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Title: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: pwh on Friday 13 January 17 05:36 GMT (UK)
I have come across a remarkable article in the Argus of Melbourne for Saturday 4th of June  1868.
It is  titled The Duke of Edinburgh in Victoria. The article covers  what would have to have been
the biggest gathering of old  colonists in the colonies history. There were 600 men who had  been
in the colony for at least 25 years. Two of them were  among my Hart ancestors. All of them
signed a declaration of loyalty to Queen Victoria and gave the dates of their arrival in  Victoria.
This  would be of great interest to anyone researching early Melbourne ancestors and shows just how valuable a research tool the Trove site is.
                                                                 Pwh
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: majm on Friday 13 January 17 05:50 GMT (UK)
Something is amiss.  4 June 1868 seems to be a Thursday according to this snip:
Quote from: pwh on Friday 13 January 17 05:36 GMT (UK)
I have come across a remarkable article in the Argus of Melbourne for Saturday 4th of June  1868.
It is  titled The Duke of Edinburgh in Victoria......
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/221393

Perhaps you could give a live link?

JM

Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: Wiggy on Friday 13 January 17 05:54 GMT (UK)
Hear hear - I am getting a Thursday too.      ;)
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: majm on Friday 13 January 17 05:54 GMT (UK)
I think I have found it  :)

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5787504 4 January 1868 The Argus.

JM
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: pwh on Friday 13 January 17 06:02 GMT (UK)
My  apologies for that. A typo on my part

                                                                    Pwh63
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: Wiggy on Friday 13 January 17 06:37 GMT (UK)
Guess none of mine were 'big' enough in the colony to sign - though I had plenty who had been around for a long time!    :(     Oh well - bad luck!

Some very well known names amongst that lot aren't there.

Half the 'streets' and some suburbs of Melbourne are represented!
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: Grafe on Friday 13 January 17 23:01 GMT (UK)
Thanks for that! I haven't seen that before. One of my ancestors is on there!
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: pwh on Friday 13 January 17 23:44 GMT (UK)
Grafe
           I have two of my Hart ancestors on there so i wanted to let other Rootschatters  know it was there.
                               Pwh
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: neilgen1 on Monday 20 February 17 04:30 GMT (UK)
Not sure whether this has been posted about before, but images of many early pioneers to Victoria were done by photographer Thomas Foster Chuck.
Copy held at the State Library of Victoria and can be seen on their site.
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/17839

Port Phillip Pioneers Group have an article about it with names too.
http://www.portphillippioneersgroup.org.au/pppg5eu.htm

So if your ancestor is on the list and haven't seen an image of them before then this might be the best available.

I have a direct ancestor with his photo on it.
Also a close relative, for which I have the Chuck photo  - probably one of several made for the family by Chuck.

Neil
Title: Re: dates of arrival of early Victorian settlers
Post by: pwh on Tuesday 21 February 17 03:38 GMT (UK)
neiljen1
               Thanks for the Port Phillip Pioneers group link. I found three of my Hart ancestors
there.
                                        pwh