Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, Phyl Macleod, From Bernisdale to Bairnsdale : the story of Archibald and Colina Macleod and their descendants in Australia, 1821-1994, 1994
... From Bernisdale to Bairnsdale : the story of Archibald and Colina Macleod and their descendants in Australia, 1821-1994...Archibald Macleod...Archibald Macleod Colina Macleod Bairnsdale (Vic.) ...
Archibald Macleod, with flock, herds and some of his family, came down the Tambo Valley in 1844 and settled on the western side of the Mitchell River.
The narrative commences as the family leaves for a journey to a better life, and crosses the oceans to Tasmania where babes are born and die. It follows them to Bathurst; to Norfolk Island where they endure many hardships; back to N.S.W. and education for the children; Colina's death; financial hardship, and, finally, to the Mitchell River, Gippsland. There life is still full of struggles - illness, floods, money problems, wild pigs, death - as it was for most families who carved a life for themselves out of a land where the original inhabitants were nomadic. (Foreword by Helen Clothier, Research Officer, East Gippsland Historical Society Inc.)
non-fictionArchibald Macleod, with flock, herds and some of his family, came down the Tambo Valley in 1844 and settled on the western side of the Mitchell River.
The narrative commences as the family leaves for a journey to a better life, and crosses the oceans to Tasmania where babes are born and die. It follows them to Bathurst; to Norfolk Island where they endure many hardships; back to N.S.W. and education for the children; Colina's death; financial hardship, and, finally, to the Mitchell River, Gippsland. There life is still full of struggles - illness, floods, money problems, wild pigs, death - as it was for most families who carved a life for themselves out of a land where the original inhabitants were nomadic. (Foreword by Helen Clothier, Research Officer, East Gippsland Historical Society Inc.)archibald macleod, colina macleod, bairnsdale (vic.)
