BASIL KENDALL’S COURT CASE

FROM CATHY AT UQ , WE have the information below regarding Basil and his Crime.

KENDALLS IN GRAFTON ACCORDING TO BAWDEN

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One book which we purchased from the Clarence History Society is the Bawden Series of Lectures with accompanying notes by C.C.LAW. T. Bawden delivered these lectures on the FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF SETTLEMENT IN THE CLARENCE DISTRICT at the GRAFTON SCHOOL OF ARTS IN June 1886, July 1886 AND August 1888. Mr Bawden came to the Clarence in one of the very first overland parties as a 9 year old boy travelling with his family.

As with most research into Melinda and her family, there are conflicting stories and mysteries. As we hunted for Basil’s grave , we had several accounts of the Kendall period on the Clarence. Basil was arrested for some dodgy dealings with a cheque and his brother-in-law’s name. The Marjorie Kendall book “KISSIN COUSINS” says that Basil presented this cheque on Dec 15,1847. When it was declared to be a forgery ( the signature was in the name of THOMAS WHEATON BOWDEN who was married to Sister Susannah and was declared bankrupt earlier in the year of 1847) a warrant was issued on Dec 23 1847 and Basil was arrested in his home on Christmas Eve and sentenced early in 1848 to two years in Parramatta Gaol.

Did he actually serve this time in Parramatta ? Were convicted criminals still assigned as servants in this time ? Might Basil have been sent with Dobie as such ?

On Page 105 Of BAWDEN’S LECTURES with notes by CC LAW , Mr Bawden says( THIS  being the only first hand report we have of this period at this time );

It was at Gordon Brook that I first knew the poet Kendall. Mr and Mrs Kendall were engaged by Dr Dobie in Sydney to take charge of a sheep station and two flocks of sheep.  One of these flocks was tended by the poet Henry Kendall and his twin brother Basil who was also animated to a slight extent with the poetic fire. After living 12 months at Gordon Brook, the Kendall family left and came to Grafton where Mr Kendall kept a school for some years up to the time of his death. His remains lie in the Old Cemetery at South Grafton. From his time of leaving Gordon Brook, I saw no more of Henry Kendall until some years afterwards he came to Grafton as a clerk in the office of that extraordinary man JAMES MICHAEL LIONEL.

 

http://www.clarencehistory.org.au/

SOME OUTCOMES FROM THE CLARENCE TRIP

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IZZY on RUSHFORTH ROAD at POLEY’S BRIDGE.

THE MCLENNANS ON NEW ENGLAND AND CLARENCE

This is a great little story of one of the early Clarence families. We saw many of their graves at COUTT’S CROSSING cemetery. In this article there is a connection made between them and Bushy Park which is one of the stations on which the Kendalls lived.

BACK FROM THE CLARENCE AND THE NEW ENGLAND

Peter outside ARMIDALE (UNE) Regional Archives and History Centre. 

We set off for the Clarence and the New England. Down the Pacific Highway from the Tweed River. This is Northern Big River Country and 160 years app since Melinda and Co were down there on the Clarence. In some places times seems to have stopped and in others it might well have gone backwards.  We saw a sign saying MAIN ROAD CLOSED. That meant the main highway from Grafton to New England is cut by rock slippages seemingly without any haste or 21st century method of fixing it in any kind of hurry. Here is what RTA says.

Gwydir Highway - Mulligans Bluff at west of Jackadgery

Roadworks

RTA advice:
Between 55km west of Grafton & 100km east of Glen Innes.
Slope stabilisation and associated works. The highway will close each day, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm (excluding public and school holidays).
Alternative signposted travel options during the temporary closure are north through Tenterfield and Casino or south through Guyra and Ebor.
The work is expected to continue until the end of 2008.

Last updated:
1:11pm 5 June 2008

 

Makes it sound like a wee little detour when in fact its 100s of mountain kilometres around. The reason I’m mentioning it is that it echoes Melinda Days way back. The first white fella known to have found the Clarence was Richard Craig. There is a line of road down from Armidale to Grafton and its called the Craig Line of road. Craigs interest me as my family came on the Beejapore in 1853 - more of the ‘assisted’ emigrants. I have only recently realised how firm that ASSISTANCE was.  The Lady in Clarence Historical would not have it that the pronunciation is cregg - but we of CRAIG descent are firm on that matter. Regardless of there appearing to be no connection between my Craigs and Richard Craig of Clarence fame, I fell affinity with his LINE OF ROAD especially when a major arterial like Gwydir can be closed without apology or explanation or even outrage from the population.

In Armidale we spent a morning in the Regional Archives.

We were able to travel and explore the Clarence, Bellinger and up Dorrigo Mountain to Armidale.

In Clarence Historical Society we spent from 9am till 4pm in consultation with several research assistants. One lady in particular deserves a medal for her attention, astuteness and generosity.  I was remiss in not getting her name and acknowledge her untiring attention to our work here on this site.

One outcome of the day in the Clarence Historical Society is the DEPARTMENT OF LANDS

WEBSITE which has online viewing of parish and pastoral maps. 

http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/_media/lands/pdf/general_publications/FamilyHistory.pdf

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CRIMINAL RECORDS SYDNEY AND NSW

CRIMINAL RECORDS . PERHAPS BASIL ?

file http://www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/1580/Crime_handout.pdf.

LOCAL HISTORY STUDIES.