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Hello I have been researching my John Payne ( Paine Pain ) who was in Portland Victoria in 1840 at age 19 working for the Henty brothers. He later moved to Newtown Geelong in about 1843 and died there in 1851 where he was buried in the Eastern Cemetery. I cannot find any information on where he came from and have been looking on and off for 30 years ! He had children with Margaret Burns or Bell as she is sometimes known ( birth of first child Martha registed in Portland at St Stephens Church child illigimate father John Paine ) and I can't find her arrival date in Victoria either. My Great Great Grandmother Mary Ann Payne was her second child born at the You Yangs in 1844. She married Frank Hoddinott Coles in Geelong. I was wondering if anyone who is researching John Payne or Paine or Pain in Victoria has come across my John ? Any information would be truly appreciated.