Hi to all, I'm new to the list and would like to submit the names I'm researching : Richards / Donoghue and variations / Cadman / Nugent / Nicholls / Doran. All these people had, at one stage of their lives, something to do with the property " Opossum Point Station " or " Yellow Boy Run " as it was also known, south east of Tooma Nsw. The book " First Settlement of the Upper Murray " written by Dr Arthur Andrews, mentions my 2x great grandfather, Thomas Richards, as having taken up the run in 1840 or 1841, then dying before 1848, the article then goes on to mention his wife, Mary nee Nugent and her second husband James Donahoo ( sic ) and the fact that the lease was still in her name as late as 1889, and that her eldest son was one of the first children to be born on the Upper Murray as early as 1842. Although I'm very grateful for Dr Andrews for including this information in his book, I have been able to disprove most of it. I'm trying to locate the three most important pieces of documention for this couple : 1 ) A date and place of marriage between Thomas and Mary, no registration can be found in either of the most probable indexes, NSW and Victoria. ( I have looked at the other States ) 2 ) A date and place of birth for both, no registration found in any index. 3 ) A date and place of death for both, no registration found in any index. The other aspect of this search is that if there are no registrations of birth for both, then that may mean they were either convicts or children of assisted or unassisted immigrants, but for the life of me I can find no evidence of their respective arrivals in the Colony. Of course if they were children I would have no idea when they arrived, not knowing their parents names, and they do not appear on any convict list I have checked that fits the time frame, although that time frame is one that I have set myself. The facts that I have proven : Thomas Richards died 4th October 1850 at Opossum Point Station ( Source NSW Probate Index ) but still no registration found. His wife Mary nee Nugent died 8th January 1890 at Opossum Point Station under the name of her second husband, Donoghue ( Source NSW Probate Index ) but still no registration found. The couple, Thomas and Mary, had four children, the eldest was a girl : Mary Ann born 12th August 1841 at Courabyra, just north of Tumbarumba, the others born 1844, 1847 and 1850, the last being my great grandfather James George, aka George. If anyone has any information regarding either the family or the property, or any suggestions as to where I could continue my search, I would be very grateful. I do apologise for the length of this missive. Regards Arnie Fletcher Albury Nsw