This website is is designed to help identify the families or individuals associated with the settlement of Carapook and the Muntham Pastoral Run which was established by Edward HENTY in 1837. Any stories, facts, corrections or connections with these individuals, families or others not yet listed would be welcomed.

Amos, Andison, Andrews, Angus, Anson, Astbury, Bailey, Beale, Bellinger, Bendall, Bethune, Biggin, Blume, Boardman, Bowden, Bowles, Bowyer, Brennan, Brierley, Bromley, Brooks, Brown, Bunge, Burchell, Burgess, Burton, Butler, Byrne, Cameron, Carmichael, Cawker, Chaffe, Chapman, Cheslett, Clarke, Coe, Coleman, Cook, Corney, Cotter, Coulson, Cousins, Curl, Cush, Dale, Dalton, Dancocks, Davis, Davey, Dearsley, Dimond, Dixon, Dolman, Donaldson, Dougheney, Doyle, Duncan, Durbidge, Eastwood, Eaves, Eckel, Edmonds, Edwards, Feeley, Ferrier, Fetherstonhaugh, Fidler, Fletcher, Follett, Fink, Fitzgerald, Frawley, Gallie, Gardiner, Geary, Gibbs, Gibson, Gilbo, Gilchrist, Goding, Grant, Greenham, Grinham, Gundry, Guthridge, Hadden, Hale, Handley, Hanlon, Hart, Harvey, Hawkins, Hayes, Haywood, Heenan, Heffernan, Henty, Heron, Higgins, Hill, Hobbs, Hodgetts, Holzgrefe, Hornibrook, Houghton, Hourigan, Houston, Howlett, Hulse, Humphries, Hutchinson, Hutton, Hyland, Jackson, James, Jay, Jelbert, Jennings, Jex, Johns, Johnstone, Kane, Keats, Kilpatrick, Kiely, Kiernan, King, Kinghorn, Knight, Koch, Kook, Kranz, Krieg, Laity, Lamb, Lander, Landy, Lawford, Lawlor, Lenton, Ley, Light, Lilley, Lock, Loughran, Luers, Maling, Mallet, Manning, Maroney, Marsh, Martin, Maybery, McArthur, McBean, McCallum, McClintock, McLure, McCredden, McDonald, McDonnell, McEvoy, McEwan, McFadyen, McInnes, McIntosh, McKellar, McKenzie, McKinnon, McLachlan, McLean, McLennan, McLeod, McNaughton, McNeil, McNicol, McPhee, McPherson, McRae, Meatyard, Mellor, Merz, Milburn, Miles, Millard, Molloy, Moloney, Moylan, Moyles, Mullen, Murchison, Murphy, Murray, Murtagh, Nash, Napier, Neall, Neave, Nicholls, Nickoll, Nolan, Norris, Nulty, O'Bree, O'Brien, O'Callaghan, O'Farrell, O'Gorman, O'Neil, Owens, Paine, Payne, Pearce, Penrose, Peskett, Phillips, Pierpoint, Pitcher, Pitts, Pooley, Povey, Powell, Purdon, Radford, Ralston, Reece, Reed, Reid, Rennie, Rhodes, Richards, Ricketts, Riordan, Robertson, Rogers, Rowe, Ryan, Seaborn, Schulz, Shannon, Sidders, Simmons, Small, Smith, Spark, Spicer, Stanford, Stanley, Stark, Stevenson, Stewart, Stock, Stokes, Sutherland, Sutton, Swan, Sweeney, Tallack, Templar, Templeton, Thomas, Thornley, Tiby, Tremaine, Trevaskis, Turner, Tyrer, Ullyett, Upton, Urquhart, Vale, Voce, Vowell, Walsh / Welsh, Ward, Wardell, Watts, Westbrook, White, Williams, Williamson, Winniat, Wombwell, Woodall, Zerbst.

• AMOS, James
  James AMOS (c1804-1843), aged 40, servant of Mr HENTY died at "Muntham Station" in the 1843.
  
  
• ANDISON, Simon
  Simon ANDISON (1831-1898) put his signature on 1875 Carapook School petition which showed 1 school-aged child, living 2 miles SW of Carapook. Simon appears to be the son of James ANDISON and Jean JACKSON from Sandford. Simon married Mary McKAY (1835-1897) in 1865. No children located. Simon paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £27.
  
• ANDISON, William
  William ANDISON (1848-1898) appears to be a brother of Simon above from the Sandford area. William married Isabella MURPHY in 1876 and he paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £107.
  
  
• ANDREWS, Elias
  Elias ANDREWS (1819-1893), worked at "Muntham Station" in the 1850s. He married Eliza DAVY in Essex, England in 1850 and had the following family - Daniel, Sarah, Mary Ann, Charles, James, Peter, Hannah, John & Elijah.
  
  
• ANSON, Leslie
  Leslie ANSON (1898-1981), son of Joseph ANSON and Margaet McNICOL was married to Alice May POVEY (1900-1970) and was a contractor and farmer of 'Obanvale', Carapook.
  
  
• ASTBURY, William Brennan
  William Brennan ASTBURY (1856-1937), had family members who lived at Carapook in the early 1900's. His son Thomas and family and widow Beatrice WYNNIAT were residents in the village of Carapook for many years.
  
  
• BAILEY, George
  George BAILEY (1859- ? ), had a daughter Mary Maria BAILEY, b. 1885 Carapook m. Frederick Clifford PENNY in 1907. George BAILEY married Hannah Maria MARSH in 1878 and had the following family - George Elias, Charles Arthur, Mary Maria, Thomas John, William Edward, Robert Harold & Evelyn Amy.
  
  
• BEALE, Henry
  Henry BEALE (1819- ? ), born London ca 1819 was married in 1853 at "Muntham" Station to Margaret BOWLES, b. 1828 Co Cavan, Ireland and they had the following known family - Henry James, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, William & Reuben.
  
  
• BELLINGER, John
  John BELLINGER (1830-1901), a farmer of Bruk Bruk, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition showing 2 school-aged children, living 1 mile NE of Carapook. John BELLINGER of Herefordshire, England married Mary Ann COUSINS in 1870 and had the following family - Samuel Edward James, Frederick Charles, Sarah Ann, Harriet Elizabeth Jane. The family moved north to the Goroke & Horsham area.
  
  
• BENDALL, Albert Leonard Bertram
  Albert Leonard BENDALL (1898-?) born Southanpton, England came to Australia aged 13 in 1911. He enlisted in WW1 in 1916 when employed as a farm hand by Mr J. STARK of Carapook. His name is on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll and he has a tree in the Greenwald WW1 Avenue of Honour (near Dartmoor, in south-west Victoria).
  
  
• BETHUNE, Lachlan
  Lachlan BETHUNE (1832-1912) and his wife Christina BETHUNE (BEATON) were married in 1856 and some of their children were born and died at Carapook. Duncan b. 1859 Lyndhurst, d. 1868 Muntham, James Gilespy b. 1864, Muntham. Their family was - William, Duncan, Norman, John, James Gillespie, Florence Bothwell, Duncan James, James Gillespie, Neil, Sarah & Duncan Gillespie.
  
  
• BIGGIN, Ellenora
  Ellenora BIGGIN (nee HAYWOOD) (1807-1854), 1st wife of Thomas BIGGIN was said to have been buried on "Muntham" Station in 1854 (Oral history), death not in indexes. Thomas BIGGIN, b. 1811 Yorkshire, married Eleonora HAYWOOD in 1833, Yorkshire and they had 3 children - Joseph Haywood, Thomas & Henry. The family arrived at Portland in 1852 on the "Emma Eugenia".
  
  
• BLUME, Carl
  Carl August BLUME (1830-1917) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £195. This appears to be Carl August BLUME who died as a wealthy man in Mt Gambier, SA. Carl first married Emilie KREIG (1842-1867) in 1858, then Elizabeth McNAUGHTON (1850-1884) in 1882 and finally Emillie GALLIE (1855-1899) in 1885.
  
  
• BOWDEN, John
  John BOWDEN (1829-1866), had a daughter Phoebe b. 1862 "Muntham" Station. John BOWDEN from Wiltshire and Mary Ann COUSINS, also from Wiltshire were married in 1857 and had the following family - Catherine Cooper, Phoebe Jane, John George & William Henry. John BOWDEN died in 1866 and is buried in the Sandford Cemetery. His widow Mary Ann married John BELLINGER in 1870 and they had another four children - Samuel Edward James, Frederick Charles, Sarah Ann & Harriet Elizabeth Jane.
  
  
• BRENNAN, Thomas "Old Brennan"
  Thomas BRENNAN or "Old Brennan" was the Overseer of Sheep and dingo hunter for Edward Henty at "Muntham in the 1840s. According to Richmond HENTY's recollections "Old Brennan" was a bit of a folk hero as he had served as a Powder Monkey at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
  
  
• BRIERLEY, Samuel
  Samuel BRIERLEY (1822-1887), farmer of Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition (not shown on the corresponding map). It has been difficult to locate this Samuel BRIERLEY. He was probably from Manchester, England and married Elizabeth Jane NASH in 1869.
  
  
• BROMLEY, James Edward/Edmund
  James Edward/Edmund BROMLEY (c1818-1865+), signed on an 1865 letter from the Bruk Bruk School Committee and had a 12 year old son listed as prospective student at Bruk Bruk School in 1865. James Edward BROMLEY who married in 1849 in Adelaide, South Australia to Catherine HILL had a son James Edgar BROMLEY born in South Australia in 1851. Another son Henry Hill BROMLEY was also born in South Australia in 1856, but died there in 1857. James BROMLEY and family appear to have emigrated to New Zealand as they, along with son James Edgar BROMLEY were in Otago, Southland, New Zealand in 1893. James Edward BROMLEY and his wife Catherine were both buried in Dunedin Cemetery in 1906. James Edward BROMLEY appears to be a relation (perhaps Uncle) of George EDWARDS of Bruk Bruk (listed below).
  
  
• BROWN, Charles
  Charles BROWN (1805-1884), had a daughter, Malvinear b. 1862 "Muntham" Station and a daughter Ellen b. 1861 at "Satimer" Station, both near Carapook. This appears to be the family of Charles BROWN from the USA who married Martha HALLIDAY in 1849 and had the following family - Susannah, William Henry, Mary, Martha, James, Ellen, Malvinear, Jane, Charles, Elizabeth Esther, George & Margaret. The family appears to have finished up at Macarthur where Charles and Martha died.
  
  
• BURCHELL, Henry
  Henry BURCHELL (1829-1897), a labourer of Carapook had a signature on 1875 Carapook School petition showing 3 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile NE of Carapook. Henry BURCHELL from Wheatfield, Oxfordshire married Agnes HART from Ayrshire, Scotland in 1854 and they had the following family, some of whom were born at Carapook - Elizabeth, Isabella, Mary Jane, James William, John Henry, Joseph, George, Alfred & Caroline.
  
  
• BUTLER, George Elias
  George Elias (1844-1918), b. 1844 Thurles, Co Tipperary, Ireland, son of Dr James BUTLER & Elizabeth PEARSE arrived in Victoria on the "Great Britain" in October 1869. He married Catherine Elizabeth ABBOTT, b. 1850 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land in 1875 at Ballarat, Vic. George was a Grazier of "Bloomsbury" Carapook when his son Cecil was born in 1884. George later leased "Glengleeson" near Macarthur from about 1887-1907 before he retired to hamilton where he died in 1918. His wife Catherine died at "Glegleeson" in 1892.
  
  
• BYRNE, William
  William BYRNE (1859-1920), born Ballarat, Australia, married Winifred Mary FEELEY (1864-1930), dau of Thomas FEELEY and Winifred HAYDEN in 1883. In 1913 William BYRNE and family were recorded as living at "Blackwood Farm", Bella Vista, Carapook. This places them as one of the families operating the model dairy farms (article in "The Pastoralist Magazine", December 1912) set up by Norman & Jack McDONALD of "Bella Vista".
  William BYRNE and Winifred FEELEY had the following family, all of whom were born (1884-1906) near Haddon, west of Ballarat - Eliza Margaret, Mary Ellen, Winifred, William, Theresa Magdalena, Elsie Gertrude, Thomas Patrick, Anne Elizabeth, Julia Alphonsus, Rose Agatha, Aileen Bridget, James Bryan & John. A number of these children married and remained in the Casterton area.
  
  
• CAMERON, Alexander Clayhills
  Alexander Clayhills CAMERON (1823-1874), married Jessie ROBERTSON (1828-1895), dau of Duncan ROBERTSON and Margaret STEWART in 1858. Alexander was landowner at Satimer or Bruk Bruk in the 1870s and had the following family - Margaret Ann, Wilson, James Alexander, Jessie, Ann, Duncan Angus, Mary Robertson, Edith Emilie and Alexandrina.
  
  
• CAMERON, Donald
  Hugh CAMERON (18-1918) and Colin Fletcher CAMERON, sons of Donald CAMERON and Elizabeth 'Eliza' FLETCHER of 'Dunan', Henty south of Carapook are recorded on the World War 1 Carapook Honour Roll. Hugh CAMERON is listed as a past pupil of Carapook State School.
  
  
• CARMICHAEL, George
  George CARMICHAEL (1811-1891), had a son Charles b. 1866 "Muntham", a son Alexander b. 1870, Carapook. George CARMICHAEL and Susan NASH were married at Chetwynd Station in 1846. They had a large family between 1847 and 1873, some of whom were born at Carapook or Muntham. Their family was : Elizabeth, Mary Ann, George Charles, Thomas, Alexander, Sarah Ann, James, William, Margaret Small, Catherine, Charles, Alexander and Samuel.
  
  
• CAWKER, Edith Margaret
  Edith Margaret CAWKER (1877-1968), b. Casterton, Daughter of Thomas CAWKER & Mary CAMERON. Teacher at S.S. 1969 Carapook from 1907 tp 1913, married ___ KERR.
  
  
• CHAPMAN, Robert
  Robert CHAPMAN (1839-1903), from Norfolk, England married Clara LANDER (1845-1936) in 1864 and had a son Thomas, b. 1865 at "Muntham". The known family of Robert and Clara CHAPMAN was - Thomas, Edward Herbert, Adeline Emma, Edith, Clarice, Rosina Mary Ann and Clara Caroline.
  
  
• CHESLETT, Frederick
  Frederick CHESLETT (1846-1930), from Tamania married Louisa PEARCE (1857-1949) in 1876 had a large family in the Casterton, Carapook, Coleraine & Goroke areas.
  
  
• CLARKE, William & CLARKE, John James
  William CLARKE (1882-1971) and John James CLARKE (1886-1968) are listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll. They appear to be sons of John CLARKE and Mary TREMAIN / WHITE who were born at Sandford.
  
  
• COE, William
  William COE (1826-1887), from Norfolk, England arrived in Victoria ca 1851 and was first engaged at "Muntham" Station before he became involved in farming in the Coleraine area. He married Frances Elizabeth PITCHER in 1857 and they had the following known family - Elizabeth, Mary, Isabella, William, John, George, Frances, Albert, Frederick and Thomas.
  
  
• COOK, Charles
  Charles COOK (1859-1933), born Casterton, son of George COOK and Rachel Ann DONALDSON married Rebecca PURDON / COOK (no relation) in 1879 and had the following family - Thomas George, b 1879 Casterton (married Mary Ann HURST); Charles Richard, b 1881 Cast.; John, b 1882 Cast.; Charlotte Agnes, b 1887 Cast.; William Arthur, b 1889 Cast.; Elizabeth, b 1890 Cast.; James, b 1893 Cast.; Frank, b 1895 Cast.; Ada, b 1898 Cast.; Violet, b 1902 Cast.; Pearl, b 1903 Cast.; Harold, b 1905 Cast. Charles COOK was recorded as Groom at Muntham on the 1881 Baptismal certificate of his son Charles Richard.
  
  
• CORNEY, William Robert
  William Robert CORNEY (1816-1898), purchased "Tulse Hill", north of Carapook in 1871. The CORNEY family has been associated with the Carapook, Cashmere, Tulse Hill area since the 1840's when the brothers Dr Isaac & William CORNEY settled the Cashmere & Wando Vale Pastoral Runs. Additional CORNEY family information can be located on the Corney Family pages, an external web site by Meg Bate.
  
  
• COTTER, Michael
  Michael COTTER (1818-1913), a labourer of Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition showing 5 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile NW of Carapook. Michael COTTER was married in 1860 Catherine McINTOSH and they had the following family, some of whom were born at Carapook - Donald, Fanny Frances McCOY, Annie, James Angus, Ellen, John Archibald, William Alexander & Mary.
  
  
• COULSON, William Ralph Francis
  William Ralph Francis COULSON (1875-1927), son of Francis Stubbs COULSON and Harriet Martha DIWELL, married Margaret Ley HUMPHRIES in 1903 and lived at Carapook in the early 1900's. They had a family of - Carol, Lawrence Francis, Athol William, Eion Ralph, Sidney John & Sheila Margaret.
  
  
• DALE, John
  John DALE (1814-1866) and his wife Ellen SWEENEY, both transported as convicts moved to "Muntham" Station from Tasmania with two children in 1848 to work for Edward HENTY.
  
  
• DALTON, Joseph Piercy
  Joseph Piercy DALTON (1825-1909), died at "Burnside" Carapook which was the DOUGHENEY residence and he was buried in Coleraine. Joseph was the father of Sarah Ann DALTON, wife of James DOUGHENEY who had land north east of Carapook in Sawpit Gully.
  
  
• DANCOCKS, Hercules Hailes
  Hecules Hailes DANCOCKS (1806-1876), from Gloucestershire, England was a manager for Edward HENTY at "Muntham" Station. The known family of Hercules DANCOCKS and Elizabeth BARNES (1818-1894) was - Hercules Hailes, Edward Bearcroft, Eliza Jane, John Thornton and Eliza Kate. The three boys, all born in Gloucestershire, married FOSTER sisters, daughters of Charles Haydock FOSTER and Mary O'BRIEN.
  
  
• DAVEY, Jessie Jane
  Jessie Jane DAVEY, 1856-1927, b. Ballarat, Victoria, daughter of James Solomon DAVEY and Eliza HARVEY was the Teacher at S.S. 1624 Carapook from 1875-1878. She married Thomas LAMB in 1876 and they had at least nine children in the Wimmera and around Ballarat. One of her sons Robert Edgar Herbert LAMB was killed in France in WW1. Jessie died at Ballarat in 1927 and her husband Thomas LAMB died in Melbourne in 1945, both are buried in the Ballarat New Cemetery.
  
  
• DAVIS, George
  George DAVIS, 1831-1908 was married in 1859 at the Catholic Church, Penola, South Australia to Catherine MULLEN 1830-1906 and at one time worked on "Muntham Station".
  
  
• DAVIS, William Daley
  William Daley DAVIS (1859-1920), a selector of Carapook in the 1880's married Ellen Barclay MURRAY in 1895 and they had the following family - William Murray, Douglas Vincent & Marie Isabel. Descendants still live at Carapook.
  
  
• DIMOND, Alfred James
  Alfred James DIMOND (c.1830-1922), worked for Edward HENTY at "Muntham" Station in 1852 after arriving at Portland with his wife Caroline RICKETTS on the "Tasmania" in 1851. Later they moved to Portland.
  
  
• DIXON, William
  William DIXON (1839-1883) a labourer of Bruk Bruk, was a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition showing 3 school-aged children, living 2 miles NW of Carapook. William Nicholas DIXON from Durham, England married Mary Ann LAITY in 1867 at Warrnambool and they had the following family - William Nicholas, Thomas, Mary Ann, John, Edward / Edwin 'Ted' and Margaret. The family moved to near Mount Gambier, South Australia.
  
  
• DOLMAN, William
  William DOLMAN (1817-1884), was the Cattle Overseer for Edward HENTY at "Muntham" Station for 14 years after arriving in 1839. Later he established butcher shops in Casterton, Merino & Coleraine. William DOLMAN from Bristol, Gloucestershire married Uleyear WOMBWELL at Merino in 1858 and had the following family - Susannah, William, James, David, Ann, John, Joseph, Charles, Charles, Mary Ann, Emma, Samuel & Betsy.
  
  
• DOUGHENEY, James
  James DOUGHENEY (1832-1875), a farmer of Bruk Bruk, was a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition showing 3 school-aged children, living 1 mile NE of Carapook. James DOUGHENEY from Kilkenny, Ireland married Margaret MARTIN at Wando Vale in 1856 and they had the following family born at Muntham or Carapook - Johny, Bessie, James, Charles, Angus Patrick & Archibald Richard.
  
  
• DOYLE, James (Snr)
  James DOYLE (Snr) (1829-1898) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £175. This is probably the James DOYLE from Dublin who lived near the Wannon River, south of Carapook and was married to Alice LANDY (1829-1905) and they had a large family.
  • DOYLE, Peter Patrick
    Peter Patrick DOYLE (1863-1936), son of James DOYLE (Snr) married Ann Nora COLEMAN (1862-1900) and were recorded as living at Muntham. James & Ann Nora DOYLE had the following family - Catherine, Alice May, Maud Bridget, John Andrew, Agnes Honora, Honora Frances Veronica. After the death of his first wife in 1905, Peter DOYLE married Mary Teresa RYAN (1884-1964) in 1906 and had two children - Veronica and Leo Patrick.
  
  
  
• DURBIDGE, Simon / Simeon
  Simon / Simeon DURBIDGE (1822-1896), and his wife Martha STANLEY lived at Carapook from 1870 with a family comprising - Annie, Simeon, James, Susan, Richard, William, Francis, Frederick & Frances.
  
  
• EASTWOOD, James
  James EASTWOOD (ca 1835-1880) had a signature on an 1865 letter from Bruk Bruk School Committee. He also owned land north west of the Carapook settlement, fronting the Felton Road in the 1860s.
  A Mr and Mrs EASTWOOD were the first teachers of the Digby Common School which opened in 1864. They were paid 1/- per pupil when it opened with an enrolment of 46 pupils but this had risen to 59 by December of that year. This may be the same EASTWOOD family.
  James EASTWOOD and wife Grace COOPER, who, along with their son George Henry EASTWOOD arrived in Victoria on the "British Empire" in September 1857. George Henry EASTWOOD 1854-1924 was recorded in the Bruk Bruk Scholl correspondence as a proposed pupil, age 12y, for the new school at Bruk Bruk in 1865. George Henry EASTWOOD later settled in Minyip where he established G.H. EASTWOOD Timber & Hardware (external link to old photo) business in the Main Street of Minyip.
  
  
• EAVES, William
  William EAVES (ca 1832-1890), owned a large block of land (~450 acres) north of the Carapook township, in the parish of Bruk Bruk in the late 1860s. William EAVES married a widow Eunice UNDERWOOD (nee VAUGHAN) 1826-1911 in 1863. Thye had two boys in Ballarat and Melbourne and the family were in England for the 1881 census. William EAVES died in England in 1890 and it appears that his widow and children may have returned to Victoria.
  
  
• ECKEL, George
  George ECKEL (1840-1926) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £10. Appears to be the George ECKEL from Germany who married Johanne KRANZ in 1877 and moved north to Minyip where they raised a family of 7 chn.
  
  
• EDMONDS, John Henry
  John Henry EDMONDS (1831-1909) had a signature on an 1865 letter from the Bruk Bruk School Committee. The wife of John EDMONDS gave birth to twin girls in February 1868 in the Parish of Bruk Bruk, Carapook. This appears to be the John Henry EDMONDS who married Mary JOHNS at Nairne, SA in 1855 and had the following family - Mary, John Richard, Mary Ann, Margaret Jane, James Henry, George, Eva Lucy, Ada Louise, William Thomas, Essington Albert, George Alfred, Lavinia Maud, Beatrice Mary, Charles Leslie. A number of this children were born at Carapook, Bruk Bruk or Beerik.
  
  
• EDWARDS, George
  George EDWARDS (c1844-1923) b. Hindmarsh, South Australia was named as a 21 year old farmer of Bruk Bruk in May 1866 when he married Ellen SHAW age 16y of Hotspur, Victoria at Digby, Victoria. George and Ellen had a large family near Harrow. Ellen died in 1922 at Harrow and George in 1923 at Naracoorte, South Australia. George EDWARDS whoes mother was Sophia BROMLEY appears to be a nephew of James Edward BROMLEY of Bruk Bruk (listed above).
  
  
• FERRIER, John
  John FERRIER (1840-1919), a farmer in the parish of Beerik near Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition but not shown on the corresponding Carapook map as Beerik is the parish to the east of Carapook. John FERRIER from Scotland married Alice Jane HANLON in 1872 and they had the following family - William James Hanlon, John Middlemas, Peter David, Sutton Henry (d. at Gallipoli 1915), Elizabeth Maria Beatrice, Alicia Jane, Oliver Douglas, Wilhelmina Esther & Mary Middlemas.
  
  
• FETHERSTONHAUGH, Cuthbert
  Cuthbert FETHERSTONHAUGH (1837-1917+), undertook 6 years of "Colonial Experience" on Muntham Station with Tom HENTY from 1856-1862. Cuthbert published his reminiscences under the title of "After Many Days" in 1917, which included a significant section on life at "Muntham" Station and around the district with the HENTY family during the 1850s and 1860s. Cuthbert was born in 1837, Westmeath, Ireland to Cuthbert FETHERSTONHAUGH 1803-1892 and Susan CURTIS 1798-1871. Cuthbert FETHERSTONHAUGH married Flora Agnes MURCHISON in 1876. His father was the Police Magistrate in Hamilton for many years and was fondly known in the district as "The Governor".
  
  
• FIDLER, Edward Charles
  Edward Charles FIDLER (1841-1888) married Charlotte Louisa JAMES in 1871 at Hamilton and they had the following family - Edward Charles (b. 1871, Bruk Bruk), George Henry, Alice Louisa, Edward Charles, Francis, Charlotte Louisa, Clara Emma, Arthur, Alexander, Frederick Ernest & Lucy Harriet.
  
  
• FINK M & B J
  M & B J FINK are named as landowners north of Carapook in the "Tulse Hill" area of the Parish of Bruk Bruk in the 1870s. This appears to be a Moses FINK (1810-1885) and his son Benjamin Josman FINK who emigrated from Guernsey & Jersey in the Channel Islands to Victoria, Australia in 1861.
  
  
• FITZGERALD, Bryan Cunningham
  Bryan Cunningham FITZGERALD (1833-1913), paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £122. Bryan had a dau. Margaret Jane b. ca 1870, Carapook. Bryan FITZGERALD married Robina HAWKINS in 1863 and they had the following family - Mary Ellen, Isabella Hawkins, Julia, Margaret Jane, John Bryan, Eugene Fin, Robina, Bryan Cunningham, George Carruthers, Gerald Thomas, Bryan Reginald, Leo Cussen.
  
  
• FITZGERALD, Thomas
  Thomas FITZGERALD (c1830-1894), b. Co Kerry, Ireland married Johannah TIBY (c1830-1898), b Co Limerick, Ireland at Adelaide, South Australia in 1854. They appear to have had 3 or 4 children in South Australia (not on the births CD) and 3 or 4 more chn in Victoria. Thomas FITZGERALD, Farmer of Bruk Bruk had his mark witnessed by Denis NASH when he signed the Bruk Bruk School petition of 1865 stating that he had 3 school aged children ready to attend a proposed new school at Bruk Bruk. They were Mary (age 10y), Catherine (age 7y) and John (age 4y).
  
  
• FORD, Frederick, William
  Frederick William FORD (1900-1964), b. Merino, Victoria, son of Benjamin FORD and Susan PRIME is listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll. Frederick FORD applied to enlist in 1918 in the AIF as an engineering student but was demobilised as the war ended.
  
  
• GIBBS ? (GILBO ?)
  Mr GIBBS [sic] and family lost a lot of farm equipment in the Carapook fire in January, 1900. It is possible this name may have been an error in the newspaper and that it may have been be William GILBO not Mr GIBBS at Carapook. William GILBO had land in the same area as William HUTTON who also lost property in this fire.
  
  
• GIBSON, John
  John GIBSON, a Baker of Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition but not marked on the corresponding map. This appears to be John GIBSON, b. ca 1835, co Cavan, Ireland who married Johann Mary ADAMS in 1867 at Penola, South Australia. They appear to have had the following family - Charles Vincent, Jessie Mary Winifred, Mary Frances and Joseph.
  
  
• GILBO, John
  John GILBO (1835-1895), had a signature on an 1865 letter from Bruk Bruk School Committee with 2 school-aged children, living 2 miles NW of Carapook. John GILBO had married Bridget GILCHRIST, 1854, Ireland and he became a farmer about 2 miles north west of the Carapook settlement where the paddock is still referred to as "Gilbo's". John GILBO paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £53. John & Bridget had the following family - Mary, William Thomas, John, James, Margaret Ann & William. A grandaughter Margaret became a teacher and married Ivan POVEY, also from Carapook.
  
  
• GODING, Richard
  Richard GODING (1832-1869) b. 1832, Somersetshire, England arrived at Portland, Australia in 1851 as an 18 year old on the "Tasmania". He was employed by Edward Henty of "Muntham Station" and then moved to Melbourne where, in 1853 he married Sarah Ann MARSHALL (1824-1919) and they had at least 4 children before Richard's early death at the age of 37.
  
  
• GRANT, John Scott
  John Scott GRANT (1822-1879) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £81. John was a farmer and publican who had married Ann KILPATRICK in 1841 and raised a large family in the Dartmoor, Sandford and Casterton area.
  
  
• GREENHAM, George
  George GREENHAM (1819-1890) married Margaret WATMOUGH in 1848 and they had the following family - Jane, James, George, Mary Elizabeth, Julia, Alfred, Frances, Albert James (ca 1863 Carapook), Peter, Alice. Albert James GREENHAM married an Emily JENNINGS in 1891 and they went to Western Australia.
  
  
• GRINHAM, Israel
  Israel GRINHAM (1831-1893), brother of George GREENHAM above married Margery McNEIL in 1857 and they had the following family - John, Israel, Isabella, Charles, Gerald / Jerrod, Margery, Henry Alexander, Lewis Edwin, Margaret Ellen (b. 1874, Carapook), Roy McNeil, Catherine Louisa, Frances Eva, Margaret Jean. Descendants of this GRINHAM family lived at Carapook for many years.
  
  
• GUTHRIDGE, Richard Charles
  Richard Charles GUTHRIDGE (1837-1934) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showing 4 school-aged children, living 1 mile NW of Carapook. Richard GUTHRIDGE married Elizabeth PITTS in 1860 at Portland, Victoria and they had a large family at Portland, Carapook and Edenhope.
  
  
• HADDEN, David
  David HADDEN (1828- ? ), and Sarah NAPIER married, 1854 in Ireland and had the following family - James, Thomas, John, Jemima, William, Robert & Samuel (b. 1868, Carapook, m. Elena EDWARDS).
  
  
• HANDLEY, Elijah
  Elijah HANDLEY (1823-1860), married in 1851 at "Muntham" Station to Frances JAY and they had the following family - Elijah, Martha Walker, Elijah, Benjamin Elijah, Leslie Charles & Alfred Frederick.
  
  
• HART, James
  James HART (1844-194) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showing 5 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile East of Carapook.
  
  
• HARVEY, John "Jack the Pointer"
  John HARVEY or "Jack the Pointer" was bullock driver at Muntham Station in the 1850s. He was known as "Jack the Pointer" as he had a stiff finger, and was an "old hand" who came over from Van Diemen's Land with Mr HENTY. He was charged on 2 Nov 1857 in the Casterton Court with selling a working bullock belonging to Edward HENTY.
  
  
• HAWKINS, John
  John HAWKINS paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £27. There seems to be two possible John HAWKINS in the area at this time. It may have been John Benjamin HAWKINS, married to Mary Ann HENRY who had 9 children in Casterton or it could be John HAWKINS, carrier of Digby, son of John HAWKINS & Frances LAMB who married Catherine FARLEY in 1876.
  
  
• HAYES, William
  William HAYES (ca 1825-1899) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition showing him as a labourer of Bruk Bruk, 1 school-aged child, living 1 mile N of Carapook. This appears to be William HAYES who was married to Mary NIVEN and had chn - Thomas (b. 1855, TIP, IRL, m. Bessie DOUGHENEY at Carapook in 1887), William (1858, Dartmoor), John (1862 Tahara) & Margaret (1863 Tahara)
  
  
• HAYMAN, Henry Thomas
  Henry Thomas HAYMAN (1863-1930) was a teacher at Carapook from 1888-1902, prior to this he was at Tarrayoukyan. He married Catherine Ann BRACEWELL in 1883 and had the following family - Carrie, Walter & Harry, who is listed on the WW1 Honour Roll at Carapook.
  
  
• HEENAN, John
  John HEENAN (ca 1836-1913) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showing 4 school-aged children, living 2½ miles East of Carapook. John HEENAN was married to Johanna O'CALLAGHAN and they had a large family born in the Carapook and Sandford areas. John HEENAN's parents and connection with the other HEENAN families in the area is unknown at this time.???
  
• HEENAN, John
  John HEENAN (ca 1837-1907) from Co Limerick, Ireland lived at Carapook and was an unmarried brother of Maurice HEENAN (below) who had a large family at Carapook
  
• HEENAN, Maurice
  Maurice HEENAN (ca 1826-1895) from Co Limerick, Ireland paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £22. Maurice HEENAN married Mary FITZGERALD in Ireland and had a large family near Penola, SA before moving to Victoria. He had farming property near "Tulse Hill", north of Carapook.
  
  
• HEFFERNAN, Denis
  Denis HEFFERNAN (1849-1921), and Johanna FITZGERALD (1850-1912) were married in 1871 in Hamilton and had the following family - Margaret (b. 1872, Carapook), John 'Jack', Denis, Honora, Catherine, Ellen & Michael. This family was probably in the Carapook area from 1872 to 1887 when they moved to Harrow.
  
• HEFFERNAN, J, listed as a landowner in 1879 in the parish of Carapook, south near the Wannon River. This was probably Johanna (nee FITZGERALD) wife of Denis HEFFERNAN.
  
  
• HENTY, Edward
  Edward HENTY (1810-1878), son of Thomas HENTY and Frances Elizabeth HOPKINS from West Tarring, Sussex. He became the occupier of Muntham Pastoral Run from 1837 after arriving at Portland in 1834. He married Anna Maria GALLIE in 1840, there were no children. Edward was M.L.A. 1856-1861. Edward HENTY paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £994. Old photograph of "Muntham" Woolshed.
  
  
• HERON, Thomas
  Thomas HERON (1825-1906) landowner in 1871 in the Parish of Bruk Bruk married Jessie Ann McPHERSON (1831-1916) in 1853 and had the following family - Thomas, John, Helen, Francis, Arthur, Herbert, George, Alfred, James & Walter born in south-west Victoria (Coleraine - Hamilton area).
  
  
• HIGGINS, Maria
  Maria HIGGINS was a teacher at S.S. 1969 Carapook from 1903 t0 1904.
  
  
• HOBBS, William
  William HOBBS (1826-1913) was married in 1844, Hertfordshire, England to Emily GEARY (1826-1898) and emigrated to South Australia in 1849. William and had a large family and moved to Victoria in 1870 where he worked at "Muntham" Station for a short time before selecting land near Harrow in 1873. William and Emily had the following family - Mary, George William, Joseph, Jessie Ann, Emma, Eliza, William, Ann, Charlotte, Jane, Thomas & Amy. William and Emily HOBBS are buried in the Harrow Cemetery.
  
  
• HODGETTS, Nathaniel
  Nathaniel HODGETTS (1850-1935), was a grandson of Thomas HODGETTS from Staffordshire, a convict who arrived on the 'Scarborough' as a part of the Second Fleet to NSW in 1790. Nathaniel HODGETTS b. 1850 Portland, Vic, son of Thomas HODGETTS and Alicia DAVY, married Harriet NEAVE in 1873. Nathaniel was from Carapook at the time of his marriage in 1873 and they had the following family - Alice May Ruthin, William John, James Nathaniel, Ernest Walter & Albert Francis.
  
  
• HOLZGREFE, William
  William HOLZGREFE (1844-1897) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £66. William appears to be a brother of Julia Anna HOLZGREFE who was married to Abraham JOHNSTON of Carapook. William married Agnes GARDINER in 1886 and they raised a family at Sheep Hills, near Warracknabeal.
  
  
• HORNIBROOK, John Wiseman
  John HORNIBROOK (1827-1901) and Annabella MANNING were married at Sandhurst (Bendigo) in 1859 and some of their family were born at Muntham. Their family was - Charles Elwood, Ellen (b. 1863, Muntham), John Thomas, unnamed female (b. 1866, Muntham), James Wiseman & Mary Jane.
  
  
• HOUSTON, David
  David HOUSTON (1838-1928) a carpenter of Carapook, had a signature on 1875 Carapook School petition and map showing 4 school-aged children, living 1 mile South of Carapook. Known children were - James, David, Thomas, David, Seline and Robert Hamilton
  
  
• HOWLETT, John
  John HOWLETT (1830-1909) from Cambridgeshire, England arrived at Geelong in 1857 with his wife and two children. Later they lived at Carapook or Bruk Bruk in the 1860s & 1870s. He was married to Mary Ann JEX (1831-1918) and they had a known family of ten children.
  
  
• HULSE, Stephen
  Stephen HULSE (abt 1825-1863+), owned two block of land (abt 110 acres) in Carroll's Road, north of the Carapook township, in the parish of Bruk Bruk in 1863. Stephen HULSE married Emily NORRIS in 1853 in Victoria and they had children at Belfast, Carisbrook and Lake Learmonth in the 1850s before purchasing the above land in 1863. After this the HULSe family...............?
  
  
• HUTCHINSON, Peter
  Peter HUTCHINSON (abt 1815- ? ) appears to have been a tailor at "Muntham" Station with wife Sarah SACNLON ?, as a daughter Mary HUTCHINSON was born in 1843 on "Muntham" Station.
  
  
• HUTTON, Robert
  Robert HUTTON (1834-1903) paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £80. Robert HUTTON appears to be the brother of William HUTTON below, both sons of David & Janet HUTTON.
  
• HUTTON, William
  William HUTTON (1836-1916), son of David & Janet HUTTON and from Fife, Scotland married Mary Ann HARRY in 1871 and they had the following family - Mary, David, Richard Francis, Janet, Elizabeth, William (b. 1880, Carapook, mar. 1910 Ethel GUNDRY), Lilias, Ellen, Robert Lowe, Martha & James Bruce. William HUTTON paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £119. Mr Hutton lost stock and fodder in the Carapook fire of Jan, 1900.
  
  
• HYLAND, John
  John HYLAND, a farm worker of Carapook, was a witness at the inquest into the accidental death of Johann SCHULTZ in Dec 1874 when his horse and cart overturned at Carapook. [No family connection has been made with John HYLAND in the Carapook area at this time.]
  
  
• HYLAND, Patrick "Pat"
  Patrick HYLAND b. abt 1822, Ireland, m. Elizabeth DARCY, arrived in 1841, Overseer on "Hilgay Station" for 10y, then for Edward HENTY on "Muntham Station". He purchased the "Sandford Hotel" from Capt. WARDLEY for a short while c.1859 and he sold it to Charles GRINHAM by the end of 1859. He had 3 children who all married and he died in Hamilton in 1884.
  
  
• JACKSON, Alexander William Alexander William JACKSON (1822-1879), b. Falmouth, Cornwall, England married Margaret RIORDAN (1831-1899)at "Muntham" in 1856 and they had the following children: Ellen (1856), William Alexander (1862 Melbourne), Sarah Adelaide (1866 Queenscliff). Alexander and family moved to Queenscliff where he became a fisherman and he died there in 1879.
  
  
• JACKSON, James James JACKSON (1832-1900), was head stockman at "Muntham" Station in the 1850s. He married Ann WHITE at Heywood in 1856 and they had the following children: Thomas (1857 Muntham), George (1859 Muntham), James (1861 Muntham), William (1863 Muntham), Ann (1865 Sandford), Elizabeth (1868), Joseph (1870 Sandford), Mary Jane (1872 Sandford), Henry (1876 Sandford), Francis (1878 Sandford).
  
  
• JAMES, Samuel
  Samuel JAMES 1795-1865 was a servant of Edward HENTY's at "Muntham" Station from 1837-1865. He came with Edward HENTY to Portland Bay in 1834 from Van Diemen's Land and never left his employment. He died at "Muntham" in 1865 in his 70th year and left a will in which he stated he was from Liskeard, Cornwall, named 3 children - John, Maryanne & Anne JAMES and 3 brothers - John, William & Benjamin JAMES.
  
  
• JELBERT, Joseph
  Joseph JELBART (1815-1901) and his wife Joyce PHILLIPS was a storekeeper at Carapook and his family were involved in blacksmithing. Their children were - Joseph, John Phillips (blacksmith at Carapook), Thomas, Everard Viges, Francis, Joyce Ann, & Charles Edmund. Members of this family moved north to the Natimuk and Goroke areas in Victoria, as well as to Ballarat.
  
  
• JENNINGS, Joseph (Jonas)
  Joseph (Jonas) JENNINGS (1823-1895), a carrier of Carapook, had his signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showing 5 school-aged children, living 1 mile NE of Carapook. He married mary HUTCINS in 1854 and they had the following children - Ann, Elizabeth, William, Mary Ann, Charlotte & Margaret. Mary died in 1863 and Joseph then married Isabella McKINNON in 1866 and they had the following children - Catherine, Jessie, Donald Frank & Sarah Ann.
  • JENNINGS, Catherine 'Kate'
    Catherine 'Kate' JENNINGS (1867-1949), daughter of Joseph JENNINGS had a daughter Isabella, born at Carapook in 1889. Catherine married George WELCH in 1890 and they had a large family. Isabella JENNINGS (1889-1923) married Frank Higgins VOCE (1889-1982) in 1910. Frank had been born in Coleraine and won an MM in WW1 when serving with the 14th Battalion AIF. Frank and Isabella had one son, Frank, born in Coleraine before Isabella died in 1913 aged 24.
  
  
  
• JOHNS, Richard
  Richard JOHNS (1835-1905) & Susannah EDMONDS (1841-1902) arrived from South Australia in the early 1860s and were having children at Bruk Bruk befoe moving north to Harrow and Clear lake in the 1870s.
  
  
• JOHNSON, Abraham
  Abraham JOHNSON (1831-1921) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and the map showed 2 school-aged children, living 2 miles SW of Carapook. Abraham JOHNSON who was married to Julia Anna HOLZGREFE in 1869 at "Muntham", paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £142.
  
  
• KEATS, Joseph
  Joseph KEATS, b. 1835, Somerset, England son of Benjamin KEATS and Johanna HUTCHINSON was married in 1857 in Belfast (now Port Fairy), Victoria to Emma BOWYER, b. 1840 Plymouth, England, daughter of Benjamin BOWYER and Mary Ann COOPER. This couple had two children at "Muntham Station" or in the Casterton area in 1860 and 1862 before returning to the Port Fairy area.
  
  
• KENT, Michael Joseph
  Michael Joseph KENT (1855-1918) son of Walter KENT and Mary FANNING, born Kilkenny, Ireland worked at "Muntham" as a fencer and Wool Presser. He married Nora O'BRIEN in 1881 at Casterton and had the following family - Maria, Barry, Eileen, Esmond, Leonnie, Kathleen & Esmond
  
  
• KING, Charles McArthur
  Charles McArthur KING, Manager of "Muntham" Station, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition. Charles KING was son of Admiral Philip KING, grandson of Governor KING, the 3rd Governor of the Colony of NSW. Charles KING later became Police Magistrate at Bourke, NSW and Chief Magistrate on Norfolk Island. Charles KING married Jane WILSON in NSW in 1855 and they had a number of children born at "Muntham" Station.
  
  
• KINGHORN, Alexander "Sandy"
  Alexander KINGHORN (1846-1917), from Haddington, Scotland married Isabella BETHUNE from Inverness, Scotland at Carapook in 1870.
  
  
• KNIGHT, James
  James KNIGHT (c1831-?) b. c.1831 Somersetshire, England, son of George KNIGHT & Harriet ___ arrived at Portland, Australia on the "Tasmania" in 1851, aged 20 years. He was employed by Edward Henty of "Muntham Station" for 6 months with rations.
  
  
• KOCH, Charles Joseph
  Charles Joseph KOCH (c1840-1900) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £328.
  
  
• KOOK, Herman Snr
  Herman KOOK (1807-1887) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £64.
  
  
• LANDER, Edward
  Edward LANDER (1811-1895) and his wife Mary Ann SIMPSON had a large family and emigrated from Calais (from whence they had settled after moving from Nottingham in the early 1840s) to South Australia in 1848 aboard the "Harpley". Some of their children moved across to the Carapook area of western Victoria. Rosina LANDER (1843-1933) was married to Thomas TEMPLETON. Her sister Clara LANDER (1845-1936) was married to Robert CHAPMAN. Both families had children born at Carapook or Muntham. John Hudden LANDER (1837-1927), their brother, married Eliza KOOK, the daughter of Herman KOOK Snr. (immediately above) who also had family in the area. This LANDER family is linked to the Lacemakers of Calais for which there is an external web site to the Australian Society of the Lacemakers of Calais. The Honorary Secretary being Richard LANDER, a descendant from this family group.
  
  
• LAWFORD(John)
  John LAWFORD 1811-1880 married his second wife Mary O'REILLY 1818-1880 in 1868 at "Pleasant Banks", Carapook. The family appears to have lived at Sandford and harrow.
  
  
• LAWLOR, Ambrose Augustus
  Ambrose Augustus LAWLOR (1873-1927), was born at Nirranda, near Warrnambool, son of Michael LAWLOR and Bridget CARMODY. When Ambrose married Ellen Lucy FITZGERALD daughter of Thomas FITZGERALD and Mary HEENAN, from Coleraine in 1904 he was listed as being from "Muntham". Ambrose and Ellen had the following children - Thomas & Mary Veronica LAWLOR b. Hamilton.
  
  
• LEWIS, Thomas
  Thomas LEWIS (c1809-1874) was married to Rebecca BRAHAM in 1842 at Green ponds, Tasmania. He and Rebecca left Tasmania, and landed at Portland, Victoria where they made their way to Mr Henty's property, "Muntham" Station. During the following years they moved from there to the Henty property at "Merino Downs", then to Sandford, and finally to Bahgallah.
  
  
• LEY, Charles Arthur
  Charles Arthur LEY (1860-1943), son of Ernest James LEY and Louisa Charlotte CHART was married in 1885 to Annie COTTER (1864-1949), daughter of Michael COTTER and Catherine McINTOSH of Carapook. Charles and Annie LEY lived at Carapook and had the following children; Ernest James LEY (1886-1972), Donald Alexander LEY (1887-1954), Louisa Daphne LEY (1890- ? ), Catherine Nancy LEY (1906 - ? ), Thomas Vincent LEY (1908-1962).
  
  
• LIGHT, Edward
  Edward LIGHT, b. c.1827, London, England married in 1853 in Coleraine, Victoria to Isabella McFADYEN, b. c.1832 Argyllshire, Scotland. This couple had a child at "Muntham Station" near Carapook in 1854 before moving on to the Cavendish area.
  
  
• LILLEY, Daisy
  Daisy LILLEY (1898- ? ), was born at Creswick in 1898, daughter of Samuel LILLEY and Sarah ARGYLE. Daisy LILLEY was the teacher at Carapook School No 1969 ca 1916-1918 and boarded with the POVEY family. She later married a ? PYERS.
  
  
• LITTLE, Andrew
  Andrew LITTLE (1833-1913) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £12. Andrew LITTLE was married to Mary CREGAN in 1859 and had six children between 1859 and 1869.
  
  
• LOUGHRAN, Peter
  Peter LOUGHRAN (ca 1834- ? ) married Mary CUSH in Ireland in 1855 and they appear to have had some of their children at Carapook. This made him a brother-in-law of Christoph LUERS who was married to Mary's sister Isabella CUSH.
  
  
• LUERS, Christoph
  Christoph LUERS (1834-1905) was married to Isabella CUSH. He was listed as a farmer of Carapook, with a signature on 1875 Carapook School petition and map which showed 5 school-aged children, living 1 mile ESE of Carapook.
  
  
• MALING, Israel
  Israel MALING (1825-1887), and his wife Mary Ann HOUGHTON from Cambridge, England arrived on the "Eliza" at Portland in 1853, settled in the Merino area and one son is shown to have been born at Muntham. Their family was Harriet, George William, Priscilla, Grace, Mary Ann, Robert (b. 1859, Muntham), Amelia, Israel, Henry, Matilda & Martha Ellen.
  
  
• MALLETT, James
  James MALLETT (1834-1901), was born in Tasmania and came to Portland in 1845. He worked at "Muntham" Station during the 1840's and 1850's and later settled in Merino. James married Eliza Sarah SEABORN in 1856 and they had the following family - Mary Jane, Ann, Lucy, William Thomas, George Seaborn, Ernest, Ada Eliza, James Henry, Herbert Robert & Martha Amy. James MALLETT's Muntham Recollections.
  
  
• MARONEY, P
  P MARONEY owned a block of land at the bottom of the 'Bella Vista' Hill at Carapook in 1874, west of the Carapook settlement. [NOTE: Cannot identify this individual at this time, it may have been Patrick MAHONEY who was a farmer near Coleraine at this time.]
  
  
• MARSH, Thomas
  Thomas MARSH (1830-1908) from Norfolk, England was married to Maria LOCK in 1853. Thomas was a labourer of Bruk Bruk and had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and the map showed 4 school-aged children, living 2 miles NW of Carapook.
  
  
• MARSHALL, Reuben Augustus
  Reuben Augustus MARSHALL (1894-1938) married Gladys May BAWDEN in 1919 and lived at Carapook in the 1920s. Reuben is in the Carapook Football team photograph of 1921. They had the following children - Edward, Greta, Kerin, Thomas and Kaye.
  
  
• MARTIN, Angus
  Angus MARTIN (1804-1864) and his wife Margaret McLEOD were the parents of Angus & Archibald MARTIN who are named as landowners of joining allotments north east of Carapook in the Parish of Bruk Bruk in the 1860s. Their land joins the allotment of J DOUGHENEY which indicates that Angus (1845-1905) and Archibald MARTIN (1841-1897) were likely to be the brothers of Margaret MARTIN (1835-1921), wife of James DOUGHENEY (1832-1875) from Carapook. The brothers Angus & Archibald both died in NSW.
  
  
• McARTHUR, Peter
  Peter McARTHUR (1806-1892) from Kintra, Isle of Mull arrived at Portland on the "Marmion" in 1852 with his third wife and 11 children and proceeded to Mt Gambier in South Australia. His three eldest sons, John, Archibald and Dugald were all engaged by Edward HENTY of "Muntham" Station for 12 months.
  
  
• McBEAN, William (Snr)
  William McBEAN (Snr) (1808-1891), had a signature on an 1865 letter from Bruk Bruk School Committee. This appears to be the family of William McBEAN and wife Ann ROBERTSON, who married in 1833, Perth, Scotland and had the following family - Ann, Ann, William, Alexander, John, Helen & Eliza. His son William was a teacher at Carapook Common School. The family moved north to the Minimay & Goroke area.
  
• McBEAN, William (Jnr)
  William McBEAN (1840-1915), son of William McBEAN (Snr) and Ann ROBERTSON, born ca 1840 Scotland. William was a teacher at Carapook Common School. William married Mary Ann SMITH in 1876 and had the following family - William Cadell, Eliza Grant, Alexander Hugh, Isabella Ann, James Donald, Achina May, Georgina Margaret, Anne Isabella, John Robertson & Charles Allan. The family moved north to the Minimay & Goroke area. William's obituary appeared in the West Wimmera Mail of 9 Jul 1915.
  
  
• McCAHILL, Mary
  Mary McCAHILL (1836-1883) of Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map which showed 3 school-aged children, living 1 mile SW of Carapook. This was probably Mary KENNY, widow of Hugh McCAHILL (1827-1869) who died at Carapook in 1869.
  William NEAVE (1816-1887) was married to Hannah WILLIAMS (1818-1892) and they arrived at Portland in 1855 with four children. This family settled in the Nareen / Harrow area and their son Robert, who married Catherine McCAHILL from Carapook, had the "Royal Oak" Hotel at Tarrayoukyan.
  
  
• McCALLUM, Norman
  Norman McCALLUM (1905-1968) lived at Carapook. His sister Lucy McCallum (1901-1969) married Ern POVEY (1898-1965) and they lived at Carapook in the POVEY House before moving to Portland.
  
  
• McCLURE, James
  James McCLURE (1843-1914), and his wife Margaret McLACHLAN lived at Carapook where their first children were born ca 1866-1872. Later the moved north around the Natimuk area. Their family was - Annie b. 1886, Muntham, John b. 1867 Muntham, Jane b. 1870, Muntham, Donald Lewis, Sarah, Lily Ann, Hugh, Robert Glasgow, Mary Annabella & David.
  
  
• McCREDDEN, John
  John McCREDDEN (1833-1904), and his wife Margaret McCLURE (1841-1930), sister of John McCLURE (above) lived at "Muntham" Station in the early 1870s where a couple of their children were born. Later the moved north around the Natimuk area. Their known family was - John b. 1859, Wangoom, Jane Eliza b. 1861 Allansford, Mary b. 1863, Allansford, Matthew b. 1864 Mepunga, Ann b. 1868 Allansford, Catherine b. 1871 "Muntham", Margaret b. 1873 Casterton, Lillian b. 1876, David b. 1878 Natimuk, Ethel Maud b. 1880 Natimuk, Leila Wilton b. 1883 Natimuk & Gertrude May b. 1885 Wimmera.
  
  
• McDONALD, Dugald
  Dugald McDONALD (1828-1889) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £80. Appears to be the Dugald McDONALD from Nairnshire, Scotland, brother of John McDONALD, Head Teacher at Coleraine SS who inherited "Bella Vista" at Carapook.
  
  
• McDONALD, George
  George McDONALD paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £318. This may be the George McDONALD who had no children and from whom John McDONALD inherited "Bella Vista" at Carapook
  
  
• McDONALD, John
  John McDONALD (1819-1885) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showed 1 school-aged child, living 1 mile SW of Carapook. John was the Head Teacher at Coleraine SS and inherited "Bella Vista" at Carapook. John's son Norman McDonald became acting professor of Veterinary Science at Melbourne University, landed at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915 as Capt McDONALD. He was decorated [MID], promoted to Major and returned to Carapook where he served the community with distinction. He was fondly referred to as "The Major".
  
  
• McDONNELL, Patrick
  Patrick McDONNELL (abt 1825-1874) from Co Clare, Ireland, was married in Ireland to Bridget HOURIGAN also from Co Clare, Ireland and had the following family: John, Michael Hourigan, John, William James, Thomas Hourigan, Patrick, Francis, Elizabeth Margaret & a baby. The mother Bridget died at "Munthan" in 1866 and the father, Patrick died at Carapook in 1874.
  
  • McDONNELL, William James
    William James McDONNELL (1857-1923), son of Patrick mcDONNELL above, married Mary Margaret DOYLE in 1878 and they had a number of children born at Carapook. Their family was - James Patrick, b. 1879, Carapook, Mary, William, Elizabeth, John Peter, Gertrude Alicia, Annie Bedilia, Catherine & Margaret Frances.
    
  • McDONNELL, John
    John McDONNELL b. 1856, Carapook, son of Patrick McDONNELL above, married Catherine COLEMAN in 1884. John was a brother of the above William James McDONNELL
    
    
• McEVOY, Thomas
  Thomas McEVOY (1835-1909), was the Police Constable at Digby in the 1860's. He married Elizabth HAWKINS in 1865 and also lived at Bahgallah. Some of his children were born at Carapook and his family was - David Thomas, Julia Elizabeth, Alice, Beatrice Florence (b. 1873, Carapook), Ellen, Charlotte Ennis and Edith Margaret. Thomas McEVOY paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £57.
  
  
• McEWAN, James
  James McEWAN (1834-1870) married Ann SMALL in 1856, Ireland. James was a shepherd on "Muntham" Station and became a selector on "Satimer" Station. James and Ann had the following family, a number of whom appear to have been born at "Muntham" Station - William, Mary Jane, Michael, James (b. 1863, Muntham, d. 1875), Edward, Sarah Ann, Agnes Mary & Francis. James was killed in a farming accident on his property at Satimer in 1870, leaving a widow and young family.
  
  
• McKAY, Catherine Mary
  Catherine Mary McKAY (1829-1908), was a governess at "Muntham" Station prior to her marriage at Ballarat in 1855 to David McFADYEN. Catherine had arrived at Portland in 1852 on the 'Dominion'.
  A History of the McFadyens in Victoria is an external web site by Bert Whinfield that mentions this family.
  
  
• McKELLAR, Peter
  Peter McKELLAR (1884-1916) born Redruth (Wannon), son of Thomas James McKELLAR and Catherine 'Kate' McKENZIE appears to be the P. McKELLAR on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll.
  
  
• McKENZIE, Nathaniel
  Nathaniel McKENZIE (ca 1845-1935?) of Carapook had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and the map showed 2 school-aged children, living 1 mile S of Carapook.
  
  
• McKINNON, Hector Malcolm
  Hector Malcolm McKINNON was b. 1877, Mingbool, South Australia son of Malcolm McKINNON and Mary Margaret McCALLUM. He owned "Muntham" Station and is listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll. Hector McKINNON is probably the H. McKINNON from Strathdownie who served in the Boer War
  
  
• McLACHLAN, Alexander
  Alexander McLACHLAN (ca 1846-1929) son of Donald McLACHLAN and Ann McDONALD arrived at Portland in 1854 with his parents and siblings. The obituary of his brother-in-law Donald McRAE provided the following link with "Muntham" - Leaving Inverness where he [Donald McRAE] was born in 1842, with his parents, when he was about 10 years of age, he came to Australia, landing at Portland. Up till 1865 he was employed on station work, after which time he and his brother-in-law (Mr. Alex McLACHLAN), became partners in a farm at Muntham near Hamilton. Not meeting with much success, they, in 1872, went to the Arapiles district and selected 320 acres each. After the dissolution of this partnership 7 years later he became a larger land holder acquiring over 1000 acres at Tooan, and of late years he was very successful as a wheat grower and grazier.
  Alexander McLACHLAN married Catherine McRAE in 1879 and they had the following family - Jessie Ann, Donald Lewis, Alexander Ewen, John Cumming, Lilian, Kenneth Duncan, Peter Francis & Catherine.
  
  
• McLENNAN, John
  John McLENNAN, paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £12.
  
  
• McLENNAN, Farquhar
  Farquhar McLENNAN (1838-1908) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £115. This is probably the Farquhar McLENNAN of Sandford who married Rebecca MATHESON (1846-1929) and had the following family - Cecelia, Donald, Mary, Duncan, Catherine, Isabella, Rebecca & Ann from 1870 to 1886.
  
  
• McNICOL, Duncan Archibald
  Duncan Archibald McNICOL (1877-1955), son of John McNICOL and Ann McLEOD, Grazier of "Blackwood" and "Phoines" at Carapook in the early 1900's. A number of the POVEY boys from Carapook worked for Duncan McNICOL at "Phoines", including Alan who worked there for 32 years. Duncan was married to Elizabeth Jessie McARTHUR and they had 4 children - John, Archie, Margaret & Joan.
  
  
• McPHEE, Donald
  Donald McPHEE (1794-1854), and his wife Mary McINNES arrived at Portland in Dec 1852 on the "Marmion". Upon arrival, their sons Neil, Hector, Alexander and Angus McPHEE, were engaged by Edward HENTY of "Muntham" Station.
  
  
• McPHERSON, John Russell
  John Russell McPHERSON (1832-1905), b. 1832 Kingussie, Scotland, son of Duncan McPHERSON and Georgina McKINNON. J.R. McPHERSON paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £595. This was the John Russell McPHERSON who owned "Phoines" Pastoral Run at Carapook.
  
  
• McRAE, Donald
  Donald McRAE (1843-1914) son of Donald McRAE and Janet McLACHLAN arrived at Portland ca 1853. His obituary provided the following link with "Muntham" - Leaving Inverness where he was born in 1842, with his parents, when he was about 10 years of age, he came to Australia, landing at Portland. Up till 1865 he was employed on station work, after which time he and his brother-in-law (Mr. Alex McLACHLAN), became partners in a farm at Muntham near Hamilton. Not meeting with much success, they, in 1872, went to the Arapiles district and selected 320 acres each. After the dissolution of this partnership 7 years later he became a larger land holder acquiring over 1000 acres at Tooan, and of late years he was very successful as a wheat grower and grazier.
  Donald McRAE married Mary McLACHLAN in 1865 and they had the following family - Jessie Ann, Donald Lewis, Lilian, Lachlan Hugh, Robert, Christina Catherine & John Cumming.
  
  
• MELLOR, Thomas
  Thomas MELLOR ca 1791-1866 died at "Muntham Station" in 1866, age 85y. The "Hamilton Spectator" recorded his death details as... "in the 86th year of his age, Thomas Mellor, an old and faithful servant of Edward HENTY, Esq. Arrived in the Second Fleet in 1805". NOTE - 1805 is too late to be listed as "Second Fleet", but there was a Thomas MELLOR, convict who arrived at Sydney on the "Fortune & Alexander" in 1806.
  
  
• MENZIES, John
  John MENZIES (1846-?), Blacksmith of Carapook, had a signature on 1875 Carapook School petition, but residential location not marked on map. John MENZIES married Elizabeth LOWE in 1870 and they had a large family from 1872 to 1896. The family appears to have moved to Mt Gambier, South Australia in the 1880s.
  
  
• MILBURN, William
  William MILBURN (1838-1918) a Farmer of Bruk Bruk, had a signature on 1875 Carapook School petition and the map showed 4 school-aged children, living 1 mile N of Carapook. William MILBURN paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £77.
  Nurse N. MILBURN is listed as an ex-pupil of Carapook School who served as a Nurse in WW1 on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll.
  
  
• MILES, John
  John MILES (1834-1905), late of Ferring Sussex, ENG came out in a ship of the HENTY's bringing sheep to Edward HENTY's "Muntham" Station 60 miles or so north from Portland in Feb. 1856. The HENTY's were from West Tarring, SSX, ENG. Their arrivals were, Western AUS., then Launceston, Tasmania and later to Portland, VIC. John MILES aged 21 and a half yrs in a ship of HENTY's bringing sheep (Merino) out to Lanceston TAS. & Portland, VIC, AUS.
  Is it possible for someone please to lookup the passenger listing of John MILES aboard one of the HENTY's ships?
  Is there anyone that could assist me with research with the HENTY family tree lookups?
  Contact: Debbie velcro@iprimus.com.au
  
  
• MILLARD, Emanuel Jackson
  Emanuel Jackson MILLARD (1854-1900) and Janet STANFORD (1857-1921) had at least one child born at Carapook in 1878 and others at Sandford or Henty.
  
  
• MOLLOY, Lawrence
  Lawrence MOLLOY (1840-1881) a Farmer of Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showed 3 school-aged children, living 1 mile NW of Carapook. Lawrence paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £32.
  
  
• MOYLAN, Thomas
  Thomas MOYLAN (1843-1921) from Clare, Ireland married Mary Ann CARMICHAEL at Carapook in 1868 and they had the following family - George Patrick, Mary, Thomas John, Isabella Carmichael, Elizabeth Carmichael, William James, Margaret Elizabeth, Rhoda Alice, Arthur, Albert Henry, Kathleen Victoria & Esther May. Thomas MOYLAN paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £141.
  
  
• MURRAY, David Munro
  David Munro MURRAY (1829-1896) from Scotland was Sheep Manager on "Muntham" Station in the 1850s and a Farmer of Bruk Bruk when he signed the 1875 Carapook School petition but the location of his house was not shown on the map with the petition. David Munro Murray married Margaret RYAN in 1852 at "Muntham" Station and they had the following childrem - Mary, Clara, Isabella, David, William, Augustus, George, Medea, Cora, John Theros & ___.
  
  
• MURRAY, John
  John MURRAY (1812-1896) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £128. This is probably the John MURRAY who married Christian HUTCHESON in 1844 and had the following family - Alexander, David, George & Ellen.
  
  
• MURRAY, R___
  R___ MURRAY is listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll.
  
  
• MURTAGH, Walter
  Walter MURTAGH (1800-1865), from Co Meath, Ireland, married to Bridget MOYLES, arrived in western Victoria from Tasmania between 1845 and 1849. Walter first worked for the HENTY family at "Muntham" Station before settling in Coleraine. Walter & Bridget MURTAGH had the following known family - Marcella (1835), Katherine (1838), William (c1839), Maria (c1843), Edward (c1845), Patrick (c1845) & James (1849).
  
  
• NASH, Denis
  Denis NASH (1835-1903), from Co Clare, Ireland married Emily Miles SPICER (1839-1883) from Dorset, England at Penola, South Australia in 1856. Denis NASH was a member of the 1863 Glenelg Shire Council and his signature is on an 1865 letter from the Bruk Bruk School Committee. They had a number of children born at Carapook in the 1860s & 1870s and their known family was - Thomas A, Nicholas, William Michael, Annie May, Mary, Emily Catherine, Florence, Ellen Norah, Frances Jane, John Patrick, Eugene D, Grace Geraldine & Henry M. They family moved north to Deniliquin in the Riverina District of NSW in the early 1870s where Denis had a farm known as "Pine Grove".
  
  
• NEALL, Samuel
  Samuel NEALL (ca 1820-1886) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £20. This appears to be the Samuel NEALL who married Charlotte CURL (ca 1820-1904) and had the following family - Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Martha, Maria, Zacharia, Leah & Charlotte.
  
  
• NICHOLLS, John Thomas
  John NICHOLLS (1831-1888), from Cornwall, England was a storekeeper & Carpenter who worked at "Muntham" Station before moving to Sandford with his wife Elizabeth TALLACK and family of - Mary Emma, John Francis (b. 1856, Muntham), Thomas Henry, Elizabeth Jane, William James, Harriet Hannah, Phillipa Tallack & Emily.
  
  
• NICKOLL, Henry
  Henry NICKOLL (1831-1913), from Kent, England was the storekeeper at "Muntham" in the 1850s & 1860s before moving to Coleraine where he took over the lease of the "Coleraine Hotel" and later the "Koroite Inn". Henry NICKOLL married in 1857 at Portland to Lilias SUTHERLAND from Perthshire, Scotland and they had the following family - Mary, Emily, Margaret, Henry, Clare, Jane, Lilias, Elizabeth & John.
  
  
• NULTY, Bryan
  Bryan / Bernard NULTY (1845-1904) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £7. This is most likely to be Bryan / Bernard NULTY who married Julia Mary MURRAY in 1874 and had the following family - Matthew, Matthew john, Patrick, Catherine, Edward, Bernard & Julia from 1875 to 1884.
  
  
• O'BREE, Henry
  Hnery O'BREE (1828-1901), married Frances PIERPOINT in Liverpool, arrived in Geelong in 1858 and lived in the Muntham / Carapook area in the 1860's where some of their family was born. Their family was - Frederick George, Henry, William (b. 1862 Muntham), Henry Phineas, Susan Maria, John, Philip (b. 1870, Muntham or Bruk Bruk), Patrick, Lawrence, Joseph & Robert. The family moved north to around Natimuk with many descendants finishing up in northern Victoria around Swan Hill.
  
  
• O'BRIEN, John
  John O'BRIEN (abt 1830-1870) & Margaret O'BRIEN were married in Cork, Ireland in 1855 and lived at Muntham after arrival in Victoria. There known family was - Thomas (b. 1854, Muntham), John (b. 1861), James (b. 1864, Muntham), Cornelius (b. 1866, Muntham), Thomas (b. 1866) & Mary Ann (b. 1868, Muntham).
  
  
• O'BRIEN, Joseph
  Joseph O'BRIEN (1869-1938), married Isabella HART at Carapook in 1892 and they had the following family - Florence Isabella, James Dougald, Christina, William Joseph, John Stanley, Gordon, Rellan Charles, Lillian Chas, Joseph Murray, Lindsay & Maggie.
  
  
• O'FARRELL, Catherine
  Catherine O'FARRELL (c1826-?), arrived at Portland on the ship "New Zealander" from Liverpool in November 1853 and was employed by Edward HENTY of "Muntham" on 3 Dec 1853 for 3 months at a rate of 25 pounds.
  
  
• O'GORMAN, Thomas
  Thomas O'GORMAN (1832-1912) born County Clare, Ireland ca 1832, married Margaret GRIFFIN and they had one daughter, Mary Ann, b. 1879, d. 1897. Thomas worked for Edward WHITE of "Den Hills" and had a cottage at Carapook where he died in 1912 aged 80 years and was buried at Coleraine. Thomas witnessed the start of the Burke & Wills expedition from Melbourne and accompanied it as far as Kilmore.
  
  
• O'NEIL, Michael
  Michael O'NEIL (1831-1904), from Co Wicklow, Ireland arrived in Victoria in 1860 with his wife Mary NOLAN and infant daughter. He settled at "Muntham", later owned land at Spring Vale and later moved to Coleraine. Michael O'NEIL and Mary NOLAN had the following family - Margaret Lucy, James Patrick, Michael (b. 1864, "Muntham"), Lucy, Stephen Joseph and John Joseph.
  
  
• OWENS, John
  John OWENS (1860-1936), son of Joseph OWENS & Rachel GARDINER, married Emily FRANKLIN in 1887 at Fitzroy after the death of his first wife Elizabeth HILLIER. Their children were born in Melbourne and the family moved to Carapook in the early 1900's. Their family was - Bertie August, Thomas Henry, Olive Emily Mary (married George Thomas POVEY), William Alfred, Richard Ernest, Ellen Ruby, Edward Alexander, Myrtle Ivy, Erica Francis. William Alfred OWENS is listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll.
  
  
• PAYNE, John
  John PAYNE (c.1832-?), a 19y old groom from Somersetshire, was on board the "Priam" when it arrived at Portalnd in 1852 and he was employed by Edward HENTY for 12 months. He may have been a brother of Ann PAYNE, aged 25y who was the wife of James TEMPLAR, an Agricultural Labourer who along with his family arrived on the "Priam" in 1852 and was engaged by Edward HENTY of "Muntham Station".
  
  
• PEARCE, William
  William PEARCE (1820-1882) from Kent, England and his wife Anna WATTS (1837-1896) from Norfolk, England lived on the property "Paradise Farm" east of the Carapook township from about 1870. William & ann PEARCE had the following family - Louisa, Frances, Emma, Edith, Charles, Frederick, Herbert, Basil, Alice & John.
  
  
• PENROSE, Thomas Matthews
  Thomas Matthews PENROSE (1802-1883) and his wife Susanna JELBERT (1810-1884) from Cornwall lived on the property "Rosedale" at Carapook. The following PENROSE family members paying rates in 1875 were sons of this couple. Thomas & Susanna PENROSE are buried in the New Casterton Cemetery. Many of their family members moved north from Carapook.
  
• PENROSE, Alfred
  Alfred PENROSE paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £72.
  
• PENROSE, Joseph
  Joseph PENROSE paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £33.
  
• PENROSE, Samuel
  Sanuel PENROSE paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £30. It was probably Samuel's signature on 1875 Carapook School petition showing 1 school-aged child, living 1 mile NW of Carapook.
  
• PENROSE, Saunders
  Saunders PENROSE paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £25.
  
• PENROSE, William Thomas
  William Thomas PENROSE paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £136.
  
  
• PESKETT, Richard
  Richard PESKETT (1836-1921) and Martha TYRER had at least one child born at "Muntham" Station. Their family was - Richard, Mary Rebecca, male (b. & d. 1861, Muntham), William, Peter, Henry Honwood, Amy Sarah, Rhoda, Albert & Caroline Vaudeline.
  
  
• PITCHER, Aaron
  Aaron PITCHER (1804-1859) from Dorsetshire, England arrived in Victoria in 1849, along with some of his children and was first engaged at "Muntham" Station along with two of his sons. He married Elizabeth PITCHER in 1824 and they had the following known family - Isabella, Mary Ann, John, Ann, Agnes Ellen, Elizabeth, George, Albion, Frances Elizabeth and Albert.
  
  
• POOLEY, W
  W POOLEY is named as landowner north of Carapook in the Parish of Bruk Bruk in the 1860s. [NOTE: This person has not been identified as yet. It may have been an error and the name should have been William Pooley TREVASKIS]
  
  
• POPE, John Richard
  John Richard POPE, b. abt.1820, ____ son of ____ and ____ was married in 1846 at St James, Melbourne, Victoria to Jane MORGAN, b. abt.1820 _______, daughter of ____ and ____. This couple had a child at "Muntham Station" near Carapook in 1852.
  
  
• POVEY, Thomas Joseph
  Thomas Joseph POVEY (1855-1918), from Digby, Vic. married Rachel Annie BURGESS also from Digby in 1894. Thomas became Overseer at "Tulse Hill" near Carapook, where the family lived for a short time ca 1898 before moving down to the Carapook settlement in the early 1900's. Their family was - George Thomas, Leslie Livingstone, Ernest Arthur, Alice May, Ivan Frederick, Walter Joseph, Alan Keith, Norman James, Murray Burgess & Sylia Annie.
  
  
• POWELL, Thomas
  Thomas POWELL b. abt.1820, ____ son of ____ and ____ was married in ___ at S______ to Mary Ann LENTON, b. c.1825 _______, daughter of ____ and ____. This couple had a child at "Muntham Station" near Carapook in 1851 and another at "Merino Downs Station" in 1854. Their known children appear to be - Mary ann POWELL, b. 1849, m. Willioam CARROLL, Thomas Archibald POWELL, b. 1851, "Muntham" and Emma POWELL, b. 1854 "Merino Downs Station".
  
  
• PROUDFOOT, John Gibson
  John Gibson PROUDFOOT, Storekeeper of Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showed 3 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile W of Carapook. John first married Harriett MILBOURNE in 1867, but she died at Carapook in 1871. John then married Mary Anna PENROSE in 1872. John & Mary finished up in Murwillumbah, NSW. John's family from both marriages was - Mary, James Albert, Susannah, Elizabeth, Grace, William & Harriet
  
  
• RADFORD, Caleb
  Caleb RADFORD (1843-1923), was the teacher at Bruk Bruk SChool and later the new school at Carapook from about 1877 - 1883. He was the son of Dr Caleb RADFORD 1813-1888 & Mary Sarah WESTON 1812-1877 of Sandford and he married Maria BOARDMAN in 1880. Mary Sarah RADFORD (nee WESTON) died at Bruk Bruk in 1877. Caleb and Maria had the following family - Arthur Astley, Constance Maritana, Estelle Weston, Norma Feodore, Claud Fairburn & Vivian Beresford.
  
  
• REECE, James
  James REECE (1828-1907), from Staffordshire, married Ann McBEAN at Branxholme in 1857, after they both arrived on the same ship, the "Mary Ann" in January 1857. They had the following family - George, William, Ann (b. 1863 Muntham) and Maria Leech. James and Ann both died in the Goroke area.
  
  
• REED, Thomas
  Thomas REED (ca 1818- ? ), from Kent, England arrived at Portland on "Eliza" in 1853 and was disposed to Edward Henty at Muntham. This may have been the Thomas REED who was married to Sarah PAINE and had a daughter Ann, b. 1855.
  
  
• RALSTON / ROULSTON, John James
  John James RALSTON / ROULSTON (1843-1935) was married to Jane McCLINTOCK and they had the following family - Oliver, Robert William, Joseph, James A, John Alexander, Eleanor, David, John Alexander, Rebecca & Albert Victor, (b. 1881 Carapook).
  
  
• RENNIE, William
  W. RENNIE is listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll as having been wounded. This appears to be William RENNIE born Leysmill Arboth, Forfarshire, Scotland, the son of James RENNIE and Jemima WILSON. He was the brother of Nicoll RENNIE whose address was given Carapook when he enlisted in WW1 in 1914.
  William RENNIE ca 1891, Scotland
  • Pte 274, 21st Battalion, AIF
  • enlisted 16 Jan 1915
  • Discharged 30 Mar 1917
  • Named on Carapook WW1 Honour Roll (wounded)
  
  Nicoll RENNIE ca 1896, Scotland, m. Vera BURCHELL in 1927.
  • Pte 1485, 13th Battalion, AIF
  • enlisted 4 Nov 1914
  • RTA 28 Apr 1915
  • Carapook Football Team photograph 1921
  
  
  
• RHODES, William
  William RHODES (1830-1903) paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £149. This appears to be William RHODES who married Elizabeth 'Betsy' ANDISON (1829-1896) and had the following family - Jane, Charles, James, George, William & Elizabeth from 1857 to 1870 and lived at Sandford.
  
  
• RICHARDS, Leslie James
  Leslie James RICHARDS 1892-1969, b. Sandford, Vic, son of Edward RICHARD and Elizabeth Esther STOCK is listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll. He served as a Sgt with the 10th Light Horse Regiment.
  
  
• ROGERS, William
  William ROGERS (abt 1780-1845+), was a bootmaker in the Army and worked as a shoemaker at "Muntham" Station. His wife appears to have been a Sarah CRAIG and he had a son Alexander and two daughters - Mary ROGERS married to Francis EGAN and Sarah ROGERS married to Augustus LACKMANN.
  
  
• ROGERS, William
  William ROGERS (1826- 1883) from Somerset, England married Margaret ROBINSON / ROBERTSON in 1854 at Muntham and they had the following family family - Emily, William & Mary. William was a Blacksmith at Muntham. Margaret died in 1871 and William remarried in 1872 to Hannah DUNCAN at Cavendish and they had the following family - Margaret & James.
  
  
• ROWE, Alexander
  Alexander ROWE (1825- ? ) from London married wife Charlotte? Chillie? Esther McCALLUM in 1859 and was at Carapook / Muntham ca 1860 - 1865. Their family was - Margaret Elizabeth, Martha (b. 1861 Muntham), Hanora (b. 1863 Muntham), William, Rosetta, Alexander & Robert.
  
  
• RYAN, Patrick John
  Patrick John RYAN (1846-1909), married Mary Josephine O'BRIEN in 1872. Patrick RYAN was a farmer of "Deep Dale", Muntham who had been born in Co Limerick, Ireland. Patrick & Mary RYAN had the following family from 1875 to 1893 at Balmoral - William James, Annie Beatrice, Denis Patrick, Margaret Mary, Elizabeth, Mary Ellen, Mary Teresa, John Thomas, Ellen, Patrick, George Alexander & Patrick.
  
  
• SCHULZ, Wilhelm Johann Joachim
  Wilheln Johann SHULZ (1811-1974), died after a horse and cart accident at Carapook in December 1874.
  
• SCHULZ, Carl
  Carl SCHULZ paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £39.
• SCHULZ, Frederick
  Frederick SCHILZ paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £30.
  
  
• SIDDERS, William
  Appears to be William SIDDERS c.1804-1877, born Kent, England and transported to Tasmania as a Kent "Swing Rioter" in 1831. William SIDDERS farmer of Bruk Bruk was named as a landowner in 1871 and paid rates in 1875 on a Bruk Bruk property valued at £40.
  
  
• SIMMONS, Hezekiah
  Hezekiah SIMMONS (c1834-1912), b. Kent, England, son of Henry SIMMONS & Sarah WRIGHT, married Lucy WILLIAMS (1844-1904) in South Australia in 1862. By 1863 they were living at Carapook and had the following family of 13 children from 1863-1886 in Victoria, New South Wales & South Australia - Henry, George, Llewellyn, Margaret, Lucy, William, James, Margaret, Lucy, Henry Thomas, Frederick, Henry James & John Hezekiah. Four of the children died of scarlet fever at Carapook in 1873 and were buried in the Sandford Cemetery. Lucy died in NSW in 1904 and Hezekiah in 1912 in NSW.
  
  
• SMITH, Phillip William
  William Phillip SMITH (1829-1897), born 1829, Somersetshire, England arrived on the "British Empire in 1849 as a 20 year old and was employed for a short time at "Muntham Station". He later married Elizabeth CROKER (1832-1911) in 1853 at Melbourne and they raised a family of 8 children.
• SMITH, William
  William SMITH (1856-1942), born 1856, South Australia, (appears to be the son of Charles SMITH and Rebecca DARWOOD, born at "Moerlong" Station, Penola) married Catherine McLEAN (daughter of James Hugh McLEAN & Frances SMITH) in 1884. William & Catherine SMITH were recorded as being from Muntham and had the following family from 1885-1907 - Frances Ruby, Charles Ian Thornley, William Victor Glenelg, Norma May Sybelle, Caroline Pearl, Donald Finlay, Ellice Euphemia Jubilee, Catherine Janet Beaton & Annie Ethel Mira.
  
  
• SMITH, William John
  William John SMITH (1844-1934), born ca 1844, son of John SMITH and Sarah Jane SUTTON, married in 1862 to Ellen SUTTON, b. ca 1840 daughter of Henry SUTTON and Mary HARRIS. William & Ellen SMITH had a number of children at "Muntham" before moving north to the Horsham / Rainbow area. They had the following family from 1863-1884 - Mary Hannah, Ellen, Elizabeth, William John, George, Blanche, Wilford Robert, Ethel, Frances Evelina & Walter Alexander.
  
  
• SPARK, George Thomas [External Family Link]
  George Thomas SPARK (1846-1901), from Fifeshire, Scotland, m. Elizabeth CARMICHAEL at "Muntham" in 1866 and they had the following family - George Thomas, Mary Ann, John Thomas, James Alexander, Charles, Edward, Sarah Ellen, Ann Elizabeth, William Carmichael, Susan Margaret, Thomas Samuel & Albert Henry. Extensive family details can be found on the external link above.
  
  
• STARK, John Hamilton
  John Hamilton STARK (ca 1875-1937), b. ca 1875 Lake Mundi, Vic was a landowner at Carapook in the early 1900s. He married Dinah "Dolly' SHANNON in 1909 and is listed on the Carapook WW1 Honour Roll.
  
  
• STEVENSON, Joseph Tyson
  Joseph Tyson STEVENSON (1841-1904), was working at Muntham when he married Mary HALE 1838-1902 of "Merino Downs" at Dwyer's Creek, near "Merino Downs" in 1863 and they had the following family at Dwyer's Creek and near Portland - Elizabeth, William, Emma, Alexander, Joseph, Charlotte, George & Eleanor.
  
  
• STEWART, Margaret
  Margaret STEWART b. Carapook married Edward BROWN in 1883. Margaret may be the Margaret STEWART in the following family group ?
  
  
• STEWART, John Craig
  John Craig STEWART (1833-1894), married Fanny Frances FRAWLEY at Sandford in 1859 and they had the following family in the Sandford / Casterton area - Margaret, James Craig, William Thomas, Fanny Jane, John Thomas & Isabella Mary.
  
  
• STOCK, John
  John STOCK (1826-1890) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showed 5 school-aged children, living 2 & 1/2 miles S of Carapook. John STOCK paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £143.
  
  
• STOKES, William
  William STOKES a farm worker of Carapook was a witness to the accidental death of Johann SCHULTZ in Dec 1874 when his horse and cart overturned on a steep hill at Carapook.
  
  
• SUTTON, Anthony
  Anthony SUTTON (1810-1879), b. Co Wicklow, Ireland, son of William SUTTON and Mary KOERNER married in 1836, Ireland to Mary KIERNAN, b. 1819 Co Wicklow, Ireland, daughter of ___ and ___. Anthony & Mary SUTTON and 2 young children arrived at Port Philip in 1841 on the "Middlesex". Anthony worked for Edward HENTY from 1842 to 1845 and was paid in sheep in lieu of wages, then set out for Gambiertown (later knowm as Mount Gambier) where he aquired his own station to the north known as "Dismal Swamp". Two children had been born in Victoria and a further seven were born at "Dismal Swamp" in South Australia.
  
  
• SWAN, Miles Fletcher
  Miles Fletcher SWAN (1875-1968), married Eleanor Florence BURTON, b. 1874 Mt Gambier, daughter of William Edward BURTON and Elizabeth WILLIAMS in 1903 at Melville Forrest. Miles SWAN was recorded as being from Muntham. Miles SWAN and Eleanor BURTON had the following family - Miles Stanley SWAN and Elizabeth Campbell SWAN whose births were registered in Casterton.
  
  
• TEMPLAR, James
  James TEMPLAR (c.1827-1905) an Agricultural Labourer married to Ann PAYNE arrived on the "Priam" in 1852 along with 3 children and was engaged by Edward HENTY of "Muntham Station". There was also a 19y old John PAYNE on board the "Priam", a groom, who was also employed by Edward HENTY for 12 months in 1852.
  
  
• TEMPLETON, James
  James TEMPLETON (1827-1904) a farmer of Carapook, had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showed 7 school-aged children, living 1 mile SW of Carapook.
  
• TEMPLETON, Thomas
  Thomas TEMPLETON (1834-1901) a farmer of "Muntham Maines" and brother of James TEMPLETON above married Rosina LANDER and had a large family in the district.
  
  
• THOMAS, William David
  William David THOMAS (1860-1926) from Sebastopol, Victoria was a teacher at Carapook School in 1883-87.
  
  
• THORNLEY, Nathan (Hon.)
  Nathan THORNLEY (1838-1903), born 1838, Manchester, England, son of a Cotton Mill owner arrived in Victoria about 1854. He was employed as a Government Surveyor and worked at Hamilton. He married Mary Josephine MURPHY (ca1840-1913) and they raised a family of 6 children. He was a partner of the Hamilton Stock & Station Agent firm of R. STAPLETON-BREE & Co. He was MLC for Western from 1882 5o 1903. He purchased "Muntham Station" in the 1880s and had it run by a manager.
  
  
• TREVASKIS, William Pooley
  William Pooley TREVASKIS (1827-1913) married Julia FOLLETT in 1848 in Adelaide. They appear to have arrived in the Carapook distict by 1863 where William was recorded as a farmer of Carapook when he became a member of the first Glenelg Shire (then called the District Roads Board). William and Julia had the following family with the last four children probably born at Bruk Bruk - Julia, William, George, John, Robert, Mary, Lavinia, Frances, Adeline, Alice, Roseanna and Clara. Many of the children probably attended Bruk Bruk School which would have been close to their farm, north east of Carapook. The family appears to have moved onto Benalla and Mansfield. [NOTE: This may be the William POOLEY listed on the carapook map as a landowner.]
  
  
• ULLYETT, John Reginald
  John Reginald ULLYETT (1851-1919) was a teacher at S.S. 1969 Carapook in 1887-88.
  
  
• UPTON, George
  George UPTON (1832-1925), from Kent, England, veteran of the Crimean War, married Jane KANE in 1866. George worked on Muntham Station and settled at Wando Vale. The family of George and Jane was - Carrey Elizabeth, Henry, George (d. 1878, Carapook aged 7y), William, Thomas John, Arthur, Mary Jane Ellen.
  
  
• URQUHART, Marie Oliver
  Marie Oliver URQUHART (1880-1946) born, Collingwood, Victoria, daughter of James URQUHART and Annie HERNE. Marie was the teacher at S.S. 1969 Carapook from 1905 to 1906. She married Victor John HALLETT in 1913 and died in 1946.
  
  
• VALE, William
  William VALE (1833-1977) purchased a number of blocks of land in the Parish of Bruk Bruk in the 1870s. The CORNEY family established "Tulse Hill" after purchase of the land from William VALE. William VALE was born in London in 1833, was the Editor of the local newspaper "The Coleraine Albion" in the 1860s and he died in Coleraine in 1877. William had married Maria MEATYARD (1832-1924) in 1853. A C. MEATYARD was also a landowner in the Parish of Bruk Bruk in the 1870s. Marria married Thomas CARMICHAEL after the death of William VALE.
  
  
• VOWELL, Richard Longfield
  Richard Longfield VOWELL (ca 1794-1870), was born, Devonshire, England, son of Richard VOWELL and he died at Bruk Bruk (Carapook) in 1870 and was buried in the Old Casterton Cemetery aged 76 years.
  
  
• WALSH \ WELSH, James
  James WALSH / WELSH (1831-1901) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £22. James died in 1901 and had lived in South Australia for 5 years and in Victoria for 36 years.
  
• WALSH \ WELSH, John
  John WALSH / WELSH (1834-1918), brother of James (above) and was married to Johanna HAYES (1846-1904) and when he died was recorded as an old resident of Muntham. John & Johanna WALSH \ WELSH had the following known children - Margaret, Thomas, Bridget Teresa, Catherine Agnes, Jane, John Joseph and Jane Monica.
  • WALSH \ WELSH, Thomas, (1877-1960), son of John WALSH \ WELSH and Johanna HAYES was living at Carapook when listed as an informant on his uncle's (James WALSH \ WELSH) death certificate in 1901.
  
  
  
• WARD, Peter
  Peter WARD (1842-1933) was a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showing 2 school-aged children, living 1 mile S of Carapook. Peter married Emily MARSH in 1865 and they had the following family - Lucy, Ellen, Mariane, Alfred, Francis & Ada.
  
  
• WARDELL, Mary Hanoria
  Mary Hanoria WARDELL (1804-1868), widow of Capt. George WARDELL late of H.M. 28th Lancers died at "Muntham" Station in June 1868, aged 64 years. This appears to have been Mary Honoria BROOKS who had been born in London in 1804.
  Her first marriage had been to Capt William WILSON who died in India in 1835. Mary then appears to have married as a widow to Capt George WARDELL in NSW in 1838.
  Mary was the mother-in-law of Charles McArthur KING, manager at "Muntham" Station from 1861-1879.
  Was he the Capt. George WADLEY ? who built the Sandford Hotel in the 1850s?
  
  
• WESTBROOK, Robert
  Robert WESTBROOK (ca 1875-1918), well known jockey in the 1890s. Robert took up horsebreaking and droving and lived at Carapook after his time as jockey.
  
  
• WHITE, James
  James WHITE (1831- ? ) b. ca 1831 Dublin, Ireland married in 1852 at Geelong to Mary PARRY / PERRY, b. 1838 Holyhead, Wales and they had the following known family - James, William, John (b. 1858, "Muntham" Station), Frederick, Mary Ann, Ellen, Jane, Margaret.
  
  
• WHITE, Michael
  Michael WHITE (1789-1869) from Limerick, Ireland was married to Ellen KIELY in 1827 in Limerick, Ireland. The family arrived in South Australia in 1854 and appear to have settled at Carapook by the 1860s. Some of their children appear to be Thomas WHITE (1827-1901), Patrick WHITE (1829-1895), Catherine WHITE (1835-1886), John WHITE (1836-1908), Edward WHITE (1842-1910), James WHITE (1843-1913).
  
  • WHITE, Thomas
    
  Thomas WHITE (1827-1901), farmer of Carapook, signature on 1875 Carapook School petition showing 6 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile N of Carapook.
  
  • WHITE, Patrick
    
  Patrick WHITE (1829-1895) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £84. Two selections of land fronting the Glenelg Highway west of Carapook were owned by P. WHITE and E. WHITE in 1875. It appears that the owners were the brothers Edward and Patrick WHITE, sons of Michael WHITE and Ellen KEILY from Limerick, Ireland.
  
  • WHITE, Edward J
    Edward J WHITE (1842-1910) paid rates in 1875 on a Carapook property valued at £22.
    
  • WHITE, Thomas George
    
  • Thomas George WHITE (1874-1950), b. 1874, Carapook, married Stella Marie GARDINER in 1909 and they both died at Kew in Melbourne. Thomas George WHITE appears to be the son of Thomas WHITE above
    
    
• WILLIAMSON, William
  William WILLIAMSON (1820-1903), from Aberdeen, Scotland, son of William WILLIAMSON and Isabella LESLIE was married in 1852 to Alice Alicia SUTTON, daughter of Henry SUTTON and Mary HARRIS and they had the following family - Henry William, Isabella, Mary Elizabeth, Ellen, Emily Amelia, Catherine, Jessie Maria (b. Muntham 1866), Gillespie, Robert Alexander, Francis Sutton, Isaac William Harris, Elizabeth Julia and May Leslie.
  
  
• WOMBWELL, Charles
  Charles WOMBWELL (1811-1860) married Susanah REID in 1834 in Essex and emigrated to Australia in 1851. Charles worked at "Wando Vale" Station and "Muntham" Station before selecting land at Merino. Charles and Susannah had the following family - Mary Ann, Joseph, William, Honor / Mayer, Ulaliah, Abijah, James, Harriet, Phyllis, Emma, James, David & Amos (b. 1856, Muntham).
  
  
• WOODALL, Hugh
  Hugh WOODALL (abt 1835 - ? ) had a signature on the 1875 Carapook School petition and map showed 3 school-aged children, living 1/2 mile N of Carapook.
  
  
• ZERBST, Julius & Daniel
  Julius & Daniel ZERBST were listed as owners of 4 joining blocks of land at Carapook in the 1860s. This is probably Julius ZERBST (1839-1917) from Hamilton and later at Minyip and his father Daniel ZERBST (1806-1862).