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The Brisbane Courier… Friday 11 January 1889,

SHIP – EMU 2

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AND AS FOR THE SHIP : HM EMU ,the brig, appears to be carrying out the work she was built for in Australian waters. Small, armed and mobile.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4716936

AUSTRALIAN SEA SERVICE.

SOME NAVAL BEGINNINGS.

By T. DUNBABIN.

FROM THE ARGUS. SAT 12 JULY 1919.

Macquarie was as insistent as Phillip about the need for two vessels for the Service of the colony, but he asked that they should not be subject to Admiralty control. Two armed brigs, the Emu and the Kangaroo, were bought in 1812. The Emu was captured on the way out by the American privateer Holkar, which carried 137 men to the Emu’s 22. The Kangaroo reached Sydney safely, and on March 12, .1815, a second Emu arrived.

MORE MENTIONS OF THE SECOND EMU IN NLA NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER SOURCES.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article629202

The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 14 October 1815,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2176527

The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 27 January 1816

 

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The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 24 February 1816, page 2.

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The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 9 March 1816,

MR. WILLIAM WENTWORTH intending to leave the Colony in the Emu, requests that all Claims against him be presented for Payment.

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The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 23 March 1816,

EMU IS ready to depart for England.

 

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The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 27 April 1816

 

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The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 12 October 1816,

LETTERS lying" at the Post Office:- Lieut. Forster of the Emu

 

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The Hobart Town Gazette… Saturday 28 December 1816,

 

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The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 26 April 1817, page 2.

By letters brought by the Shipley, we are happy
to be enabled to state, that the packets sent for Europe
by his Majesty’s armed brig Emu, and which had
been forwarded from the Cape by the Revolutionaire  
frigate, had been received by that vessel ; and likewise
that Capt. Brabyn, who had proceeded on in the
Zebra, had also safely arrived. 

22 APRIL 1817 The Hobart Town Gazette… Saturday 26 April 1817

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The Hobart Town Gazette… Saturday 4 October 1817

FAIRY MEADOW ON THE ILLAWARRA

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THE SYDNEY GAZETTE AND NSW ADVERTISER OF TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 1840

At this stage, it appears that the McNallys, specfically Mary( MARTIN) and William received grants of land at Fairy Meadow near Wollongong in 1830. One source suggests that James Martin then sold off Mary’s 50 acres in  app 1840 and vanished. Be that as it may, one of the very few mentions I have so far found of Fairy Meadow in Newspaper sources is from the above edition.

The AUSTRALIAN AUCTION COMPANY put a valuable estate up for auction on 16 September 1840.The estate was FAIRY MEADOW. I,myself, think Melinda refers to the period of !830 when she writes in BELLAMBI’S LAKE.

I thought of my loved ones that were, and are not, When we stood all together on this very same spot. It was well we knew nothing of what was in store, ‘Twould have marred all the joys in those gone days of yore. BELLAMBI’S LAKE

The property, FAIRY MEADOW, consisted of 100 acres with house. Immediately in the suburbs of Wollongong. To be divided into Villa or Bathing Allotments of from 8 -10 acres each. It was a half mile from Wollongong ” in the most aristocratic and delightful’ part of the suburbs and was bounded by the new line of road from Wollongong to Sydney. Within a half mile was a STEAM FLOUR MILL in full operation. Fairy Meadow was well watered and only a few hundred yards from the sea beach.

The Gazette tells us that that made it very suitable for the erection of BATHING VILLAS. There was very good land commonly known to produce 12-14 tons of potatoes to the acre. There were also THREE COAL MINES as well as the ONLY FREE-STONE in the district. Fairy Meadow had timber well suited to building and was near to town which suited the builders.

As for the residence it was a 2 storey Gothic construction with a very TASTY verandah on the 2nd floor which looked out to sea. TRULY BEAUTIFUL says the Gazette. Here is a description of parts of the view ;

The residence stands upon the corner of a gentle elevation, exactly in the centre of the Estate, and having been built after the Gothic style, has a very pretty and imposing appearance from the Road. The windows are all French, and on the second story, open upon a very tasty balcony. The view from the house is truly beautiful, the valley of (the appropriately named) Fairy Meadow, falls off in a gradual descent till it reaches the sea beach, throwing open to the view one of the grandest and most sublime sights imaginable, the great South Pacific in boundless extent ; the steamer to and from Wollongong, together with every vessel bound for Port Phillip, South Australia, Europe, and the Southern ports, can be distinctly seen from the verandah of the dwelling.

 

FAIRY MEADOW The fairies and elves from the meadow have gone To some sylvan spot, where no railroads are known, Where no miners will dig through the bowels of earth To disturb them, and drive them away from their hearth. http://melindakendall.wordpress.com/poem-fairy-meadow/

SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER 1837 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2213667

PUNCH the Bull had either been stolen or had strayed from HART’S Paddock and a reward was offered. The details of his brandings and markings were listed clearly in the Gazette.

     

• http://www.joseflebovicgallery.com/ IMAGES OF FAIRY MEADOW. Charles Kerry c.1880s – The Road to Wollongong

 

• PLACE NAMES INC FAIRY MEADOW. Neville Arrowsmith.

 

• Selected bibliography on the Eora/ Iora language and people
  held in the AIATSIS Library inc massacre at FAIRY MEADOW. http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/library/subject_guides__bibliographies/?a=2724

 

David William Gregory (April 15, 1845 in Fairy Meadow, New South Wales – August 4, 1919 inTurramurra, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer of the 19th century.Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. …

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Dave-Gregory-(cricketer)

Quote of the Day:
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
–Herman Melville

IN THIS YEAR – CLARENCE RIVER 1852

Year of BASIL KENDALL’s DEATH ON THE CLARENCE.

IMAGES OF YUGILBAR: Grafton and the Clarence River, 1852-1901 / sketches by Mrs Rose Elizabeth Selwyn (nee Rusden)

© State Library of New South Wales 2008

http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=dlpx62/a786;seq=6

In January, the steamer PHOENIX, sailed for the Clarence from Sydney with sundries. She was 108 tons and her master was BENEAUD.

 

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The Moreton Bay Courier Saturday 3 January 1852, page 2

RICHMOND RIVER.-The months of October and November are generally accompanied by severe storms of wind and hail in this district. The 24th of October will be marked for some years to come as being a serious visitation on part of this district. A perfect hurricane, accompanied by large hailstones, passed from the west side of the range dividing this river from the Clarence, through the district; the width of it was nearly three miles, and in a direction nearly east.

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159 pounds was allocated for placing buoys on the CLARENCE RIVER.

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The Maitland Mercury… Wednesday 21 January 1852, page 2.

CLARENCE RIVER.

I stated to you in a former communication that I intended to search this district for gold. I am happy to inform you that we have found gold within thirty miles from Grafton, on Clowd’s Creek ; the sample is sent to government by Mr. Commissioner Fry. Four men started to prospect that part of the district, namely, Messrs. Kirk, Henderson, Howlet, and B. Naughten ; and there is not a place that we tried but we got gold, but we could not give the bed of the creek a fair trial, as the water rose twice while we were there. The gold is a very fine sample, and I have no doubt when it gets a fair trial but it will be found to pay.

Grafton, January 8, 1852.

POEM : HENRY KENDALL by his MOTHER

REFERENCE POINTS WITHIN THE POEM.  HENRY KENDALL (By his mother) 1 He was born at the foot of the mountain, 2 He was taught his first letters in sand; 3 His companions – mimosas and gum trees – 4 And the beautiful birds of the land. 5 To his ear the wild scream of the curlew 6 Was sweeter than sweetest of fruits; 7 And the silvery tinkling of bell birds, 8 More soothing than ladies’ fine lutes. ________________________________ SO far we have Henry established under Pigeon House Mountain at birth.	BELLBIRD       CURLEW
3 – Mimosa seems remarkably widespread on the South Coast of NSW. I thought it were an entirely different plant but now find it another name for plants with which I am familiar.
Best I also locate an image of some gum trees for those of you who haven’t had a gum tree as a companion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL

I have my suspicions about the FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL, so I do. And about Melinda’s fate as a little girl  aged between 5 and 9 when her father Patrick was tossed into the County Gaol on a pig stealing charge and Rev Fulton withheld payment for the fencing contract for his Glebe at Castlereagh. We know from records that the food situation for the McNallys was dire and involved Mr John Harris, settler. It was in this period 1822-23 that Melinda found herself as a servant girl in Hill’s household. I wonder why . Why were all the other children left in the family home? Why was Melinda the only child to go to the Hills? Could it have involved the Female Orphan School and the age requirements for entry ? Could Judith have found herself in great difficulty with Patrick in Gaol ?

POEM ON THE DEATH OF THE REV RICHARD HILL

THE CLARENCE RIVER IN 1848

BASIL KENDALL was in SYDNEY early in 1848 when he received the 2 year sentence to PARRAMATTA GAOL. AT THIS stage he would appear that he did not serve that time in Parramatta and appears to have gone North with his family to Dr Dobie at Gordonbrook. Here are some more background images of the area to which they removed from Sydney.

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The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 15 January 1848, page 2. News

THE CLARENCE RIVER.- The Phoenix had an unusually long passage, owing to boisterous weather, on her downward trip here. Since my last letter we have had a good deal of rain, sufficient to produce a fresh in the river, and from which Mr. Crabbe, an innkeeper at the Falls, about twenty miles above our proposed township, unfortunately lost his life; a small boat in which he was accidentally upsetting, and before he could be rescued, the force of the torrent bore him away. Mr. Crabbe was very greatly respected, and has left a wife and several small children to deplore their loss. Trade, owing to the wool season, is ex- cessively brisk. The country, from the late visitation of rain, now looks beautiful. There is wool enough already at Phillips’ and the other stores to give two cargoes, in addition to the one she now conveys, to the steamer, and teams are daily coming down. __________________________________ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article713428 The Maitland Mercury… Wednesday 2 February 1848, page 3. 29.-Phoenix, steamer, 108 tons, Captain Wiseman, from the Clarence River the 26th instant. Passengers-Mr. Hunter, Mr. Plo- mer, Mr. Hayley, ten in the steerage, one constable, and four prisoners. The Phoenix was detained at the Clarence seven days, owing to the fresh in the river, consequent upon a continuation of heavy rains. Her cargo comprises 160 bales wool.

A very extraordinary occurrence, and in which equally extraordinary presence of mind was displayed, on a snake visit, happened a few days since. A gentleman of the name of Gannon, staying at Phillips’ stores, being alarmed by a noise outside, about 2 P.M. on the 24th ultimo, rose from his bed for the purpose of going out and discovering the cause. Whilst in the act of unfastening the door, by removing a heavy wooden bar, a large snake, of the carpet species, six feet five inches, as described per measurement after death, fell bodily on Mr. G.’s left shoulder, and then slowly spread itself along the arm. Assistance was called for, but which was however some time in arriving, and during the arrival of which Mr. G. managed to keep as unnerved as possible, at all events suffi- ciently so to contrive to open the door and get outside, but during the time of this pro- cedure, the snake had coiled itself round Mr. G.’s body, the tail was around the wrist, the body part in a double fold on the bend of the arm, and the head over the left shoulder, spreading across the back, and crossing over the right shoulder, its neck and head up to the chin and lips, across which Mr. G. states be distinctly felt the reptile twice or thrice pass its head. A stick could not be found, but Mr. G., after getting hold of an axe, con- trived sufficiently to remove the coils of the upper portion of the reptile so as to attack it when it was in such a position as prevented its injuring him, and on which it wholly un- coiled itself and made off; but so great was Mr. G.’s trepidation incident on his escape, that the snake got away some five or six yards from him : he however then rallied, overtook, and finally killed it. On examining it, it was found to be a female, and on opening it two young ones were found inside its body. -Extract from Letter.-S. M. Herald,

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article713447 The Maitland Mercury… Wednesday 2 February 1848, page 3. CLARENCE RIVER. , (From the S. M. Herald, January 31.) Committal for Poisoning Blacks.-The Phoenix, which arrived on Saturday morning, brings intelligence of one of the most extensive squatters in the district, Mr. Coutts, being committed for the poisoning of several of the aborigines. The following particulars of the case are gained from a letter dated 18th instant. In the year 1840 Mr. Thomas Coutts located on this river, at Kangaroo Creek, about thirty miles inland, and at that time his cattle numbered between eight und nine hundred, his sheep upwards of five thousand ; but owing to the repeated depredations of the blacks, he can now only number half his quantity of sheep und cattle. There has, moreover, been two of his men murdered by the blacks, as was also a fine intelligent boy, who was most barbarously so, no later than twelve months since; protection was applied for in the proper quarter, but none was rendered. Owing to the above occurrence, which of course spread like lightning, it was with much difficulty Mr. Coutts could get men to hire with him, and then only at a very advanced rate of wages. About a fortnight since a great sensation was created at the township, and indeed along the river, in consequence of a report having been circulated that Mr. Coutts had poisoned some of the aborigines, and that some of their sable brethren had gone to the Commissioner of Crown Lands to report the case. The excitement was heightened when, some few days afterwards, it was observed that the commissioner, two policemen, and the chief constable, accompanied by a servant of Mr. Coutts-then, by the way, in custody on a warrant-proceeded in the direction of Mr. Coutts’s station. Curiosity was on the qui vive for two days after, until it was learned from a black boy attached to the commissioner that his master was returning, and that the objects of the expedition were then discovered. The commissioner and party had proceeded to a black camp for information, and they there found, and took away from thence, a piece of damper, which the blacks there encamped said was the remainder of one that had caused the death of several, and seven bodies were pointed out which were said to have died from partaking of the damper, and four of these bodies were found to be dead at a waterhole. The commissioner’s party then proceeded to Mr. Coutts’s, and took that gentleman in custody, on a warrant, issued on the affidavit of his servant, then in custody for horse stealing, and which averred that Mr. Coutts had twelve months previously shot an aboriginal, but the circumstances already detailed were, at this time, kept from Mr. Coutts’s knowledge, and in fact he did not know a single iota about them until he arrived at the court-house in the township. On the case, in due course, coming on for hearing, the commissioner stated that from information he had received, he went to the black camp, found the bodies and damper, and subsequently proceeded to Mr. Coutts’s station, and ordered him to be apprehended ; two of Mr. Coutts’s servants were examined, but only proved that they had heard from the blacks that Mr. C. had given them some flour which produced the effect alluded to, and another witness stated that he had seen Mr. C. give the blacks a bag, which he supposed to contain flour, and at which time Mr. C. had a paper in his band, which he also supposed contained poison. The bench, in committing, allowed bail Mr. Coutts in £1000, and two sureties in £500 each ; but no sureties sufficient to satisfy the magistrates being tendered, Mr. Coutts was forwarded to Sydney by the last steamer.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article713394 Feb. 2. THE ALLEGED MURDER OP THE ABORIGINES AT CLARENCE RIVER.- On Monday last, Mr. Thomas Coutts, who was committed by the bench of magistrates at Grafton, Clarence River, on an alleged charge of poi- soning certain aborignal natives at KangarooHelp Creek, in the above district, was brought before Mr. Justice Manning in chambers, by a writ of habeas corpus, and upon the motion of Mr. Nichols was admitted to bail, to appear at the March sittings of the criminal court at Sydney, to take his trial on such information as the Attorney General may prefer against him. The defendant was bound in the sum of £500, and his sureties, Messrs. John Campbell, merchant, and Mr. F. Garnison, grocer, in the sum of £250 each. The bail having entered into the requisite recognizances, Mr. Coutts was discharged. Herald, Feb. 2.                                         COUTT’S CROSSING GRAFTON 2008

POETESS: ANNE STANHOPE GORE

TO DATE ACCREDITED AS THE FIRST IDENTIFIABLE AUSTRALIAN WOMAN POET

POEMS PUBLISHED IN THE AUSTRALIAN

8TH SEPT AND 15 DECEMBER 1825

Her early death precluded any chance of her writing career developing beyond these two publication dates.

Her birth could well be in the 1813-1815 period in Sydney and her death appears in 1836 , 3 years after the death of her mother. A S G wrote from her father’s home on the North Shore of Sydney where according to ADB on her father’s site, she lay unburied along with her parents for some years under palings. A strange interpretation but there you are !

TAKE A LOOK AT THE BRIGHT AND FIERY TROOP edited by DEBRA ADELAIDE.

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check WILLIAM GORE ADB and

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The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 19 January 1833, page 3. Family Notices

DIED,

At Artarmon House, North Shore, on the morning of the 17th instant, in the 49th year of her age, to the inexpressible grief of her husband and family, Ann, the wife ol William Gore, Esq., many years Provost Marshal of this Territory. Mrs. Gore was a lady devoted to her family, of accomplished manners, unostentatious piety, and unfeigned benevolence of heart.

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The Sydney Gazette and… Tuesday 22 November 1836, page 3. Family Notices

On Saturday morning last, after a
severe and protracted illness, Miss Ann Stanhope, fourth daughter of William
Gore, Esq., of Artarmon, North Shore.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2207871

THE CONVICTS WHO DIED ON THE SURRY I

FROM SYDNEY GAZETTE AND NEW SOUTH WALES ADVERTISER SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 1814 PAGE 2.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628980

FROM THE SECRETARY’S OFFICE SYDNEY SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 1814

The contagious and diabolical disease which prevailed on board the Male Convict Ship SURRY, on her late passage hither from England having been fatal to thirty-six of the Convicts destined for this Place, His Excellency The Governor, deems it expedient that the Names of the unfortunate Sufferers shall be published in order that their Friends shall be officially apprised of their Decease.

List of thirty six convicts who died at sea on board the Ship Surry on her voyage from England to New South Wales with the names of the Hulks from whence they had been embarked and the dates at which they died

NAME	FROM WHAT HULK	WHEN DIED
ANTON JACKSON	RETRIBUTION	9 JUNE 1814
SAMUEL SMITH	“	13 “
CHARLES GAMES	“	15 “
JOHN EADES	“	2O”
JOHN OLIVER	“	22″
WILLIAM HASEL	“	27
WILLIAM BROWN	“	27″
JOHN PARSONS	“	28″
WILLIAM BOURNE	“	30″
THOS WHEELER	“	6 JULY 1814
Wm EDWARDS	“	11″
JAMES PHILLIPS	“	19″
JOHN PE?S	“	19″
CARTER TUCK	ZEALAND	10 JUNE 1814
JOHN MOTT	“	21″
TIMOTHY REAGAN	“	23″
WILLIAM BATTY	“	13 JULY 1814
JOHN RANSOM	LAUREL	12 MARCH 1814
HENRY PAGE	“	21 JUNE 1814
JAS GLADDING	“	22″
JAMES CLARKE	“	1 JULY 1814
CHRIS. RAPPS	“	2″
WILLIAM DAVEY	“	3″
SAM ABRAHAMS	“	5″
THOMAS HADLEY	“	7″
WILLIAM BAKER	“	22″
ISAAC GILES	CAPTIVITY	22 MAY 1814
JOHN JOTCHAM	“	25 JUNE 1814
WILLIAM BROWN	“	27″
THOMAS MOTT	“	28″
JOHN COOPER	“	29″
JOHN  LACEY	“	1 JULY 1814
RD. WILKINSON	“	4″
JOHN JONES	“	5″
CHARLES BALL	“	19″
RD ALIARTON	“	25″

 

BY COMMAND OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

J T CAMPBELL SECRETARY.