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John Stewart — Alexander Webb: Pioneer artist

29/9/2018

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His 1872 painting of Yarra Street is familiar to most of us
Thursday 11 October, 2018 at 7:30 pm at the Mount Duneed Hall, 40 Mount Duneed Road, Mount Duneed. John Stewart, a descendent of Alexander Webb will give a talk about this talented pioneer artist whose work is included in the Geelong Gallery collection. The park in front of the Belmont library has 
been named after him.
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​Free event — Supper is included
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This event, which is included in the 2018 ​Geelong Seniors Festival events, is funded by the City of Greater Geelong. 


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Charles White

28/9/2018

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Charles, son of Andrew White and his first wife Emily (née Walker), bought 721 acres and 27 perches with several wooden houses at Freshwater Creek which he owned for about ten years before he married. He owned other allotments jointly with his father and his brother, William. Andrew had large farms at Connewarre and Torquay. He had moved to "Hillside" at Mount Duneed with his family in 1878.

Andrew and Emily had married in 1852 and emigrated to Australia in 1853. They had three children:
William Andrew — born in 1853, married Elizabeth Roadknight
Charles — born in 1856, married Margaret Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hawley
Emily Ann — born in 1858, married Donald McGregor  

​The farmers in the district often got together to go fox hunting, both as a sporting pastime and to rid their farms of the predators. 

​In 1889 Charles was granted a license as an auctioneer and conducted weekly stock auctions at the Geelong corporation saleyards and Tattersall's Bazaar, for the family firm of Learmonth, White and Co. In September 1891 the business was sold to Fearson and Wilkie. 

Charles married Margaret Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hawley on 14 July in 1891 at St George's Church in Malvern, with the reception at "Waiora", the home of the bride's sister. They moved to Malvern after initially living in Geelong. They had a daughter, Isabel Monckton, born on 14 December 1893 at "Waiora" in Malvern. Isabel married Percy Alderton in 1915. She died in 1979 at the age of 85 at Hamilton.

Charles died on 8 June 1900 at "Darragh", in Myamyn Street, Malvern and was interred in the Baptist section of the St Kilda Cemetery. Lizzie died on 1 July 1909 and was buried with him. He left an estate of £4167/5/8 made up entirely of his 2/21 share in the estate of his father who had died the previous month. His wife was sole beneficiary and executrix of his estate.
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Charles White owned land from Anglesea to Brushfields Roads and from Hendy Main Road to Merrijig Creek in the 1880s.This land was owned by his father, Andrew, at the time of his death on 28 May 1900.
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from Geelong Advertiser 1 June 1885
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from Melbourne Punch Thursday 16 July 1891
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Waiora, 321-327 Glenferrie Road, Malvern
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from Geelong Advertiser 14 February 1889
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Edward Wilks Gibson

21/9/2018

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Edward Wilks Gibson was a wool classer and honorary secretary of the Geelong and Western District Woolclassers' Association. He was a South Barwon councillor, serving from 1894 until 1899. He was president in 1896-97. He carried on a business at Marshalltown for 30 years.

He married Mary Ann Cameron in 1888. They had the following children:
​Wilberthe — born 1890
​Edward John — born 1893 Geelong, died 1981 at Elsternwick​ aged 89
​Lilly 
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​Edward died on 22 November 1953.
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Gibson's house (left) set on the north west corner of his 3 acre allotment on the corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Francis Street — photo Charles Pratt
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William Charles Cutts

14/9/2018

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William Charles, son of Francis and Frances (née Littlewood) Cutts was born in 1893. He married Sarah Chandler Currie in 1885. They had the following children:
Mary Daphne — born 1899 at Warracknabeal, married Robert Charles Ritchie, died 1962 at Camberwell aged 73
​Tessa Chandler — born 1891 at Warracknabeal, married Robert Howard on 21 January 1914, died 13 March 1986 at Leopold aged 95, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
William Charles — born 1893 at Warracknabeal, married Winnie Brown, died 1971 at Geelong aged 78, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. He was a Barrabool Shire councillor, serving from 1922 until 1926 and 1940 until 1951
Myrtle Irene — born 1895 at Ballarat, married Leslie Desterre Noble in 1922, died 1958 at Geelong aged 62
Eric Vincent — born 1897 at Ballarat, died 24 January 1915, aged 17, as a result of drowning at Barwon Heads
Vera Alexandra — born 1902 at Warracknabeal, married Alex Wynnam
​Howard Gilroy — born 1909 at Geelong, married Ethel Maud Stanning in 1921, died 1966 at Belgrave Heights aged 57

​Cutts had been a well known store keeper at Warracknabeal before arriving in the Geelong.
In 1907 he had purchased 470 acres of the Grassdale estate at Freshwater Creek from George Meredith, who had purchased it from Samuel Seward the previous year. He owned Monomeith at Barwon Heads, a property he had purchased from George Hague in August 1910. It was reputed as being the largest holiday house on the Victorian coast. He died in 1971 in Geelong.

In August 1915 Monomeith was sold to Mrs Harriett Maria (née Blake) Garlick of Dennistoun, South Yarra who ran it as a guest house. It contained about 20 rooms. On 26 December 1922 Monomeith was subdivided and sold in 11 allotments. Mrs Garlick died on 19 January 1930 at her home Warrawee, Barwon Heads. She was the widow of Edward Charles Garlick and mother of Edward Thomas Mervyn Garlick.
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For sale on 26 December 1922 — 11 building lots
Lot 2 together with building
​A was to be sold as one lot.
​B  Magnificent dining room
​C  WB Kitchen and 4 rooms with stoves and hot water service
D  WB Building containing 2 rooms
​E  WB Building containing 2 rooms
​F  Garage (36' x 20') with 1 rooms for chauffeurs
G  Stables
H  Coal Shed
​J  Windmill (by Bryan Bros) 8' diameter 3' high, tank 3000 gal capacity, tank stand 22' high

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from Geelong Advertiser 25 January 1915
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Mysterious Death

13/9/2018

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​On 16 January, 1930, Margaret Elizabeth (née Mill) Quinlivan, aged 50, who married James (Jim) Leo Quinlivan in 1907, died suddenly at her home near Barwon Heads. The Quinlivans had come to live at Connewarre East about 1922 when Jim took a job collecting fees from the campers at Barwon Heads. 

Dr J E Piper, who made a  post mortem examination of the body, saw signs which indicated that death was due to poisoning. The stomach was forwarded to the government analyst, who reported that death was due to poisoning.

Margaret and James lived at Connewarre East with their three children, James Alexander (Jim), Mary and Jane. She had not told anyone she was feeling unwell. James was out for some time on the night of 15 January, and on his return home he saw that his wife had had a hot drink. He made a drink for himself, using the same cup. Early in the morning he heard his wife making a noise as if in her sleep. As this continued for some time he struck a match and saw that his wife was ill. She died before a doctor could be summoned.

Margaret had three brothers, George, William and Alexander Mill. She was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. James, who died on 28 July 1961 at the age of 83 was buried with her.
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May Quinlivan — 1924
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Jim Quinlivan — 1924
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from The Argus 20 February, 1930 — photos and newspaper article contributed by Martin Klabbers
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The Quinlivans with campers at Barwon Heads Caravan Park — photo contributed by Jan McCawley
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David Fisher

7/9/2018

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​David Fisher was born on 6 July 1801 at Roslyn, Midlothian, Scotland. He married Charlotte née Ross on 27 January 1826 at Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland. He moved to Port Phillip district in 1836 after emigrating initially to Van Dieman's Land. He bought a large area of land in the Ceres district, which extended 2 miles westward and one mile south from the corner of Roslyn and Scenic (originally Boundary) Roads. He divided this into farms which were leased to various tenants. He built his homestead, "Roslin" on this land in the vicinity of Sunderland Road. This home farm area was later bought back and subdivided by the Crown in 1907 into small blocks for closer settlement. Most of the wider estate was sold in the 1850s. The Fishers named Ceres. The name may have come from the Scottish village of Ceres. Fisher’s Hill, where the lookout stands, and Fisher’s Road, which has been re-named Mount Pleasant Road have lost the name of this
district pioneer. Roslyn Road remains to remember him by. 

​He served as a member of the District Council of Grant, as a trustee of the Barrabool (Highton) Cemetery, a member of the Barrabool Road Board for five years and a South Barwon Shire councillor  from 1863 until 1965.

​He died in 1879 and was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Highton Cemetery on 20 March beside his wife Charlotte who died on 17 August 1875. A son, John Fisher, who was born in Edinburgh died in 1875 at the age of 45. He was married to Jane née Barclay.
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looking north from Fisher's Hill 1908 — now known as Drewan Park
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from Geelong Advertiser 6 February 1851
This map  shows the 1907 subdivision. Barrabool Road is in the north west corner of the map. Lot 48 would now be Drewan Park with City View Drive on the east of the park running southwards. The Roslin homestead is in the curve of Sunderland Drive, just north of where it meets Grosvenor Drive. This area is now parkland. Lot 49 is currently being subdivided as "Wandana".
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