non-fictionhenry dendy, emigrants, brighton, pioneers

Henry Dendy (1800-1881) is best known as the founder of Brighton. It is not well known that years later he lived far longer at Eltham than he did at Brighton. In 1840 whilst still in England, he bought eight square miles of unspecified land in the Port Phillip district. This entitled him to bring a number of other people to the colony and in 1841 he arrived in Williamstown in the York with his family and 139 others. He took up this land entitlement at what is now Brighton and most of the emigrants settled there. He encountered financial problems and lost his interest in the estate in 1844. He left Brighton in 1847. He successfully not always successfully became a brewer at Geelong, a sheep farmer at Christmas Hills and Upper Moira, a flour miller at Eltham, a sheep farmer again at Werribee and finally a copper miner at Walhalla. Dendy came to Eltham in 1856 after having spent a year in England, he purchased about 5 acres of land in two parts situated each side of Maria Street (Main Road). There was a steam flour mill on that part of the land adjoining the Diamond Creek. He became prominent in local affairs serving for a time on the Eltham District Roads Board including one term as President. Dendy’s wife Sarah died at Eltham in 1860 and also in that year he was appointed Chairman of a committee to establish a Church of England in Eltham. He donated one of his Pitt Street lots for this purpose. St Margaret’s Church was opened on this site in 1861. In 1867 Dendy sold his mill to W F Ford and moved to Werribee and then Walhalla where he remained until his death. He is buried in the Walhalla cemetery. Part of the land on which the Eltham Community Reception Centre stands was the site of Dendy’s house and Mill. Some of the old trees on the site could well have been planted in Dendy’s time. Much of this information was obtained from the book “Henry Dendy and his Emigrants” by L A Schumer. ISBN 095971040X Paperback; viii, 88 p. : maps ; 22 cm. [written inside front cover] To J.W. Wainbech(?) with the author's compliments and thanks. 22/12/75 [and signed by the author on the cover page]henry dendy, brighton (vic.), emmigration, pioneers

The Emigrant's Guide to Australia in the Eighteen Fifties. 211 pages with black and white illustrations.Edited by D.J. Goldingaustralia, history, emigrants, australia, immigration, emigrants, goldmining, goldfields, colonies

Image from a set of prints relating to immigration and ships. immigration, ships

Printed by Harrison & Sons, Westminster.Pasted on label saying: Lorna Stepnell, Scotsburn.highland emigrants, immigration, scottish emigrants, letters

These 2 of 94 sketches were used in Victorian School Class Rooms for history lessons. The source of the sketches are from The Illustated London News 13th April 18443387.01 - Migration to Australia during the 19th Century - Emigrant ship between decks|3387.02 - Migration to Australia during the 19th Century - Emigration to Sydney, Emigrants at Dinnermigration, immigration

This book is a replica of a booklet printed in the United Kingdom. In 1848, when it was published in London as a guide to prospective emigrants, 23,904 people left the United Kingdom for the Australian colonies and New Zealand. In 1847, with the failure of potato crops threatening famine in Ireland and growing political unrest at home, the British Government had once again encouraged emigration by offering free passage to candidates of 'good character'. Immigration, particularly by the labouring classes, was intended to relieve both the overburdened Mother Country and the colonies which had acute labour shortages. The booklet gives some history of each colony as well as the sale of lands, mines and mining, produce, the price of living, wages and, generally, the situation. The emigrant's friend, or authentic guide to South Australia including Sydney: Port Phillip, or Australia Felix: Western Australia, or Swan River Colony: New South Wales: Van Dieman's Land: and New Zealand. Reprint. Reader's Digest Services Pty Limited; Surrey Hills (NSW); 1974. 40 p. Soft cover. australia; colonies; settlement; nsw; port phillip; western australia; south australia; van dieman's land; new zealand; emigration; immigration;

The family history of Jane Elder compiled by Janes Great Grand-Daughter.White card cover with two B/W photos one of Emigrants on the deck of a ship. the other A wooden slab hut with a woman standing in the doorway.The Australian Story of Jane Elder Teh Woman who became Mrs. Whittlesee and lived on Wimmera Street in Stawell, Victoriastawell

A print from a water colour by Robert Alexander Hillingford called ' Emigrants to south Australia '. Original is from The Rex Nan Kivell collection, National Library of Australia.Robert Alexander Hillingfordprint, watercolour, australian landscape, watercolour paintings, early colonial life. emigrants, south australia

Yellow covered A4 pocket binderTyped: Thomas Kinsella An Irish Emigrant in Victoria 1854 - 1902 Lower right corner: Jennifer Williams Irish and Scots in Australia (4th Year Honors). in pen: 1954 stawell

Settlers and Convicts, recollections of sixteen years labour in the Australian backwoods by an emigrant mechanic, Foreward by Manning Clark, published by Melbourne University Press, printed by Dai Nippon printing Co, Hong Kong. Soft cover with 245 pages and a map.Printed by Dai Nippon Co., Hong Kong, International.books, natural history, australia

BHS Collection52-page soft cover lime coloured booklet. Australian Gold Fields their Discovery, Progress and Prospects, Edited by George Mackaness and printed January 31, 1956 by D.S.Ford , Printers, Sydney. Illustration by R.S.Anderson of the Mount Alexander Gold Diggings. Includes a section 'Advice to Emigrants'. Australian Historical Monographs Volume VIIgold, australia

Passenger & emigrant square rigged sailing shipRealismColoured print of a drawing of the SS BENVENUE.Reverse: " nil "square rigged sailing ship drawing, ss benvenue, passenger ship, emigrant ship

Passenger & emigrant square rigged sailing shipRealismOriginal print off the woodblock etching of the clipper ship SS Blue Jacket.Reverse: " see 1986-045.2 for a copy"passenger ship, emigrant ship, clipper ship ss blue jacket

Passenger & emigrant square rigged sailing shipRealismPrint of a sepia print off a photograph of the SS CAROLINE.Reverse: " built 1821 03 1833 "passenger ship, emigrant ship

Passenger & emigrant square rigged sailing shipRealismSepia print of a photograph of the SS GRACE HARWAR.Reverse: " The second vessel to load wheat at the port of Geelong / wheat carried for [to] Europe until c1930 (?) "freight ship

The Story of Johann Herman Kraefft, his family and fellow EmigrantsBinder book with clear plastic front cover and dark Blue rear cover. Blue Paper inner cover has the title and a portrait of a man.The Kraefft Family From Germany to Australia By Valerie Grehanstawell immigration