Thanks again Patricia. This entry below would appear to be the death of the father of aussie poet and author: Charles HARPUR. Here is Charles HARPUR's entry in the ADB online; which refers to his father, and to that father's death in 1842: http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010472b.htm I was not aware of the connection with the Macarthur family. That is VERY interesting to discover. Thanks yet again. Regards: Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <adsl4805@tsn.cc> ... 15 November 1842 - At the residence of his son-in-law, New York Hotel, on Friday, the 10th instant, Mr. Joseph Harpur, aged seventy-three years, he was for many years Head School Master of the Government School at Windsor, and for five years Principal Superintendent of the late - McArthur, Esq., during that gentleman's absence from the colony, at the time of Governor Bligh's arrest, the onerous duties of which he discharged with credit to himself, and satisfaction to his employer ; he was loved and respected by all who knew him, and has left a large family to deplore the loss of a kind friend and affectionate father.