Surname:
Viners (?Vivers)
Details:
Came free. Employed by P. McIntyre. Age 20
First Name:
John and William
Source:
Kellea Croft, inTravel Magazine (online)
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Kings Plains Station was settled by John and William Vivers, brothers who emigrated from Dumfries, Scotland. It is comprised of over 60 thousand acres that by 1850 had 1,300 cattle, 12,500 sheep and 57 horses. John went back to Queensland while William ran the farm. He died in a wool press accident in 1857. Dr. George Vivers, grandson of John Vivers built the castle in 1910 for his wife to feel more at home. Architect Herbert Ross used baronial architecture finishing with 28 rooms on three levels, complete with tower and battlements. The granite for the foundation and basement were quarried from a hill nearby and the bricks were made on the property. Kings Plains Castle has hosted three governors of New South Wales and even the Prince of Wales during the early 1920s.
First Name:
Mrs. William junior
Place:
King's Plains, New England
Details:
Gave birth to a daughter on 11 th August
Place:
near confluence of Hunter and Goulburn River
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200 acres promised by Sir Thomas Brisbane 1st September 1831
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Assigned servant Joseph Sullivan absconded
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Storekeeper for Mr. Grose. Witness in Peter McIntyre Court case
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Three convict labourers transferred from James Greig in Feburary
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Appointed poundkeeper
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'King's Plains' and Frazer's Creek 61,440 acres. Estimated grazing capability 1000 cattle 10,000 sheep. Claim to lease of Crown land beyond the settled districts
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Poundkeeper at Hillend
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Farmer. Patrick Cuffy and John Toole found guilty of robbing Vivers of wearing apparel
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Patrick Coffee and John Toole found guilty of stealing sundrey articles of wearing apparel from Vivers house on 7th January 1838
Place:
Wellingrove, King's Plains
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Offering reward for apprehension of Daniel Carey who had absconded on a bay horse; supposed to have gone towards Maitland
Place:
King's Plains, New England
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Offering reward for recovery of 18 horses missing from his station
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Assigned 1 farm labourer
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Offering reward for return of horses missing from Dundee Flour Mill, Wellingrove New England
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Offering reward for return of missing draught horse
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George Metcalf per 'Hooghley' assigned servant
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Popundkeeper at Hillend