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Of Darling Downs. Son Edward died aged 3 years
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On list printed in the Gazette for New Commission of the Peace
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Newcastle (Other mines in the area included Old Rows, Happy Flat, The Borehole and Pit-Town
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Superintendent of the A.A. company. Turned to first sod from the ground under which a new coal pit was to be sunk on the A.A. Company property near Newcastle. Known as No. 1 Pit. Robert Whytte employed as manager of the pit
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In 1839 Hodgson moved to Australia, arriving in Sydney, and soon leased Cashiobury run in the New England district. In July 1840, he sought new land further north in the Moreton Bay district (as it was then known, now called Queensland) based on advice from Patrick Leslie. With a partner, Gilbert Eliott, and his brother, Christopher Pemberton Hodgson, Arthur Hodgson took up Eton Vale, the second pastoral run on the Darling Downs in September 1840. In the 1846 publication, Reminiscences of Australia with Hints on the Squatters Life, Hodgson s brother describes the conflict involved in the taking of land ownership from Aboriginal Australians. They named this property Etonvale after Eton College, the illustrious school they both attended in England In 1856–61 he became general superintendent of the Australian Agricultural Company
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Arthur and Eliza
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Paterson Baptism Register p 25
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Arthur Henry, son of Arthur and Eliza Hodgson born 16 May 1847. Baptised 16 February 1848 by Mr. Alfred Glennie. Occupation of Arthur Hodgson - settler. Note - This child was so near death that the clergy could not be waited for
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Paterson Baptism Register p 25
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Arthur Henry, son of Arthur and Eliza Hodgson born 16 May 1847. Baptised 16 February 1848 by Mr. Alfred Glennie. Occupation of Arthur Hodgson - settler. Note - This child was so near death that the clergy could not be waited for
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The Newsletter - an Australian Paper for Australian People
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Born at Rickmansworth (Herts), about eighteen miles from London, in 1818, being the second son of the Rev. Edward Hodgson. He came to Australia in 1839, and the following year was married to a daughter of the late Sir James Dowling, Chief Justice of New South Wales. He be came an MLA. in this State and also in Queensland, in which place he was for a brief period Colonial Secretary. On his marriage he received with his wife as a dowry nearly a whole street of houses in Sydney, which in 1852 were reputedly worth 30,000. But what are they worth now, and how much have they paid by way of fair return to the State which has guarded and improved Sir Arthurs property all this half century. Hodgson was one of the earliest squatters in the famous Darling Downs country of Queensland
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Biographical Register of the New South Wales Parliament 1856-1901 C.N. Connolly (Online)
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Sir Arthur Hodgson - Pastoralist. Born 29 June 1818 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, Eng., son of Rev. Edward and Charlotte, daughter of Francis William Pemberton, Married 30 March 1842 Eliza daughter of Sir James Dowling. Died 24 Dec. 1902 at Clopton House, near Stratford-on-Avon, Eng. C. of E. Ed. Eton 1828-33. Entered navy; midshipman in HMS Canopus on China station 1833-37; at Corpus Christi Coll., Cambridge, 1837-38; to Syd. 1839. Leased Cashiobury in New Eng. dist. With Gilbert Eliott took up Eton Vale, Darling Downs, Sept. 1840; struggled for 10 years, then prospered. By 1874 the property had been converted from leasehold to 90,000 acres freehold, had 83,000 sheep and returned nearly £ 20,000 profit. General superintendent of Aust. Agric. Co. 1856-61. Dir Bank of Qld 1863-64. Travelled Eng. and Europe 1862-67; settled Eng. 1870; bought Clopton estate nr Stratford-on-Avon 1873 and lived life of country squire, becoming sheriff of Warwickshire 1881-82 and mayor Stratford-on-Avon 1883-88. CMG 1878; KCMG 1886. Represented Qld at exhibitions Lond., Paris, Vienna. On Darling Downs, had been unofficial leader of the Pure Merinos and centre of polite society. Member N. Aust. Club. Prime mover of Moreton Bay and N. Dists Separation Assn. MLA for Clarence and Darling Downs 29 Jan. 1858-11 April 1859; for Newcastle 14 June 1859-10 Nov. 1860. In Qld, MLA for Warrego 1868-69; Sec. for Public Works and Goldfields 1868; Col Sec. 1869.
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Hodson (Hodgson)
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St. James Church, Sydney
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Married, at St. James Church Sydney on 30th March by the Right Rev. Dr. Broughton, Lord Bishop of Australia, Arthur Hodson Esq., J.P. of Darling Downs, Moreton Bay, second son of the Rev. E. Hodson, Vicar of Bickmansworth, Herts, to Eliza, eldest surviving daughter of Sir James Dowling, Chief Justice of NSW
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Hodson (Hodgson)
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Criminal Court Records. Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions, Letter Books, 1838-1851. Ancestry
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The prisoners William Allen, John Rose, Thomas Spencer, Richard Young and Mary Ann were charged with having at New England on the high road, stopped and robbed John McLean and Arthur Hodson (Hodgson) Esqs., putting them in bodily fear and taking their, horses, watches etc.,and with robbing and putting in bodily fear Mr. Ellis, Superintendent of George Wyndham and with robbing the station of Alexander McLeod of Cobbera Valla Creek, New England on two occasions taking fire arms, the property of McLeod and a horse the property of John Clare Eustace
