Hi Alison, I have a James B. ROWE who had the Mount Murchison Hotel, Wilcannia District, from 1898 to at least 1900. It sounds like it could be the man you are after. Regards .................Rusheen. > ...Phlippa Bowcher (Boucher) was the daughter of Mathew Gross and Mary > Slade; married a John Retallack in 1823, and James Hill Bowcher in > 1833.Philippa, James and daughter Mary migrated to Australia in the early > 1850s, and settled in Bendigo. > Mary married Thomas Rowe in Bendigo in 1857, and their first child was James > Bowcher Rowe. > > James Bowcher Rowe moved to NSW, married a lady named Lillian Grant and, by > her, had, to my knowledge, seven children. They were: > > William G. (1886-90); Mary E. (1887-1906); Bessie F. (1889- ); > James G.R. (1893- ); Thomas L. (1895- ); Sophy G. (1897- ); > George Courtenay (1900-61). > > I believe the births occurred, some in Broken Hill, some in Wilcannia.