Hi Anne, The following are relevant EXTRACTS from the entries... p 120: ELDORADO EAST The portion of Eldorado Run which covered the site of the town of Chiltern, and lying east of the Black Dog Creek. The area was 20,000 acres, and it appears to have been purchased from W F Baker by Dr Gemmell, of Wangaratta, from whom it passed to Dalgety and Co, who placed Thomas Noyes in charge............. p 147: WOORAGEE, WOODAGA, or BOWMAN'S HEIFER RUN (Co Bogong) Eight miles from Beechworth, on the road to Yackandandah. Said to have been formed by Dr William Bowman, before 1840, as a heifer run, the ownership for the next few years is doubtful. In 1848 David Reid held 40,960 acres estimated to carry 6,000 sheep. He transferred to A C Anderson. In 1854, Dr Gemmell of Wangaratta was in possession. In 1857, Mr J Lowrie was gazetted as lesse at a rent of 12 pounds 10/-. It then passed to Sloane and Co............. p. 158.... sorry, don't have... will get. p 111: BONTHERAMBO PLAINS (Co Bogong) This run originally covered all the country between Chiltern and the Ovens River, bounded in the north by the Murray. It was taken up by Mr George Faithfull in April 1835 for his sheep, when he placed his cattle in Oxley Plains. He was compelled to abandon it owing to troubles with the aborigines. ................... In August 1838 the Rev Joseph Docker of Windsor near Sydney, undismayed by fear of the blacks, reformed it and laid claim to the whole country as far as the Murray. In 1839 the area was curtailed by the formation of the Bremin, Boorahaman and Ulina runs, but still 100,000 acres were left. This was estimated to carry 1500 cattle or 20,000 sheep. In 1848 the area remained the same.............. Mr Docker held the run at a rent of 106 pounds 13/4 till his death in 1865 when it passed to his son-in-law, Charles J Read, at the increased rent of 167 pounds. Much alienation followed and only a portion remained in the Docker family. The Gazette of 1879 gives Samuel Brentnall as lessee, but in the following year it was gazetted as liable to forfeiture. p 145: WAHGUNYAH (Co Bogong) On the left bank of the Murray, 30 miles below Albury. .........................in 1853 the Gazette notes a transfer from John Mackenzie to John Foord, the previous owner. ............ In 1856, Foord laid out the township, and in 1857 he is credited with holding 34,000 acres, carrying 880 cattle and 48 horses. In 1859, J C Read was the lessee, representing the firm of Read and Younger. In 1862, their rent was fixed at 241 pounds......but on appeal, reduced to 25 pounds. In 1868 H J Younger sold his share to Read, and returning to Scotland, became the head of the large brewery business of Younger and Co in Edinburgh. Much alienation of land followed, and in 1874 the remainder of the lease was forfeited for non-payment of rent. And on that cheery note, here endeth the extracts! There is no other mention of Reads. Will get back to you re page 158 (unless someone else does). Regards, Peter Ross Yackandandah. ----- Original Message ----- From: Anne Hollingshead <hollies@melbpc.org.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:30 PM Subject: [AVNE] The First Settlement of the Upper Murray 1835 to 1845 > Could anyone who has this book check these pages for a reference to Dr > Gemmel for me please. > > Pages 120, 147, 158. > > > and George or John Charles Read I don't have page numbers for them. > > Thanks, > > Anne > > >