HOPPNER; DEU>AUS; 1800- Christopher Hoppner b 1831 Hanover, Prussia, son of Conrad Hoppner and Elizabeth Brandes Conrad worked for the King's Railways Christopher was a wheelwright and journeyman working in Poland, Austria and Germany before emigrating to Victoria, Australia in 1858. m Bridget Walpole b 1840 Tipperary, Ireland. They settled in Bruthen, Vic, Australia. 11 children Joan Traill "Joan Traill" <traillfh@netspace.net.au>