Hi everyone, My interests are many through the lower Hunter area:- 1/ CAMPBELL, William and Sarah arrived 1884 with two daughters, Alice and Sarah. They lived in the West Wallsend area and William was a founding member of the West Wallsend Co-operative Society. 2/ THOMAS, William, married Mary J JAMES, a Welch girl in 1885 in the Newcastle area. 3/ SHAW, John, convict, arrived in New South Wales in 1816 and married in Maitland in 1832. Died a "free pauper" in Newcastle Hospital in 1841. 4/ MATTHEWS, Lydia, convict, arrived in New South Wales in 1829. Married John SHAW in 1832. 5/ LANCASTER, Isaac, convict, arrived New South Wales in 1815 and lived most of his remaining life in the Broke/Singleton area. Married Mary Ann Rachel SHAW a daughter of John SHAW and Lydia MATTHEWS 6/ WEBB, Robert, convict, married widow Lydia SHAW in 1844 in Muswellbrook. 7/ WILLIAMS, John, convict, arrived in New South Wales in 1833 and lived in the Bridgman area. 8/ McANINY (CARMICHAEL), Mary, convict, born in Scotland. Arrived in New South Wales in 1839. Married John WILLIAMS in 1840 in Singleton. 9/ JOHNSON, Jane, born in the Maitland area 1842, daughter of William JOHNSON and Elizabeth SMITH. Became the ward of Dr George T Clarke before her marriage in 1857 to John Henry MILLER at St Paul's Church of England, Emu Plains. Many thanks for taking the time to read this long list which is but a few of my people in the Hawkesbury/Hunter region. Glynis and Scott Wheeler. Glynis R Wheeler ICQ: 125864276 sunchase@iprimus.com.au