there was a Hounsing estate off O Briens Rd name after Darraugh my family owned land in adjoinging Unanderra and Mt Kembla a bit of a giggle when my husbands mum relayed the story as to how she took my husbands baby nappies to the creek to wash and watered the peas while she was there Christene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne and Ron Flack" <bell.bird@bigpond.com> To: <aus-nsw-se@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [NSW-SE] Farming in Figtree 1835-1855 > Hello Wayne > > Yes it is such a long time, I suppose you have been busy burrowing away at > research as I have. Yes, Ron and are are well - age is chipping away at > our > robustness but what can you expect. > > It is John Darragh who was granted 50 acres at Figtree which he took up in > 1835. I am writing book on his life for family reunion next month, and > time is fast running out, just to flesh it out would like to know what he > was up to until his death in 1858. His son joined him from Ireland in > 1841, > and I know he was into dairy farming in big way when he settled in Candelo > in 1860, his sons also had large dairy herds in the Richmond River > district > after leaving Candelo in 1900'- so it makes sense that they may have > started milking in Figtree. > > Thank you ever so for your interest and help. > > Kind regards > Joanne > > To post a message to the AUS-NSW-SE mailing list, send an email to > AUS-NSW-SE@rootsweb.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Christine Thanks for your snippet, how times have changed. The estate is on John Darragh's old land grant Cheers Joanne