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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cleghorn's store Rocky River c1860
« on: Sunday 17 November 13 14:51 GMT (UK) »
Hi my name is Bob Faulkner and the first Faulkners to arrive in Australia was Isaac Faulkner, his wife Mary Ann (Shaw) and son Thomas. They arrived aboard the vessel Tory 4th April 1849 from Plymouth.
Isaac died after falling down a mine shaft in Uralla.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18689199
More on Granny Austin also.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/107566679?searchTerm=%22isaac%20faulkner%22%20uralla&searchLimits=
It's believed Isaac was the first to discover gold at the Rocky River gold fields but he was never acknowledged because of the amount of gold he found. Others later found more and were mentioned in government announcements.
Granny Austin married Isaac in Lutterworth England 7th November, 1847 and after his death she married Charles Walter Grant, James W McGregor and John Austin.
She is buried in Uralla on top of he first husband Isaac Faulkner.
Hope that helps some.
Isaac died after falling down a mine shaft in Uralla.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18689199
More on Granny Austin also.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/107566679?searchTerm=%22isaac%20faulkner%22%20uralla&searchLimits=
It's believed Isaac was the first to discover gold at the Rocky River gold fields but he was never acknowledged because of the amount of gold he found. Others later found more and were mentioned in government announcements.
Granny Austin married Isaac in Lutterworth England 7th November, 1847 and after his death she married Charles Walter Grant, James W McGregor and John Austin.
She is buried in Uralla on top of he first husband Isaac Faulkner.
Hope that helps some.
