Hello Marg, I am a fence sitter too, here are my interests. Thomas Rutter convict, married Isabella Farrier convict, at Christ church Newcastle 1832, they lived at Morpeth. Singleton. [upper Hunter Valley??] William Singleton convict, married Hannah Parkinson 1788 Manchester Eng. daughter Elizabeth born here had daughter Eve who married James Matthews convict 1838 Maitland. Direct descendant of both. Regards Margaret.

>Dear Listers > > You have broken the record for the least number of >messages posted to the Hunter Valley list ....to date >there have been just 7 for March > Still reading, but my "brickwall" is overseas. (This is off-topic so if MargM decides not to publish, I understand). The 'brickwall" is very complicated at this point. Miss H has a child out of wedlock to a nobleman Mr C in 1801. After the birth she married Mr F. He dies a few years later. She has another child to Mr H (nobeman) in 1806. Mr C's wife dies in 1816. Both boys are (re-)christened in 1816 with their biological father's surname. He marries Miss H (now Mrs F) in 1818. Mr C has an extensive Will written in 1822 (ie after the first child turns 21). Mr C dies in 1824, leaving a perpetual income to his wife (Miss H, Mrs F and now Mrs C) and 2,500 pounds to each of the boys (neither of whom are heirs to the estate). In the will the first boy is called William F (why?), the second Charles C. William dies in 1838. His son is christened William Henry C H and the C H (Childe Hughes) is perpetuated to all family since, even though not hyphenated. In this son's marriage certificate the father's (ie W C/H, later W F, later W C) occupation is given as "gentleman". Complicated story! John Goswell

Margaret B where are the emails 2 to 6 re Teralba. I can not find them in digest vol 58 nor in 59 I thought I saw them but can no longer find them ralph -----Original Message----- From: aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of aus-nsw-hunter-valley-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2007 7:47 AM To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com Subject: AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59 [HV] Today's Topics: 1. Re: The Storey of Teralba by P Jepson Part6 (MargaretB) ------------------------------ -

Hi Listers, I too am climbing of the fence. I am researching my GG grandparents, JOSEPH WELCH and HANNAH KING family. They were married in 1852 at Eldon Nsw. (In the BDM record, marriage section, they had spelt Hannah's last name as RING instead of KING). I am trying to find out who their children were. I know of my great grandmother, HARRIET b1858 at Raymond Terrace Nsw. One list given to me has 6 children born Raymond Terrace and 6 born in Glen Innes Nsw. The BDM records only has a few of the children listed. I was wondering if some kind lister may have records, that has the WELCH family listed. Many Regards John Rice Hervey Bay Qld

Cathy. sorry a correction to Maria Norris, her father was John Norris, and his father was Richard Norris. Jenelle. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathy & Tony Marker" <marker@webone.com.au> > To: <aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:30 AM > Subject: Re: [HV] AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY Digest, Vol 2, Issue 57 > > >> Hi Marg and List >> >> Yes I am one of those fence sitters. I have many questions and >> brickwalls >> and very little time at the moment to visit libraries etc to find the >> answers. >> >> However I thought I would at least post the names I am researching. >> >> MARKER, LEWIS, PAGE, BARNES, MOORE, MORRIS, ETTINGER, HAMMOND, COPAS, >> NORRIS, SKINNER, CHERRY, ARCH >> >> The Marker family are descended from Henry Marker, a convict whom I >> suspect >> was assigned north of Sydney. I have no record of him fom his arrival >> in1839 in the colony until he appears on the AACo's records in the early >> 1860's. He was not assigned to the AACo as a convict. The Moore brothers >> were well known in the Maitland area for their cricketing prowess. >> >> If there is any Marker or Moore descendent out there I would love to hear >> from you. >> >> Thank you MargaretB for the interesting items about Teralba. >> >> Catherine Marker >> >> Surnames only typed in all caps are easier to read off a computer screen >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: >> 18/03/2007 3:34 PM >> >> > > Surnames only typed in all caps are easier to read off a computer screen > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: > 18/03/2007 3:34 PM > >

Cathy, I have both PAGE and NORRIS. Peter PAGE, (convict Theresa) who married Maria NORRIS, (her father Richard NORRIS, irish convict). Jenelle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy & Tony Marker" <marker@webone.com.au> To: <aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [HV] AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY Digest, Vol 2, Issue 57 > Hi Marg and List > > Yes I am one of those fence sitters. I have many questions and brickwalls > and very little time at the moment to visit libraries etc to find the > answers. > > However I thought I would at least post the names I am researching. > > MARKER, LEWIS, PAGE, BARNES, MOORE, MORRIS, ETTINGER, HAMMOND, COPAS, > NORRIS, SKINNER, CHERRY, ARCH > > The Marker family are descended from Henry Marker, a convict whom I > suspect > was assigned north of Sydney. I have no record of him fom his arrival > in1839 in the colony until he appears on the AACo's records in the early > 1860's. He was not assigned to the AACo as a convict. The Moore brothers > were well known in the Maitland area for their cricketing prowess. > > If there is any Marker or Moore descendent out there I would love to hear > from you. > > Thank you MargaretB for the interesting items about Teralba. > > Catherine Marker > > Surnames only typed in all caps are easier to read off a computer screen > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: > 18/03/2007 3:34 PM > >

Hi Listers My great great great great grandparents, Thomas (b1766 Norfolk) and Mary (b 1774 nee Smith) BRAZILL and their son William Thomas Francis BRAZILL and his wife Sarah (nee ROBERTS)and widowed daughter, Elizabeth left Rotherhithe Kent, in 1838 and arrived in Sydney on the Kinnear on April 23rd. They were free settlers and it must have been a huge undertaking for the elderly couple. It also must have been hard to leave their other daughter Sophia, who had married George Dawson and had several children. Unfortunately, Thomas, aged 74 died on May 5th, not very long after setting foot in the colony. Mary, however, went to Newcastle with her family. In 1840 Elizabeth married Michael FOARD and together they ran the Globe Inn at Morpeth until his early death in 1842. Elizabeth died only three years later in Sep 1845 after a short illness. She was mourned by a large circle of family and friends. William Brazill took over the licence of the Globe Hotel, but was dismissed by the trustees of Elizabeth's estate in 1849. He then moved to Waratah and worked as a carpenter. William died in an accident at Waratah Colliery in 1869 (not a mining accident, but fell off a wagon while building scaffolding). Back in England, Sophia DAWSON was widowed in 1849, but I think she and her family were looked after by the Trinity Corporation, a organization for the welfare of those connected with the shipping trade. About 1860, two of Thomas and Mary's grandsons, Samuel and William DAWSON came to New South Wales. They took up the family business of hotelkeeping - William had the "Green Gate" at Waratah and Sam the "Windsor Castle" as East Maitland. William married Abigail Bright CATES and Samuel married Mary Ann RODFORD. A few years later their widowed sister Laura PLATT and her two children Edward and Adelaide Platt arrived in the Hunter. In 1876 Laura married Tracey DAWSON, a widower with several children. As far as I can find, Tracey was not a relative but migrated from Derry, Ireland. Strangely in the 1881 census, a sister, Elizabeth Dawson, was listed as a visitor in the household of one Adam Dawson from Tipperary. Both disappear from England before the 1891 census. As far as I can tell, the Dawson grandchildren were the only descendents of Thomas and Mary Brazill remaining in England, and the census records show that none of the grandchildren who stayed in England had children of their own. William Brazill, Samuel, William and Tracey Dawson all had several children, and many stayed in the Hunter Valley, so I would love to hear from anyone who is connected to my family. Diane Cole -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: 3/18/2007 3:34 PM

Hi Marg Guilty of fence-sitting too !! Having posted my interests ages ago, I generally just watch for interesting postings, perhaps I should be more pro-active. Recently I found one post on the HV genealogy forum and made one myself, which resulted in finding two family connections. So I will post them again here Thank you for the story of Teralba Diane Cole Rydalmere Researching in the Hunter Valley - Rodford, Dawson, Brazill, Watson, Percy, Butler, Blandford, Creek, Clark, Gurran (Muswellbrook). Dear Listers You have broken the record for the least number of messages posted to the Hunter Valley list ....to date there have been just 7 for March There are near to 450 members of this list ............. 99.9 % are sitting on the fence again waiting for something to happen ........... What ? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: 3/18/2007 3:34 PM

Listers I have not posted for quite some time but have had breakthroughs on other lines away from the Hunter. This week I confirmed a link to Hamilton Hume as in Hume and Hovell (Hume Highway Hume Weir explorer historical chap) and that has certainly taken me away from the Hunter... BUT I still read all the osts hoping to see the names Mullins Burke or Godfrey appear >From County Limerick MULLINS Biddy 20 Mangerton MULLINS Ellen 19 family Mangerton MULLINS Honora 44 family Mangerton MULLINS Julia 22 family Mangerton MULLINS Mary 17 family Mangerton MULLINS Michael 16 family Mangerton MULLINS Patrick 43 family Mangerton Young Michael married Julia Godfrey in 1868 in Maitland and had 4 children Honorah Patrick Mary and Michael Patrick went to WA (Albany Freemantle) married and came back with 4 daughters 1 being my gran Vera Patrick is buried 1941 at Pt Clare and 1 day I will get there hoing to get a pic of the headstone Honorah was a Burke Christene

Listers I have not posted for quite some time but have had breakthroughs on other lines away from the Hunter. This week I confirmed a link to Hamilton Hume as in Hume and Hovell (Hume Highway Hume Weir explorer historical chap) and that has certainly taken me away from the Hunter... BUT I still read all the osts hoping to see the names Mullins Burke or Godfrey appear >From County Limerick MULLINS Biddy 20 Mangerton MULLINS Ellen 19 family Mangerton MULLINS Honora 44 family Mangerton MULLINS Julia 22 family Mangerton MULLINS Mary 17 family Mangerton MULLINS Michael 16 family Mangerton MULLINS Patrick 43 family Mangerton Young Michael married Julia Godfrey in 1868 in Maitland and had 4 children Honorah Patrick Mary and Michael Patrick went to WA (Albany Freemantle) married and came back with 4 daughters 1 being my gran Vera Patrick is buried 1941 at Pt Clare and 1 day I will get there hoing to get a pic of the headstone Honorah was a Burke Christene

John You might be interested in the Leases of Auriferous Lands NSW. There are a number of them in the Hunter area. The details are below on my website. Kaye www.bananatv.com/familytreechecklist.htm -----Original Message----- From: aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2007 2:24 AM To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com Subject: [HV] Coal mining between Sydney and Newcastle, and Hunter. To: Margaret Bergies , mbergies@kooee.com.au dy of the message

Hi MargM and listers I am researching ROSS, PERRETT, O'LEARY/LEARY in Singleton from the early 1800's. I have also been researching other lines of my family, from other areas, and on other lists. I certainly still have great interest in the Hunter Valley list and will continue to do so. MargaretB's "Story of Teralba" looks interesting and I will read tonight. Regards, Jan Koperberg Blue Mountains

Thank you Shirley - a vivid and succinct account of the times; informative and thought provoking. Gail > Tocal Homestead > http://www.tocal.com/homestead/vandv/index.html>

Updated link for this message: http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/0/8/9/089701926f8d40d482d395a3a730fe72.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian M Morley" <bmo06298@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com>; <AUS-Tasmania@rootsweb.com>; <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com>; "AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley@rootsweb.com" <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:12 PM Subject: [HV] NZ Births, Deaths, Marriages,and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill > > Hi List, > I came across this on the middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com > This will affect anyone trying to research family in New Zealand > Brian M Morley > Ipswich Queensland Australia > > > NZ Births, Deaths, Marriages,and Relationships Registration > Amendment Bill > > > >> There is a story here. The public need to know about this. This proposed >> Bill will seriously affect genealogists and family historians, not only >> in >> NZ but also internationally, who require this important data to research >> their family histories. They appear to be taking a sledge-hammer to crack >> a nut ?? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nz-libs-bounces@lists.vuw.ac.nz >> [mailto:nz-libs-bounces@lists.vuw.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Sutherland, Paul >> Sent: Friday, 16 March 2007 9:08 a.m. >> To: NZ-Libs@lists.vuw.ac.nz >> Subject: [NZ-Libs] Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships >> Registration >> Amendment Bill >> An interesting bill. >> http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/0/8/9/089701926f8d40 >> d482d395a3a730fe72.htm >> I believe this has now been referred to the Government Administration >> Committee - The closing date for submissions is Friday, 4 May 2007. >> A few forwarded emails from the very active NEW-ZEALAND-L@rootsweb.com >> list >> alerted me to this bill. >> It is interesting to note that this bill appears to propose shutting down >> access to Birth Death and Marriage certificates unless they are old e.g. >> Births 100 years or more >> It also proposes that The Registrar is going to make some historical >> information (.ie. from unrestricted certificates etc) available for >> search >> at a website for a fee. Basically this index will have full names of the >> people, place, full date and the registration number. >> And it will make it illegal to make the Index Information available on an >> Internet website. Any information already online must come down within 14 >> days of the Act coming into force. (What about online cemetery records >> placed there by Councils across the country?) >> It also appears that charges for copies of certificates will greatly >> increase to offset the reduced demand. >> This all apears to be driven by the fear of identity theft... even those >> these registers do not act like a Unique identifier (like US Social >> Security >> number) - and are often inaccurate. >> I am not a family historian but this would all seem to be of some >> concern - >> this information is the foundation of the connections that family >> historians >> make. Family historians - often scoffed at - have embraced technology in >> very interesting ways - the reduced access to this data will have a major >> impact on them. >> But what to me seems most important it that this is surely flying against >> the aims of the Digital Strategy and the Digital Content Strategy - which >> surely aims to liberate content and make it freely available >> Just imagine if this official source could become an authoritive online >> web >> 2.0 source for information about New Zealanders that could be used to >> create >> the backbone for a peoples of New Zealand resource. The BDM office could >> digitize the certificates on demand and make them available online - for >> free - not fee. Remember the UK has early census data online. >> I guess i always get so confused about what "whole of goverment means" - >> just how joined up joined up is. But imagine if we had a agency (Digital >> strategy secretariat?) that would be looking at all things across all >> agencies, asking questions and examining them for conections and >> possibilitites that no one had yet imagined. >> Goverment 2.0? >> But no - no doubt this bill will pass - and access will diminsih, and >> fees >> will increase becase the DIA bottom line can't be changed - instead of a >> glorious oportunity to free up details of our some of early peoples... >> /paul >> ********************************************************************** >> This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended >> solely > for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. >> The views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender >> and >> may not necessarily reflect the views of the Christchurch City Council. >> If you are not the correct recipient of this email please advise the >> sender and delete. >> Christchurch City Council >> http://www.ccc.govt.nz >> ********************************************************************** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ-Libs mailing list >> Send postings to NZ-Libs@lists.vuw.ac.nz Messages to >> nz-libs-bounces@lists.vuw.ac.nz will NOT be read by a human being! >> More info (including unsubscribe) at >> http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nz-libs > Surnames only typed in all caps are easier to read off a computer screen > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Liz, do you remember where abouts the cafe was located? What year? thanks Margaret Smith-White _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Want FREE talk & text to 5 Telstra numbers?– Find out how http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fadsfac%2Enet%2Flink%2Easp%3Fcc%3DTEL243%2E40035%2E0%26clk%3D1%26creativeID%3D56076&_t=761565722&_r=Hotmail_email_tagline_1March07&_m=EXT

To: Margaret Bergies , mbergies@kooee.com.au Hi Margaret, I am interested to rework/accent mining information in your material. I'm also interested in fossils, and fossil trees/forests especially. One a hundred feet long was found in Stockton Borehole Colliery I believe but I haven't tracked it down yet. My compilations are like these examples: 1) Area compilations - Geological and mining history of Swansea/Wallarah peninsula (Swansea-CHB.htm) = http://www.lachlanhunter.deadsetfreestuff.com/JB/Swansea-CHB.htm 2) Special themes - Worldwide survey of big trees, petrified forests (big-trees.htm) = http://www.lachlanhunter.deadsetfreestuff.com/JB/Big-Trees/big-trees.htm Also I am interested in anything at all about coal mining - local museums or records, persons who worked in the industry, current contacts, local news ,,, anything at all. Best Regards, John Byrnes (Strathfield) At 01:15 AM 3/20/2007 +1100, you wrote: >Ranclaud cleared part of his land, and built a homestead at some distance >from the lakeshore, in the vicinity of present-day Barnsley Township, but on >the southern side of Sandy or Burke's Creek, which marked the northern >boundary of the estate. The homestead was named 'Trialba', which may or may >not have been derived from 'Teralba.' According to a living descendent of >Captain Ranclaud, the name 'Trialba' signified, by its Latin derivation, >'three white things'. It is said that the pinnacles of three nearby >mountains presented to the early settler the appearance of 'three white >things'. 8 > > > >When the Ranclaud's built their homestead out in the bushland, the nearest >settlement of any description was a township at Wallsend, and it is most >likely that the family travelled to and from their estate through that town. >By the beginning of 1831 a dray track linked Ranclaud's farm with Newcastle >in the north-east and Simpson's farm at 'Kourumbung' to the south-west. This >track is mentioned in comments made by Surveyor Felton Matthew, who >travelled through the area during January, 1831 :- 9 > > > >"The lowlands are almost invariably swampy and abounding in small >waterholes, so numerous as to render travelling for a dray at least, both >difficult and dangerous. The country, on the whole, and particularly that >part of it northward from Kourumbung, is highly favourable for the >construction of roads and even in its present state, a loaded dray might >travel either northwards by Simpson's Road towards the Sugarloaf Range, or >north-eastward by Ranclaud's from whence there is a regular dray road >(although a very bad and circuitous one) to Newcastle.' > > > >Captain Ranclaud lived on his grant for no more than two and a half years, >for on 30th May, 1832, he died, leaving his widow, Susannah, to care for the >estate. The heir to the property was the Captain's eldest son, James St. >John, junior, who was but sixteen years of age at his father's death. 10 The >family moved to Sydney and probably never lived again in 'Trialba House'. > > > >On 14th November, 1837, young James Ranclaud, having attained the age of >twenty-one years, mortgaged the 2560 acre property to James Walker for the >sum of £700, and a year later the estate was purchased by David Scott, who >agreed to pay the mortgage debt. It was to David Scott that the title deeds >of the property were issued on 12th July, 1839, following a case heard >before the Commissioners of Claims for Lands in which Scott was contested in >his claim to the land by John Richardson of Sydney. 11 The Commissioners >decided unanimously in favour of David Scott. > > > >Some years afterwards, at least a part of the original estate passed into >the hands of a family named Black, who lived in a large and well-built house >on the western bank of Cockle Creek near its confluence with the lake. The >Blacks kept a farm there during the time that the northern railway line was >being constructed through the property. Their old homestead still stands, >and is now the property of the Stockton Borehole Colliery, which operates >nearby. > >We do not know what happened to the Ranclauds' old home in the Barnsley >district, but the following paragraph appeared in the Journal of the >Newcastle and Hunter District Historical Society, in an article entitled >'The Great North Road' :- 12 > > > >'During 1847, another road to shorten the distance between Sydney and >Newcastle - Maitland was under construction ... from Hawkesbury River the >road skirted the township of Gosford and continued by a track marked by the >surveyors to the crossing at Dora Creek. From here it passes the old station >at Cooranbong through Apple Tree Flat and crosses some small creeks and >steep ridges till it reaches Drega Flat. Then past Trialba House (Ranclauds) >to Sandy Creek, where the road forks, one leading to Newcastle and the other >to Maitland > >It is interesting to note that a scattered farming settlement developed >during the 1860's along the freshwater creeks which flow by the present day >townships of Barnsley, West Wallsend and Edgeworth. This scattered >settlement took the name of Teralba, and a school of that name was opened >there in 1865. 13 The district continued to be known as Teralba until about >1890, for it was not until 1891 that the name of Barnsley was adopted for >the school. 14 > > > >MargaretB >Lake Macquarie >NSW Australia

Sorry about the spelling mistakes, OCR sometimes does funny things. It should read While endeavouring to rescue some valuables from the blaze, Mrs. Quigley received severe burns, from the effects of which she died on 4th November, 1886. MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

However, in about 1887 the Trustees of the Quigley Estate arranged for the survey of streets and town allotments in what is now the town of Teralba. A good deal of excavation work was carried out, and much of the swampy land along the foreshores of the lake was reclaimed. In this way, provision was made for the development of a town, which officially adopted the name of Teralba. It was during 1886 that the Quigley home near Marmong Point was burned down. While endeavouring to rescue some valuables from the blaze, Mrs. Quigley received severe bums, from the effects of which she died on 4th November, 1886. 26 A new house was erected on the site of the old one, and was named 'Awaba House.' It was occupied by Mr. T.A. Braye for some years prior to 1927, when the building was dismantled and another house erected on the site. The third house is still existent and is owned by the State Government. (2007 Lake Macquarie City Council) Mrs. Margaret Quigley was buried only a short distance from the site of the old home, on a hillside, which was at that time a burial place for the Teralba township. Unfortunately most of the graves were not marked with headstones, and today no trace of them remains. This could easily have happened to the grave of Mrs. Quigley; however, some years after her death, Mr. J.P. Cowdery became manager of the Quigley Estate, and he determined to find the remains of William Bell Quigley and inter them with his wife, so that a suitable monument might be installed. No one then living could remember where Mr. Quigley had been buried and many sites were investigated before a slight depression was noticed alongside one of the paths leading to the original homestead. Excavations here uncovered the coffin, and the remains of Quigley were taken and re-buried alongside the grave of his wife. 27 An elaborate monument was erected over the graves, and it may be inspected today at Primrose Street, Booragul. It may be added that the burial grounds here were used only in the very early days of Teralba and after about 1890 a cemetery was formed on top of the hill near Booragul Railway Station. Dozens of graves were made there over a long period of years, but the site has since been abandoned. On 15th August, 1887, the railway line was opened between Newcastle and Gosford. A station had been built at Teralba, and though it was originally intended to be named 'Five Islands,' it was opened as 'Teralba' in 1887. The first Station Master was H.F. Nesbitt, on a salary of £150 per year. He was assisted by A.G. Sheddon and Michael Meehan, the latter being the porter. 28 On the day that the railway was opened, three special trains were run from Newcastle to Gosford. Aboard the first of these was a 'Newcastle Morning Herald' reporter whose narrative of the trip formed the basis for this brief account of early Teralba :- 29 'At Teralba, where construction of the station buildings had begun, were the first signs of a similar civilization since leaving the 'city suburbs' with their bustle and activity. The Great Northern Coal Company had recently struck another splendid seam, and a township had been surveyed, but there was 'no time for rhapsody' and the train moved on, over Freshwater Creek, past the old gravel pits from which the contractors, Amos Brothers, had taken the metal for the line.' With the opening of the railway station, the township began to develop at its present location, though it was a long time before the police station, public school and other facilities were moved from the original settlement on Billy Goat Hill. However, by about 1890 a small commercial centre had arisen between Lake Crescent and the railway station. The first hotel to be established at Teralba was the Lake Macquarie Hotel, a two-storied building on the waterfront opposite the long jetty. The proprietor, an ex-miner named Thomas Williams, opened the hotel in 1888, and though it changed hands many times, it continued to operate until 1955, when the licence was transferred to the Wangi Hotel. However, the old building still stands, it having been converted into residential flats. Originally a galvanised iron community hall stood at the southern side of the Lake Macquarie Hotel, and here all dances, balls and bazaars were held in the early years of the town. It was in this same Hall that the first silent movie films were screened in Teralba in 1901. The Great Northern Hotel near the railway station was opened about 1890. The original weatherboard building was of two storeys and occupied the same site as the present brick structure, which was erected when the old hotel was dismantled in 1923. The first proprietor was John Hodges, who kept the business until about 1914. MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

But new developments were in store, for the new railway line was designed to pass close to the lakeshore near the head of Awaba Bay, and it was inevitable that sooner or later a settlement would form in that area. In fact, a settlement appeared at Teralba very early in the history of the railway construction. On 17th August, 1883, the tender for the construction of the northern railway between Gosford and Waratah was given to Messrs. Amos and Company, the firm that was already engaged on harbour improvement works at Swansea channel. 20 The contractors wasted no time in commencing their project, and one of the company's first moves was to open a large gravel quarry in the Big Hill immediately to the south of present day Teralba township. The railway was surveyed to pass over this hill on a fairly direct line between Fennell's Bay and the head of Awaba Bay. It was convenient, therefore, to open a stone quarry adjacent to the projected line of railway. The opening of the quarry in 1884 demanded a fairly large work force, and so a considerable population of workers and their families settled on the hillsides close to the quarry. A small stream winding through the gully provided a source of water supply for the settlers, and inevitably became known as Fresh Water Creek. It emptied into the Lake a few hundred yards farther to the north-east. The primitive construction settlement lacked an official name, but it was generally known as Fresh Water Creek, and sometimes, merely, The Gravel Pits. On 1st February, 1886, the Department of Public Instruction opened a school under the name of Gravel Pits and with an enrolment of 27 pupils. 21 The building for the school came from Hillsborough, and it was erected on what is now known as Billy Goat Hill. This site was close to the quarry settlement. A man named Henry Wilkinson was appointed to the Gravel Pits School, and he remained in charge until 1912. 1886 was an important year of development for the community at Fresh Water Creek. In that year the Great Northern Coal Company commenced mining operations on lakeside land a few hundred yards below the settlement. The Company was financed entirely by the employees, the shares amounting to £22 each. According to the Annual Report of the Mines Department for 1886 the Pacific Steam Colliery, as it came to be known, was employing ten men. Many times this number were employed as the mine was opened out. Nearly two miles north of the Pacific enterprise a second coal mine was commenced in 1886 by the Teralba Co-Operative Coal Company. Known in those days as the Teralba Colliery, the mine has since been acquired by the Broken Hill Propriety Company and is known today as the Stockton Borehole Colliery. In the early days of shaft-sinking, problems of water seepage were encountered, causing long delays. The Borehole Seam was not reached until 1901. 22 A third colliery opened near Teralba about 1890. This was the Northern Extended Colliery, sometimes known as Gartlee. Its founder was Andrew Sneddon and its first manager, David Miller. 23 These mining developments saved the Gravel Pits settlement from fading into oblivion after the completion of the railway works. It made the development of a permanent township possible. By the beginning of 1887 the railway construction was nearing completion, and with the development of coal mining a fairly large population began to settle permanently near Fresh Water Creek. At this time the majority of the settlers lived on or about 'Billy Goat Hill,' where also were the school and police station. The latter was opened in 1886 under the official name of 'Ballast Pit,' and the first police officer was Samuel Danks. 24 As the settlement began to take on a more permanent character, the question of land titles arose. Practically all of the land occupied by the settlers belonged to the Quigley family, being part of the 914 acres inherited by William B. Quigley. It was soon revealed that allotments would be made available on the leasehold system, and leases being chiefly of fifty years' duration. Sites could not be purchased, and this restriction held up progress of the town to some extent. It was not until 1911 that the first freehold land in First Street, Booragul, was put up for auction. 25 MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

Captain Ranclaud's second grant of 914 acres, extending along the lakeshore northwards from Marmong Creek to the Five Islands and inland for some distance, also passed out of the family's possession. This grant came before the Crown Lands Commissioners in February of 1842, 15 and as a result the land was transferred to James Mitchell of Sydney who received the title deeds on 12th March, 1842. Mitchell already possessed other estates in the Newcastle district and on 6th June, 1836, he had purchased 560 acres which extended southwards from Marmong Creek almost to Bolton Point. 16 Dr. James Mitchell died on 1st February, 1869, leaving three children. His son, David Scott Mitchell, developed an outstanding collection of books and manuscripts relating to Australia and this collection later became the nucleus of the Mitchell Library of Sydney. Of the two daughters, Augusta Maria had married E.C. Merewether of Newcastle in 1860, and Margaret Scott Mitchell married William Bell Quigley on 8th May, 1870, a little more than a year after her father's death. A year later again, the widow of Dr. Mitchell died, and steps were then taken to execute the will. 17 As has been previously mentioned, Dr. Mitchell had acquired two adjoining estates in the Teralba district, of 914 acres and 500 acres respectively. In the execution of the will, both of these estates passed to Margaret Scott Quigley. On the 8th June, 1878, the following item appeared in the 'Newcastle Morning Herald' :- 'Those who, when taking a trip to the Lake, confine themselves to that portion about Williamson's, have no idea of the beautiful scenery that is to be seen in Awaba Bay, the western extremity of the Lake. This part is, without doubt, the finest - numerous creeks, some of large size flow into it. Cockle Creek is one of these, and for its beauty cannot be surpassed ... On this Bay, at its southern side, is situated Awaba Park Estate, containing about 1750 acres of the best land in the vicinity, and having a water frontage of 10 miles. Numbers of bays indent this water frontage, giving it a most charming appearance. The owner of this large and valuable estate is William Bell Quigley, Esq., son-in-law to the late Hon. James Mitchell. There is, under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Robinson, now in course of construction a fine house, being built expressly for the residence of Mr. Quigley, and in about a month's time he intends settling down there ... The timber alone is worth about £7,000. Mr. Quigley has at the present time a contract to supply 100,000 spokes to a New Zealand firm, and he also supplies to a great extent the timber cut at the sawmills of Brown and Goodsirs', situated about 6 miles distant.' The news item added that a valuable seam of coal occurred on Quigley's estate. The seam was mentioned as being located only a mile from the lakeshore, and it was stated that Quigley intended to work this seam in the near future. Quigley was not the discoverer of this seam, however. Many years before, during the Government's Coal Enquiry of 1847, the Reverend L.E. Threlkeld stated that Dr. Mitchell's property at Lake Macquarie contained a seam of beautiful coal eight or ten feet thick. 18 Due to the monopoly of the coal trade at that time by the Australian Agricultural Company, Dr. Mitchell was not permitted to mine the coal on his estate. Quigley's house was built on a site adjacent to the existing Booragul High School. Unfortunately, William Quigley enjoyed the comforts of the new home for only a few months, for he died as a result of an accident on 13th March, 1879. His widow, Margaret, was left to care for three children - James Mitchell Aspinall, born in 1871; Augusta Sophia, born in 1874; and William Frederick Bannister, born in 1875.19 The family continued to live in the house at the lake. A new era opened for Teralba and district in 1881 when the New South Wales Parliament decided to construct a railway line from Homebush to Waratah, passing through Brisbane Water and keeping to the western side of Lake Macquarie. At this time the site of the modern town of Teralba was, as far as we know, unoccupied, being covered with forest and scrub. Only two houses existed in the vicinity - the Black family's homestead along Cockle Creek and the Quigley's house near Marmong Point. MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia