OK - Two points to Elly and one to Tom. Anyone care to offer another question? --------------------------------------- Source:- "Victoria - A History" by Don Garden (concerning the settlement of what is now Sorrento, Vic.)
Queensland Pioneers Index Lookups, Please readHi Terry, there are 25 entries on Queensland Pioneers Index McGurk Mary Birth Parents John Margaret Finagan Year 10-03-1857 Reg. No. 1857-B000284 McGurk James Birth Parents John Margaret Finagan Year 28-04-1859...
"On 24 April 1803 the founding fathers left Spithead, the convicts in HMS "Calcutta" and the free settlers in the hired transport "Ocean". The "Ocean" arrived in Port Phillip" on 7 October, and the "Calcutta" two days later.... .... The site was near the present Sorrento and was selected largely because it was possible to obtain fresh water by sinking barrels in the sand. The near-by cove was named Sullivans Bay, and Collins apparently named the camp "Hobart", a breastle which he subsequently transferred to Van Diemens Land...... .... On 25 November 1803 William James Hobart THORNE was born, the first white child born in Victoria .... .... Late in the following January Collins and a number of the convicts set sail in the "Ocean" for the Derwent, where Hobart was founded. In May the "Ocean" was to embark the remainder, clearing the heads on 21 May 1804 and bringing to a close the first attempt to settle in Victoria."
Another question for the AuizNew South Wales? Australian history? of its kind in the Colony? Is this a part answer? On 29 April 1770, Captain Cook dropped anchor just...
and a special mention to Sally Flynn who provided the details of the first child born in Melbourne:- ------------------------------- According to Historical Records of Victoria Volume 3 1836-1839 Edited by Michael Cannon Page no. 597 Birth 30 April 1837 Does not say where born Child's Christian Name - John Melbourne Parents' name - James and Mary Surname Elliot (i.e. Gilbert) see ref 1 below Abode - Melbourne Quality or profession (father) - Smith By whom ceremony performed - T.B. Taylor Ref 1 A notation by the Rev. J. C. Grylls dated October 1838 states that he made "true copies from the original memoranda in the handwriting of T.B. Taylor and W.G. Australia (Bishop Broughton) respectively" This probably accounts for the mistake in the first entry, where the surname should read Gilbert, not Elliot. ---------------------------------
BTW: When I take my morning bike ride along Kananook Creek in Frankston there is a plaque in the wall commemorating the meeting of the party headed by surveyor Grimes and a group of native Australians on the banks of the creek in 1803.
Barry Graham Frankston, Vic.
