I started this article two years ago and didn't finish it as I was very confused. I had been led to believe that the two Donald McLeans who lived in the Mount Moriac area were the same person. They both came from Argylshire in Scotland. This article is about a man who bought many crown allotments in the Mount Moriac area. Donald, son of Allan and Hannah McLean, was born on 16 January 1814. He married Flora, daughter of Neil and Ann (née McLean) Campbell. The couple had a daughter, Julia Mary Campbell, born in 1859 at Mount Moriac. I don't know of any other children. Donald McLean, in partnership with his brother Neil and Robert Glew, bought 677 acres on Waurn Ponds Creek in 1847 which they named "Glendarroch". A later owner of "Glendarroch" was Henry Ashton Larcombe. In 1854 he purchased 154 acres 1 rood and 24 perches on the south east corner of Willowite and Reservoir Roads. He also bought other allotments further south. He lived in Victoria from 1837 until 1864 and in New Zealand where he kept Ayrshire cattle from 1864 until his death in 1895. He took a large tract of land south of Fairlie which he named Strathconan. He started building a concrete house in 1872 which was finished in 1877. The house has a Historic Places Trust category 2 listing on it. He emigrated from Scotland with his family on their own schooner the John Dunscombe arriving in Tasmania in 1832. All the passengers and crew except for the master were McLeans. They brought with them their agricultural implements, which included a thrashing machine, the first imported to the colonies. On 17 January 1837 McLean landed in Melbourne. He settled at Merri Creek, which became known as McLean's Creek. An auction of dairy stock, draught horses, agricultural and dairy implements and household furniture was held at Glendarroch on 27 September 1964 as McLean was leaving the colony. A mortgagees auction was held on 4 February 1865 to sell his land on the corner of Reservoir and Willowite Roads. A small portion of this land was let to Caleb Martin. The land sold at £3 per acre. He died at Strathconan in the South Canterbury district of New Zealand on 16 July 1895. |
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