There will be a major Melville reunion, to be held on Sunday 19th October 2008. Place: Windsor, NSW, Australia Windsor Function Centre (cnr Macquarie and Dight Windsor), And, also at McQuade Park. Times to be advised. This is exactly the 170th anniversary of the arrival of James and Mary Melville in Sydney. Please jot this date in your calendars if you wish to attend. Please also advise me if you are attending and numbers coming. We will also be launching a book to coincide with this reunion. This book will include most of the book published in 1978 (now out of print), plus additions to the family from that date. Details of the book price will be advised. For your information: James and Mary (nee Gavin) Melville arrived in Sydney in October 1838, on the " Mandarin", from Ireland. James and Mary married in Belfast on 5th June, 1838. Children: 1. Robert married Kerzia Elizabeth Worboys - 7 children. 2. James married Anne Maria Holland - 9 children 3. Eliza married a) Frederick Charles Turner - 6 children b) William Allen 4. Mary married George Charles Johnson - 6 children 5. Jane married Samuel Davidson - 7 children 6. Margaret Spiers married Benjamin Wilberforce West - 11 children 7. John married Susan Hodges - 4 children 8. William married Jane Elliott - 8 children 9. Janet married William Charles Gambrill - 6 children 10. Mary Anne married Benjamin Ezzy Sullivan - 4 children Regards David Beddie (Jane Line) Mobile: 0421156661