(24) Wm Kimberley & His Sheep come to Kentish – 1850
When widower William Kimberley (54) drove his sheep from the [...]
(23) Calder Climbs Mt Roland – Oct 1845
With the Colony practically bankrupt, in Oct 1845 senior-surveyor James [...]
(22) Convict Probation Station at Kimberley 1844-1848
The Convict Probation Station built on the banks of the [...]
(21) Field’s Sturdy Stockmen of Kentish
1. Middlesex Plains Jack Francis 1828 -1912 An early [...]
(20) Field Bros – Cattle Kings in Kentish – 1840-1940
On 1st August 1842 the eighty head of wild cattle [...]
(19) Kentish’s Disastrous Demise
Moving from Hobart to Melbourne in July 1848, our audacious [...]
(18) Kentish’s Fiasco in Launceston and Hobart
Having completed his survey work for the new road route [...]
(17) Job Done, Kentish Dismissed
Over these last two years of this huge exploration project, [...]
(16) Kentish and His Inland Route to Emu Bay
The early 1840s was one of the most volatile periods [...]
(15) Discovering the Kentish Plains
To assist him with his surveying assignment to find a [...]