Hello Listers We have 'lost' a rellie called Richard HOLTER. He arrived in Port Jackson on 19 Jan 1840 on the "Alfred" along with his uncle & aunt, George & Mary STEVENS (his mother was George's sister), 4 STEVENS cousins, his sister Charlotte, her husband James BONIFACE and their infant son, also James. He was illiterate at the time, aged 18, and a farm labourer. It seems that the men, George STEVENS, James BONIFACE and Richard HOLTER all had employment arranged on Glendon Station in the Hunter River district. In 3 months in 1841, 3 of this family died (James jnr in Feb, Mary S in Mar and Charlotte in Apr). I know that the STEVENS family subsequently (1843) moved to New Zealand, to join John HOWELL, the founder of Riverton, Mary's son by her first marriage. Has anyone come across a Richard HOLTER in the mid-1800s, most likely in Southland, please? Many thanks. Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia