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John Vane (bushranger)
John Vane (16 June 1842 - 30 January 1906), known informally as 'Jack' or 'Johnny' Vane, was an Australian bushranger who joined with the John Gilbert's gang for a short period during 1863. He rode with Gilbert, Ben Hall, John O’Meally and his friend Mick Burke, all of whom eventually met violent deaths. Burke, who had been Vane's childhood friend, died in a violent gun-fight at 'Dunn's Plains', near Rockley. Vane managed to avoid the fate of his companions when he gave himself up. In 1905 Vane collaborated with author and newspaper editor, Charles White, in recording his recollections of the period he spent as part of the bushranging gangs led by Gilbert, Hall and O’Meally. Vane’s biography, edited by White, was published in 1908 (two years after Vane’s death). Biography Early life John Vane was born on 16 June 1842 at Jerrys Plains on the Hunter River, the fifth-born of the children of William Vane and Ann (''née'' Miller). In about 1848 William and Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerrys Plains, New South Wales
Jerrys Plains is a village in the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia about 33 kilometres west of Singleton on the Golden Highway. The surrounding countryside is home to some substantial horse-breeding properties, notably the Australian branch of Ireland's giant Coolmore Stud, as well as viticulture and coal mining. Jerrys Plains Public School opened in January 1881. It had an enrolment of 40 students in 2018. Jerrys Plains Post Office opened in 1837; it has now closed, though the closure date is unknown. The former post office building later served as a visitor information centre. St James Anglican Church, designed by John Horbury Hunt John Horbury Hunt (1838 – December 30, 1904) was a Canadian-born Australian architect who worked in Sydney and rural New South Wales from 1863. Life and career Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of a builder, Hunt was trained in B ..., dates from the 1870s. It has monthly services, held on the second Sunday of each mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville, New South Wales
Neville is a small village in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. It is 60 km south west of Bathurst or about 16 km south-east of Mandurama. It is 940 metres above sea level and has a population of about 100. History European settlement of the area began soon after the establishment of Bathurst in 1815, but the exact time is still unclear. The village was known by different names before it was finally called Neville in 1888. Other names previous to Neville include "No-one swamp" or "Number one Swamp" (the creek that it is on) and ''Macquarie'' in reference to Lachlan Macquarie, an early governor of New South Wales, and then "Mount Macquarie" which the nearby Mount Macquarie is still called. Another possibility is that Neville was a stagecoach stop on the direct road from Rockley to Cowra. The modern city of Cowra was built in a region previously called "The Lachlan". The road joining Rockley to "The Lachlan" was called "The Old Lach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boorowa
Boorowa () is a farming village in the Hilltops Council, Hilltops Region in the South West Slopes, south west slopes of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in a valley southwest of Sydney around above sea-level. The town is in Hilltops Council Local government in Australia, local government area. History Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was part of the lands occupied by the Wiradjuri Nation with the Gandangara Tribe peoples, Gandangara Aboriginal Australians. It is believed that the name 'Burrowa', the original spelling, derives from the local Aboriginal language and refers to a native bird, the plains turkey Australian bustard. The first European to travel through what is now Boorowa Shire was surveyor George Evans (explorer), George Evans in 1815. Unofficial occupation of the district began in 1821 with Irishmen Rodger Corcoran and Ned Ryan, both former convicts who had received their 'ticket of leave' from the Governor. The first land grant in the general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cootamundra
Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. It is located on the Olympic Highway at the point where it crosses the Muttama Creek, between Junee and Cowra. Its railway station is on the Main Southern line, part of the Melbourne-to-Sydney line. Cootamundra is the birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman , an Australian cricketer universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. It is also known for being the site of Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls, an institution housing Aboriginal girls who were forcibly taken from their families. It is also the home of the Cootamundra wattle. Every year there is a large "Wattle Time" Festival held at the time the wattle starts to bloom, with an art show and festivities. History The traditional owners of the area where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wombat, New South Wales
Wombat is a town in South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Olympic Highway, south-west of the regional centre of Young. It is in the local government area of Hilltops Council. History The area was occupied by the indigenous Wiradjuri people for thousands of years. * 1860 – Gold discovered at nearby Young. 20,000 miners converge on surrounding areas. Wombat Post Office opened on 16 July 1862. * 1865 – The village of Wombat was established. Many Chinese miners moved to the area taking plots of land. * 1867 – Wombat Public School was founded in a bark hut * 1873 – foundation stone of St Matthew's Church of England laid * 1875 – Roman Catholic Church built * 1877 – Wombat Hotel began trading * 1880 – Carlo Lazzarini, (1880–1952), NSW politician and trade unionist was born in Wombat * 1895 – Mechanics Institute opened * 1903 – Wombat Hotel's current building constructed * 1910 – Roman Catholic convent opened * 1921 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrumburrah
Murrumburrah is a township in New South Wales, Australia, part of a twin town with Harden. The town is in Hilltops Council local government area in the South West Slopes area of NSW. It is on the Burley Griffin Way, the major link from the Riverina to the Hume Highway near Yass, and ultimately Sydney, Canberra and the coast. The name probably comes from Wiradhuri ''murrimboola'', which can reasonably be translated to "two waterholes". History Before European settlement the Harden area was inhabited by the Wiradjuri people. Hume and Hovell passed nearby in 1824. In the late 1820s, the 'Murrumburra' was established. Its superintendent, James Kennedy, established an inn on the townsite in the late 1840s. Gold was found in the area in the 1850s. In 1858, it was gazetted as the name Murrimboola, which was a Wiradjuri word meaning ''two water holes''. In mid-1872, a traveller made the following comments about Murrumburrah, "a small township on the road to Lambing Flat": Murrumbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young, New South Wales
Young is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and the largest town in the Hilltops Region. The "Lambing Flat" Post Office opened on 1 March 1861 and was renamed "Young" in 1863. Young is marketed as the Cherry Capital of Australia and every year hosts the National Cherry Festival. Young is situated on the Olympic Highway and is approximately 2 hours drive from the Canberra area. It is in a valley, with surrounding hills. The town is named after Sir John Young, the governor of NSW from 1861 to 1867. History Before European settlers arrived in Young, members of the Burrowmunditory tribe, a family group of the indigenous Wiradjuri Nation, lived in the region. Descendants of the Burrowmunditory clan still live in Young. James White was the first European settler in the district and established 'Burrangong' station in 1826 with a squatting claim of . His story is told in the novel ''Brothers in Exile''. In late June 1860 Michael Sheedy from Binalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cowper
Sir Charles Cowper (), (26 April 1807 – 19 October 1875) was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five occasions from 1856 to 1870. Cowper did useful work but does not rank among the more distinguished Australian politicians. Cowper's governments had a fairly coherent Liberal tendency, a trend which continued with the governments of Henry Parkes and later developed into the Free Trade Party. In 1852, Parkes referred in public to his "mild, affable and benignant character". In later years he spoke of his "quick insight in dealing with surrounding circumstances, and much good humour and tact in dealing with individuals". His political adroitness was such that it secured for him the popular sobriquet of "Slippery Charley". Probably Cowper deserved this title no more than Bishop Wilberforce deserved his of "Soapy Sam", but Rusden speaks of Cowper as "ever anxious to link himself with a majority" and frequently shows animus when speaking of him. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Pottinger
thumbnail, Official portrait of Frederick Pottinger Sir Frederick William Pottinger, 2nd Baronet (27 April 18319 April 1865) was a police inspector in New South Wales who gained fame for his fight against Bushrangers. Early life Born in India, son of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger of the British East India Company, and his wife Susanna Maria, née Cooke, of Dublin,Selth, P. A."Pottinger, Sir Frederick William (1831–1865)" ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 15 January 2013. Pottinger was educated privately before attending Eton from 1844 to 1847. Career In 1850, Pottinger purchased a commission in the Grenadier Guards and served in England until 1854. Active in social life, he lost much of his adoring mother's wealth on the race-course. In 1856, he succeeded his father as second baronet and soon dissipated his inheritance. Forced by debt to leave England, he migrated to Sydney. After failin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murringo
Murringo is a small village in the southwestern slopes of New South Wales, Australia in Hilltops Council. It was once better known as Marengo. History The area now known as Murringo lies on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people, close to the boundaries with the lands of the Ngunawal and Gandangara peoples. The Ngunawal and Gandangara peoples spoke closely related, if not identical, languages. Although the area was outside the Nineteen Counties, within which settler colonisation was allowed, it was settled relatively early, with the Marengo Station run taken up in 1827. There were 43 settlers on three properties in the area by 1840, 21 of whom lived at the Marengo Station.McHarg, p. 29. The village was known originally as Marengo. Taking its name from nearby Marengo Station, itself possibly named after the site of the Battle of Marengo, or more likely from a word of Aboriginal origin with its spelling applied by colonial settlers to resemble it. Naming a colonial-era land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coombing Park
Coombing Park is a farming property situated in western New South Wales just off the Mid-Western Highway about 5 km west of Carcoar, 260 km west of Sydney and 54 km south-west of Bathurst. The property is of considerable note because of its relationship with convicts, bushrangers and the Cobb & Co coaching company. The property was offered as an estate to its owner Thomas Icely by the early New South Wales Government in 1826. It was one of the first estates created on the western side of the Blue Mountains that border the area of Sydney. History Thomas Icely enlisted (not of their own free-will) the help of 62 convicts to build the original homestead and outbuildings between 1838 and 1842 and indeed the original shearing shed and stables are still standing from their construction date of 1848. The eastern boundary of the property borders the Mt Macquarie road which leads directly to the town Carcoar, which was specifically created in 1839 so as to service the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Icely
Thomas Icely (3 November 179713 February 1874) was an early colonial New South Wales landholder and stockbreeder. As a nominee Legislative Councillor from 1843, to 1853, and from 1855, until the establishment of responsible government in 1856, he was a consistent supporter of the Governor. He served a second term as a life appointee to the Legislative Council from 1864. Icely was the beneficiary of large land grants to which he added purchased land holdings, his main holding from 1831 was Coombing Park. To support this holding, the village of Mandurama was established in 1876. Thomas Icely was a benefactor of the Anglican Church in Carcoar where he funded the building of St Paul’s church in Belubula St. Designed by Edmund Blacket, a small gothic revival structure and build of brick and sandstone with a slate roof between 1845-48 making it the second oldest church west of the Blue Mountains. His name is associated with the introduction of Shorthorn stock into Australia. The y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
