Investigator – Sept 2022 Barwon Bank
BARWON BANK In 2021 the then sale of the 1850s house, ‘Barwon Bank’, in Newtown, overlooking the Barwon River, piqued my interest in both its first owner and also its architect. I already had a (more…)
1863 – ALL SAINTS CHURCH, NEWTOWN
From the pages of the Geelong Chronicle: ALL SAINTS CHURCH, NEWTOWN All Saints Church, on the corner of Noble and Talbot Streets, Newtown, was opened for Divine worship for the first time on Sunday, 8 (more…)
Jigsaw puzzle – Little Malop Street in the 1920s
Little Malop Street in the 1920s Don Patterson has selected this iconic photograph of Little Malop Street, taken sometime in the 1920s, as his next puzzle. He chose this as it complements Peter Fogarty’s article (more…)
ANDREW SUTHERLAND LOW – Investigator December 2021
Sydney investor, briefly owner of Osborne House By Daryl Wight Andrew Sutherland Low (1831-94), was a Sydney factory owner, mining investor and real estate developer, who owned Osborne House, Geelong, for a brief period in (more…)
Mary Jane Muirhead’s letter from Port Phillip to Ireland – Investigator December 2021
Transcribed and edited by Daryl Wight This letter is a rare example of a female correspondent writing about squatting life in early Victoria. Unsentimental in tone, Mary Jane Muirhead, wife of squatter, Robert Muirhead, describes day-to-day (more…)
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ROBERT MUIRHEAD – Investigator December 2021
of Yarram Yarram and Osborne House By Daryl Wight Robert Muirhead (1813? – 1862), shepherd and squatter, was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, son of John Muirhead. He was already ‘accustomed … to the management of sheep’ (more…)