albert Anker, died 18 September, 1915 at Binney Street East, Euroa aged 33
Ethel Jane — born 1883 at Strathbogie, died 1887 at Strathbogie aged 3 years
Eda Bell — born 1885 at Strathbogie
Fanny Robena — born 1888 at Strathbogie
Elsie May — born 1890 at Strathbogie
Beatrice Alice — born 1891 at Strathbogie
Phillip Henry Horton — born 1894 at Strathbogie, married Eliza Jane Mackrell, died 1975 at Euroa, buried at Euroa Cemetery​
Thomas Edwin — born 1896 at Strathbogie, died 1974 at Parkville aged 78

Joshua died on 1 August 1915 aged 72 at Strathbogie and was buried at Euroa Cemetery. Fanny died in 1939 at Strathbogie and was buried with him.


John married Isabella Smart in 1871. Their children were:
Edwin James — born 1872 at Mount Duneed, died 1888 at Euroa aged 16
Mary Jane — born 1873, died 1926 at East Melbourne aged 52
Isabella May — born 1878 at Mount Duneed, married Herbert John Thoms, died 1968 at McKinnon aged 90 years
Eliza Ann — born 1880 at Strathbogie
Sarah Elizabeth — born 1881 at Strathbogie
Lily Maud — born 1883 at Strathbogie
John Herbert — born 1886 at Mount Duneed, died 1973 at Euroa aged 87 years

John returned to Connewarre, probably about 1885 where he died aged 38 on 29 November 1886. He was buried in an unknown location at the Highton Cemetery. Isabella died at Brighton in 1934.



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James O'Connor

26/3/2020

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James O'Connor's land was on the corner of Duneed Creek (Ghazeepore) and Freshwater Creek (Whites) Roads
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from Geelong Advertiser 30 September 1878
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from Geelong Advertiser 1 May 1908 — the land sold for £9 per acre. There was a very large attendance and keen competition at the auction
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William Anderson

19/3/2020

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​​William, son of James and Catherine (née Robertson) Anderson, was born at Ceres on 20 April 1852. He married Christina McKenzie in 1881. They had the following children:
Laurence Broderick Bruce — born in 1882 at Barrabool, died in 1957 aged 61 years at Barrabool
Alexander — born in 1882 at Lismore, died in 1954 aged 72 years at North Geelong
Donald James — born in 1884 at Ceres, died in 1944 aged 59 years at Portland
Gordon McKenzie — born in 1887 at Ceres, married Hetty Maud Mountjoy, died in 1958 aged 79 years  in Ashburton
Annie — born in 1891
William Douglas — born in 1893
Charles Leslie — born in 1897 at Mount Moriac, died on 22 April 1917 on the Western Front
Donald McKenzie — born in 1898 at Barrabool, died in 1971 aged 72 years at Barrabool
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William was a Barrabool Shire councillor, serving from 1987 until 1928.
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His son, William Douglas, was a Barrabool Shire councillor from 1928 until1973, serving five terms as president.

William died on 8 June 1928 at Barrabool Hills and was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Highton Cemetery. Christina died in May 1938 and was buried with him. 








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William Anderson
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William Douglas Anderson
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Barrabool Shire Hall

12/3/2020

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Picturefrom Geelong Advertiser 3 Jun 1862
The Barrabool Road Board, the forerunner of the Shire of Barrabool, met in the evening on the last Friday of each month at the Chamber of Commerce building, 81 Moorabool Street, Geelong. In 1862 they began meeting at the new office at Mount Moriac.  The secretary attended the shire hall on Thursdays from 10 am to 3 pm.

Barrabool had purchased two acres in Hendy Main Road, north of Colac Road for £24. On this land they erected a hall costing £399. It was the meeting place of the Barrabool Road Board, and then the shire council from the time of its formation in 1865. " In that year council improved the building, accepting John Peter's tender of £84/10/- for the erection of stables and fences and the making of a covered drain. Later an inner porch was added and the interior was furnished with two small tables, two chairs, a hat tree for the councillors and seats for ratepayers. In 1867 John Malone was granted the right to grow vegetables on the ground at the back of the hall, but in 1868 council decided to do its own planting — with trees and shrubs supplied by Daniel Bunce, curator of the Geelong Botanic Gardens. Vandals later uprooted a dozen or more of these soon after planting — a £10 reward for apprehension of the culprits was offered. This destruction occurred despite the appointment of Edward Carroll as caretaker in November 1866 at £10 per annum. The sum paid fluctuated over the years, rising as high as £20, and the duties of messenger and bill poster were added to the post. Carroll resigned in 1885 and was replaced by Michael Gurrie. The latter refused to accept a reduction of his remuneration in the depression year of1894 and Reuben Clarke was appointed. He in turn was replaced by James Buckley in 1898" . from Barrabool Land of the Magpie by Ian Wynd
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Before the council offices in Moorabool Street, South Geelong were used, council business was carried on for a time at the home of the secretary/engineer, Henry Moors in Drumcondra, later at the Geelong and Cressy building at the corner of Malop and Yarra Streets, followed by the Colonial Mutual Assurance Society building in Malop Street Geelong.

Brick offices built in front of the  former Order of the Sons of Temperance building at 441-3 Moorabool Street, South Geelong became the next shire office. This was done at a cost of £13,000. Later the offices were moved to Grossmans Road, Torquay.

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Chamber of Commerce, 81 Moorabool Street, Geelong
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Jan Morris OAM — Past Event

8/3/2020

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Thomas Pearse and Robert McConachy who acquired the squatting rights to the  Angahook Run at Aireys Inlet


Our next meeting is at 7:30 on 12 March 2020 at Mount Duneed Hall, 40 Mount Duneed Road, Mount Duneed.

Jan Morris will talk about Thomas Pearse and her ancestor, Robert McConachy, who built the bark hut when they acquired the squatting rights to the Angahook Run at Aireys Inlet.
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John Cantwell

6/3/2020

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John Cantwell, a well known Freshwater Creek farmer aged 56, did not get out of bed until noon on Sunday 31 December 1916. As he rose he knocked over a gun standing in the corner which was loaded. It exploded ripping open his chest and jugular vein. On hearing the gunshot his family rushed in and found him lying on the floor, bleeding profusely. He told his family it was an accident. He had never threatened to take his life. On the previous morning he had gone out with his gun to bring his horse in, anticipating shooting a hare. He had one cartridge and it jammed in the weapon, a double barrel breech loading gun. He brought the gun in and left it in that position.

​When Dr Moreton arrived at about 2:30 he also told him it was an accident. Dr Moreton dressed his wounds and recommended he go to Geelong Hospital by ambulance but by the time the vehicle arrived at 5:30 he had died.  

​He was buried in the Catholic section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with Catherine and John Powell.

He left an estate of £845/10/- to his wife Alice. He owned parts of allotments E, F and G in section 42 of the parish of Duneed. This land is south of Dickins Road and the creek and between Anglesea and Ghazeepore Roads. He also owned allotment 42C in the Parish of Paraparap.


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from Geelong Advertiser 1 January 1917
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John Cantwell's land east of Anglesea Road, Freshwater Creek (parts of allotments E, F and G)
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John and Hannah Preston

1/3/2020

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John, son of John and Mary (née Tennant) Preston married Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Ann (née Snow) Jones on 12 January 1829 at St Andrew's, Oddington, Oxfordshire, England. They were both born in Oxfordshire, John in Oddington and Hannah in Headington. In 1844 the emigrated to Australia, arriving as assisted immigrants on 22 September 1844 on the ​Abberton. Shipping records give John's age as 38 and Hannah's as 40. They brought with them their eight children — ​Alice (14), John (13), Thomas (11), Robert (10), Harriett (8), Ann (6), Emily (4) and Martha (1).
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​John and Hannah's children:
​Alice​ — born in 1829 at Woodeaton in Oxfordshire England, married Edward Johns on 8 March 1846 at Buntingdale, Birregurra, died 30 December 1905 at North Melbourne aged 76 years, buried at the Springvale Necropolis
John ​— born on 26 December 1830 at Woodeaton, married Roseanna Nestor Clark in 1854, died 17 July 1889 at Ballarat, buried at the New Ballarat Cemetery
Thomas​ — born on 9 December 1832 at Woodeaton, married Matilda Browne in 1855, died 31 August 1902 aged 69 years at Mount Duneed, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Robert​ — born on 1832 at Weedeaton, married Jane Wilson Paterson on 10 April 1868 at her home in Maude Street, Geelong, died 11 October 1882 aged 48 at Roseworth Farm Mount Duneed, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Harriett — born on 1836 at Islip in Oxfordshire England, died 1871 aged 35 at Sebastopol, buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery in an unknown location
Ann ​— born on 1838 at Islip, married James Neal on 17 June 1856 at the Geelong Presbyterian Manse, died on 1 April 1904 aged 66 years at Bairnsdale, buried at Bairnsdale Cemetery
Emily — born on 29 June 1840 at Islip, married James Pearce on 25 September 1855 at Cornwall England​, died in May 1926 aged 85 years at Sebastopol, buried in the Wesleyan A section of the New Ballarat Cemetery
Martha — born on 23 December 1842 at Islip, married Walter Charles Hermann Krentzin on 17 July 1867, died in 1926 at Perth

Two of John and Hannah's children, Robert and Thomas, were farmers at Mount Duneed. ​
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