Hello Ken, Many thanks for sending me the Gedcom file. I shall endeavour to search for links over the weekend. Hope to see you and many more at Windsor. Kind Regards Sharron

Thanks Joanne I will be there so may meet up with you. Cheers Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron & Joanne Flack" <bell.bird@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] FW: The possibility of a museum for Castlereagh? > Hi Rosemary > > The Reunion has been organised by Lesley Eubel, Aust Convicts To Pt Jackson > List Adminstrator, and is to be held on 29th & 30th November 2003 at > Windsor High School, and if you go to her web page and scroll down to the > Hawkesbury Reunion and click to open you will learn all! There is to a > dinner on the Saturday night The dinner will be held at the Windsor RSL > Club at 7pm. We are staying overnight at a motel in Windsor. Out pioneer > families are Boltons, Lees, Colless, Flack, Collits, Gorman, Core, etc. > > Lesley's "Claim a Convict"site is at > http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html > > Regards > > Joanne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rosemary" <rosemary@pnc.com.au> > To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:51 AM > Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] FW: The possibility of a museum for > Castlereagh? > > > > Message for Joanne. > > Can you tell me about the Hawkesbury pioneer families reunion. I am > > descended from Isaac Cornwell and Margaret Stocker, but don't think I have > > my name on any list. I would love to attend. > > Rosemary > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > Scanned by PeNiCillin http://safe-t-net.pnc.com.au/ > Scanned by PeNiCillin http://safe-t-net.pnc.com.au/

Hello Ken I too am interested in the Boltons - Ron's gg grandmother was Ann Bolton daughter of Robert Bolton and Ann Smith. Can exchange what I have - either a Gedcom or Word Doc. Do you know there is now a Bolton Family in Australia Web page, organised by Elizabeth Hook - has maps and pics and lots of contributions from the Bolton descendants. It is a great forum for exchange of information and there is a Bolton Newsletter once a month. Hope to hear from you - we are attending the Pioneer Family Reunion. Kind regards Joanne

Hi Ken, This does sound promising.... I'd appreciate it if you're able to send me a gedcom file. I had heard about the reunion but I had no idea where and when. Thank you. Looking forward to hearing from you and sharing information. Kind Regards Sharron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Farlow" <ken_farlow@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] Reunion Hi Chanelle, I have some matches for you. Mitchell 6 Smith 29 earliest b.1792 Price, Harriett m.1894 plus three others much later Sutton 1935 Brown, 8 Earliest 1768 A lot of my families are from around Richmond/Windsor/Agnes Banks so there may be some connections. The Smiths in particular look good possibilities. I can send you printouts or gedcom files. Have you heared about the Hawkesbury Pioneer Families Reunion coming up in November? Info available on this site> http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html Regards Ken Farlow --- Chenelle <chenelle@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > I am descended from Sarah Bolton (Agnes Banks-1816) > and James Mills. > > My Interests are Jeffriess, Mitchell, Barnett, > Mills, Bolton, Smith, Price, Hollier, Sutton, > Tuxford, Urquhart, Brown and Barnicoat. > > I would appreciate any information on those > families, and also on any reunions. > > Kind Regards, > > Sharron > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== Ken Farlow Phone: +61 2 43927025 Mobile: 0401 193 248 Alt Email: k_farlow@bigpond.net.au These are the reasons I believe as I do> http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/rtb/ http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hello Sharron, Hannah BOLTON, born in 1823 at Pitt Town, NSW and died 11 July 1891 in Pitt Town, NSW, married James STUBBS (born 23 May 1829, Portland Head, NSW and died in Pitt Town, NSW 20 October 1913) on 27 October 1845. The children from that union were : Mary Ann STUBBS B 03 August 1845 Jane STUBBS B 1847 James STUBBS B 28 December 1849 William Roland STUBBS B 1 March 1852 George STUBBS B 1854 Edwin Charles STUBBS B 1857 Lavinia STUBBS B 1859 Emily F. STUBBS B 1861 Eva Alice STUBBS B 1864 Hanna Maria STUBBS B 1866 Kind Regards, Peter Leroy

Hi Rosemary The Reunion has been organised by Lesley Eubel, Aust Convicts To Pt Jackson List Adminstrator, and is to be held on 29th & 30th November 2003 at Windsor High School, and if you go to her web page and scroll down to the Hawkesbury Reunion and click to open you will learn all! There is to a dinner on the Saturday night The dinner will be held at the Windsor RSL Club at 7pm. We are staying overnight at a motel in Windsor. Out pioneer families are Boltons, Lees, Colless, Flack, Collits, Gorman, Core, etc. Lesley's "Claim a Convict"site is at http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html Regards Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "rosemary" <rosemary@pnc.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] FW: The possibility of a museum for Castlereagh? > Message for Joanne. > Can you tell me about the Hawkesbury pioneer families reunion. I am > descended from Isaac Cornwell and Margaret Stocker, but don't think I have > my name on any list. I would love to attend. > Rosemary >

Hi Chanelle, I have some matches for you. Mitchell 6 Smith 29 earliest b.1792 Price, Harriett m.1894 plus three others much later Sutton 1935 Brown, 8 Earliest 1768 A lot of my families are from around Richmond/Windsor/Agnes Banks so there may be some connections. The Smiths in particular look good possibilities. I can send you printouts or gedcom files. Have you heared about the Hawkesbury Pioneer Families Reunion coming up in November? Info available on this site> http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html Regards Ken Farlow --- Chenelle <chenelle@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > I am descended from Sarah Bolton (Agnes Banks-1816) > and James Mills. > > My Interests are Jeffriess, Mitchell, Barnett, > Mills, Bolton, Smith, Price, Hollier, Sutton, > Tuxford, Urquhart, Brown and Barnicoat. > > I would appreciate any information on those > families, and also on any reunions. > > Kind Regards, > > Sharron > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ===== Ken Farlow Phone: +61 2 43927025 Mobile: 0401 193 248 Alt Email: k_farlow@bigpond.net.au These are the reasons I believe as I do> http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/rtb/ http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time.

Hello Fellow and Fellowette listers, I too am related by a mariage to a Bolton. Hannah BOLTON , daughter of Robert BOLTON and Ann SMITH maried James STUBBS at Pitt Town on 27 October 1845. James is a 1st cousin 4 times removed. Distant but he is on our family database. Kind Regards, Peter Leroy

Hi Listers, I am descended from Sarah Bolton (Agnes Banks-1816) and James Mills. My Interests are Jeffriess, Mitchell, Barnett, Mills, Bolton, Smith, Price, Hollier, Sutton, Tuxford, Urquhart, Brown and Barnicoat. I would appreciate any information on those families, and also on any reunions. Kind Regards, Sharron

Message for Joanne. Can you tell me about the Hawkesbury pioneer families reunion. I am descended from Isaac Cornwell and Margaret Stocker, but don't think I have my name on any list. I would love to attend. Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron & Joanne Flack" <bell.bird@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] FW: The possibility of a museum for Castlereagh? > Hello John > We would be more than interested in your wonderful idea. Ron is a > descendant of John Lees - soldier, settler and chapel builder. Any ideas on > how we can go about making our voices heard. We will be attending the > Hawkesbury Pioneer Families Reunion in November at the Windsor High School > So mabye some sort of petition and gathering of signartures could be > arranged. What do you think? I loved the poem > > Also, does anyone know about Agnes Banks where one of John Lees' > daughters-in-law, Ann Bolton, was born. > > Regards > > Joanne at Wyee > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BYRNES John" <john.byrnes@minerals.nsw.gov.au> > To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:37 PM > Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] FW: The possibility of a museum for Castlereagh? > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > As most people would be aware, the land surface of Castlereagh and Upper > Castlereagh on the alluvial terrace first up from the Nepean River (which is > geomorphologically the same unit as forms Emu Plains, it being just named > separately because the river cuts across and forms a land tenement boundary) > is being almost entirely destroyed by quarrying that feeds the metropolitan > Sydney sand maket. The void that is left is called "Penrith Lakes" when > filled with water. > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > Scanned by PeNiCillin http://safe-t-net.pnc.com.au/ Scanned by PeNiCillin http://safe-t-net.pnc.com.au/

Hello John We would be more than interested in your wonderful idea. Ron is a descendant of John Lees - soldier, settler and chapel builder. Any ideas on how we can go about making our voices heard. We will be attending the Hawkesbury Pioneer Families Reunion in November at the Windsor High School So mabye some sort of petition and gathering of signartures could be arranged. What do you think? I loved the poem Also, does anyone know about Agnes Banks where one of John Lees' daughters-in-law, Ann Bolton, was born. Regards Joanne at Wyee ----- Original Message ----- From: "BYRNES John" <john.byrnes@minerals.nsw.gov.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 1:37 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] FW: The possibility of a museum for Castlereagh? > > > Hello All, > > > As most people would be aware, the land surface of Castlereagh and Upper Castlereagh on the alluvial terrace first up from the Nepean River (which is geomorphologically the same unit as forms Emu Plains, it being just named separately because the river cuts across and forms a land tenement boundary) is being almost entirely destroyed by quarrying that feeds the metropolitan Sydney sand maket. The void that is left is called "Penrith Lakes" when filled with water. >

Hello All, As most people would be aware, the land surface of Castlereagh and Upper Castlereagh on the alluvial terrace first up from the Nepean River (which is geomorphologically the same unit as forms Emu Plains, it being just named separately because the river cuts across and forms a land tenement boundary) is being almost entirely destroyed by quarrying that feeds the metropolitan Sydney sand maket. The void that is left is called "Penrith Lakes" when filled with water. A portion that will not be lost, but may end up as an island, is what is termed the "Sacred Acre" around the old Methodist church. The church, the graveyard, the old church hall and the old school and schoolmaster's house on the other side of Castlereagh Road, will survive. What will the old school on the western side of Castlereagh Road be useful for? One idea which I have heard spoken of as a possibility, is that it could be turned into a small museum (as the area already has a full time caretaker in connection with its transition to a retreat and conference centre). Is there anybody else on this list who would be interested in seeing a museum being developed there please? I personally think it would be a great idea if this could happen. This "Sacred Acre" (originally donated from his farming land by pioneer John Lees to the Methodist church) is held on long term lease by the Upper Room organisation I believe, whence they would be the ones to develop it one would assume. I think Castlereagh "deserves" a museum if ever any place did. You probably know the poem "Fair Castlereagh" by Charles Tompson Jnr who was Australia's first native-born published poet and who was a 'graduate' of the Castlereagh academy which was probably Australia's first place of 'higher' learning (teaching such things as Greek, Latin, classics, poety, literature etc., mainly to boys). The poem goes: I trace thy landscape round, Each well known spot to me is sacred ground. In ev'ry mead - in every bow'r or tree, Some dear companion - some old friend I see. [I guess that here, he's probably talking about the birds?] The myrtle grove that skirts thy sloping sides, And the tall summit from the plains divides, The rich acacias waving o'er the rill That pours its scanty stream beneath the hill. Thy spreading vale - but here let memr'y tax The rude invasions of the spoiling axe, That chased the dryads from th'affrighted glade, And lopped each shrub that once composed their shade. ~~~~~ That should bring a tear to your eye .. much like Waltzing Matilda does? It must surely be one of the earliest published laments for destruction of the Australian bush which was an inevitable accompaniment of settlement. Cheers, John Byrnes NOTICE: This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete the message. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the NSW Department of Mineral Resources.

To Jim and Millie and Carolyn and Merle and Elizabeth and Lynda and Julia and Kathy and other early family historians - the Byrnes Book would never have been written without your work. Pat Curry

Hi John - my ancestors - the Martin family CF on the Experiment in 1804 and settled in the Richmond area - A number of their grandchildren married members of the Price family and settled in the Penrith area. Ann john wrote: > Hello All, > > I'll email this to my wife (as email is effective in addition to speaking > to her, haha) to remind her to send the money off for the book as we > certainly do want to buy it and agree totally with Pat that it's a great > buy, a great resource for all who may be interested in Castlereagh and its > early history. > > Next year two hundred years ago the 568 ton ship "Experiment" which left > England on 4 December arrived in Sydney and carried my ancestor Ann Reffin > (Ralphin). > > Ann died at Castlereagh and I've booked the small church hall next year for > one day to hold a remembrance, to share information on Ann and her life and > times etc. > > Ann and her immediate descendants (i.e. children) and their spouses moved > entirely to the Nepean Valley it seems, mostly to Castlereagh and with > another sizeable lot around Greendale (Wilkinson family). Persons like > myself know of this only due to the painstaking work of Patricia Curry and > we have a great debt to her. And I reckon there's unknown thousands of > Ann's descendants, of many surnames, now spread across Australia who do not > know (perhaps do not care?) that they came from this convict woman. > > I'm interested to contact anybody with any interests on any of these > things, including the Experiment and other passengers on that transport > vessel on its trip that brought Ann Reffin. > > My wife and I did a small display (A cardboard box coated on both sides > with pictures) for 'Back to Castlereagh Day' held earlier in 2003; and > since then I'm made websites for Castlereagh History and Byrnes and Irish > History interests. However, from all that I've only been able to find > contacts for very few people interested in such things. > > So if anyone interested in matters related to Castlereagh, the ship details > or passengers of the Experiment (I also have a strong interest in another > one of them "Molly Morgan"), > celtic history and the many relocations of celtic peoples through history, > social studies, religions (esp. early Methodism, Salvation Army, Quakers, > Presbyterians, Catholics), the religious conflicts, other Irish/Scottish > history, the Scots Irish after they went to America (e.g. Davy Crockett, > Jim Bowie, Daniel Boone, Buffalo Bill Cody and other well known names were > all of the Scots Irish line) would like to contact me at > john.mail@ozemail.com.au I'd be delighted to meet you. > > It is hoped to have a CD ready in time to give out at the Ann Reffin > memorial day next year, containing information about Castlereagh, geneology > or family history, about the Leistershire Wolds in central England from > where Ann came, and so on. > > If anybody has digital information they could email to me or post to me on > CD-ROM (to PO Box 264, Summer Hill, NSW 2130) I would be very grateful, and > happy to compensate for any costs involved. Please only send things you > don't mind being in the "public domain"; no dark family secrets or anything > of sensitive nature, as once material is compiled onto a CD for further > distribution there's no saying where it might end up. > > I know there are active family history group/s focussed on futher down the > river where it is called the Hawkesbury. I'm uncertain with my ancestry if > it's possible to have any connecting links of common interests much with > them. But I was wondering if there is a possible connecting link via the > ship Experiment, i.e. if any of the 136 female prisoners who came on the > Experiment out of England in 1803 ended up on the Hawkesbury? > > Hmmm, there's a lot to learn about history (if one has the time) is there not? > > Kind Regards, > > John Byrnes > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Pat Curry" <patcurry@bigpond.com> > >To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:09 PM > >Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] New resource book > > > > > >> Hi listers, > >> > >> > >> > >> Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have > >> ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? > >> > >> > >> > >> Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology > >> Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement > >> History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." > >> > >> > >> > >> This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 > >> grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for > >> further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of > >> land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies > >> and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of > >> photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full > >> page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane > >> areas of Castlereagh in 1985 > >> > >> > >> > >> If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, > >> Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies > >> section of Penrith City Library. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

To Sheila, Barbara and others interested in the Archaeology group's book "In Search of the Early Pioneers", the land grants referred to were those made 30 June/1July 1803. The first Grantees' stories in the book : Thomas Appledore; James Badgery; William Baxter; John Bayliss; Joseph Bayliss; Thomas Cheshire; Mary Collett; Edward Field; Gilbert Goodlit; Joseph Griffiths; John Harris; John Jones; Donald Kennedy; Thomas Lambley; Martin Minz; Richard Oldwright; Charles Palmer; John Pickering; Robert Smith; Stephen Smith; Samuel Stanyard; William Tonks; and Robert Westmore. Some of these persons only held their land for a very short time before leasing or selling it to others. There is also some information about later owners:Michael Minton; John Herbert; Samuel Foster/Forster; Edward Lord; Robert Guy; Maria Nash; Robert Williams; Gregory Blaxland; Robert and Ann Ritchie; John Bowman; George Colless; Henry Stockfish; and James Landers. There is a "Flowchart of Ownership" for each grant from 1803 until its eventual sale to the Gravel Companies or to the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. There are photographs of some of the early houses. Parkers were not in Australia in 1803, but were later landholders of some of that land (and other land as well). The Parkers mentioned in this book are Mrs Amelia Ann; Ada May; Amos; Charles; Ernest John; Geoffrey Robert; Leonard W; Leslie Hewitt; Robert Walter; William and Parkers' Slaughter yard. Penrith City Council e-history has some information on early land grants (and lots of other interesting Penrith history as well). http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/history/landgrants.htm Pat Curry

Hello All, I'll email this to my wife (as email is effective in addition to speaking to her, haha) to remind her to send the money off for the book as we certainly do want to buy it and agree totally with Pat that it's a great buy, a great resource for all who may be interested in Castlereagh and its early history. Next year two hundred years ago the 568 ton ship "Experiment" which left England on 4 December arrived in Sydney and carried my ancestor Ann Reffin (Ralphin). Ann died at Castlereagh and I've booked the small church hall next year for one day to hold a remembrance, to share information on Ann and her life and times etc. Ann and her immediate descendants (i.e. children) and their spouses moved entirely to the Nepean Valley it seems, mostly to Castlereagh and with another sizeable lot around Greendale (Wilkinson family). Persons like myself know of this only due to the painstaking work of Patricia Curry and we have a great debt to her. And I reckon there's unknown thousands of Ann's descendants, of many surnames, now spread across Australia who do not know (perhaps do not care?) that they came from this convict woman. I'm interested to contact anybody with any interests on any of these things, including the Experiment and other passengers on that transport vessel on its trip that brought Ann Reffin. My wife and I did a small display (A cardboard box coated on both sides with pictures) for 'Back to Castlereagh Day' held earlier in 2003; and since then I'm made websites for Castlereagh History and Byrnes and Irish History interests. However, from all that I've only been able to find contacts for very few people interested in such things. So if anyone interested in matters related to Castlereagh, the ship details or passengers of the Experiment (I also have a strong interest in another one of them "Molly Morgan"), celtic history and the many relocations of celtic peoples through history, social studies, religions (esp. early Methodism, Salvation Army, Quakers, Presbyterians, Catholics), the religious conflicts, other Irish/Scottish history, the Scots Irish after they went to America (e.g. Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Daniel Boone, Buffalo Bill Cody and other well known names were all of the Scots Irish line) would like to contact me at john.mail@ozemail.com.au I'd be delighted to meet you. It is hoped to have a CD ready in time to give out at the Ann Reffin memorial day next year, containing information about Castlereagh, geneology or family history, about the Leistershire Wolds in central England from where Ann came, and so on. If anybody has digital information they could email to me or post to me on CD-ROM (to PO Box 264, Summer Hill, NSW 2130) I would be very grateful, and happy to compensate for any costs involved. Please only send things you don't mind being in the "public domain"; no dark family secrets or anything of sensitive nature, as once material is compiled onto a CD for further distribution there's no saying where it might end up. I know there are active family history group/s focussed on futher down the river where it is called the Hawkesbury. I'm uncertain with my ancestry if it's possible to have any connecting links of common interests much with them. But I was wondering if there is a possible connecting link via the ship Experiment, i.e. if any of the 136 female prisoners who came on the Experiment out of England in 1803 ended up on the Hawkesbury? Hmmm, there's a lot to learn about history (if one has the time) is there not? Kind Regards, John Byrnes >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Curry" <patcurry@bigpond.com> >To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:09 PM >Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] New resource book > > >> Hi listers, >> >> >> >> Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have >> ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? >> >> >> >> Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology >> Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement >> History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." >> >> >> >> This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 >> grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for >> further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of >> land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies >> and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of >> photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full >> page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane >> areas of Castlereagh in 1985 >> >> >> >> If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, >> Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies >> section of Penrith City Library.

Hi Listers, I just found this today. It is the 1872 Grevilles Post Office list for Penrith. http://www.family.joint.net.au/content.php?mid=1&cid=411 Has lots of lists for different towns. Kristine Wood

HI Pat Are the Parkers listed in the book? If they are I will definitely get a copy Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Curry" <patcurry@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 10:09 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] New resource book > Hi listers, > > > > Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have > ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? > > > > Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology > Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement > History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." > > > > This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 > grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for > further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of > land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies > and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of > photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full > page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane > areas of Castlereagh in 1985 > > > > If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, > Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies > section of Penrith City Library. > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Pat. for those of us unsure exactly who the 23 first grantees were is there a list of names available.? cheers Sheila all my outgoing email is scanned for viruses ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Curry" <patcurry@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:09 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] New resource book > Hi listers, > > > > Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have > ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? > > > > Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology > Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement > History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." > > > > This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 > grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for > further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of > land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies > and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of > photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full > page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane > areas of Castlereagh in 1985 > > > > If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, > Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies > section of Penrith City Library. > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi listers, Do you have an interest in the early Castlereagh area? Do you have ancestors connected with the early Castlereagh area? Here's a great new resource - a book by the Nepean District Archaeology Group - "In Search of the Early Nepean Pioneers - A Post Settlement History Celebrating the Bicentenary of the 1803 Land Grants." This book provides an outline of the life and times of the first 23 grantees of land along the Lower Nepean, and provides pointers for further research. It has a Flowchart of Ownership for each portion of land from 1803 until its eventual sale to the gravel mining companies and/or the Penrith Lakes Development Corporation. It has 7 pages of photographs of some of the old homes on the various sites, plus 2 full page aerial photographs of the Bird's Eye Corner and Farrell's Lane areas of Castlereagh in 1985 If you would like a copy, it costs $23 + $4 P & P from P.O Box 874, Penrith, NSW, 2750. Or you will find a copy in the Local Studies section of Penrith City Library.