Henry BURCHELL, born ca1829, Wheatfield, Oxfordshire, England, son of William BURCHELL and Elizabeth COLES was married in 1854 at Geelong, Victoria, to Agnes HART, b. 1833, Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland, daughter of John HART and Isabella CAMPBELL.

Agnes HART, along with her parents and a number of siblings arrived at Point Henry, near Geelong on the ship "Banker's Daughter" in Sep 1853 and settled just north of Geelong. Agnes HART's younger brother James HART also moved to the Carapook area of S-W Victoria in the 1860s.

Henry BURCHELL, a labourer of Carapook with 3 school-aged children and shown as living 1/2 mile NE of Carapook was one of the signatures to the 1875 petition aimed at establishing a new school at Carapook.

Henry BURCHELL & Agnes HART had the following known family...

1. Elizabeth BURCHELL b. 1855, Geelong, Victoria (had twin daughters at Carapook in 1877), d. 1927, Cohuna, Vic. m. 1879, George HINCHCLIFFE 1861-1947 (had children at Coleraine 7 Bendigo area)

2. Isabella BURCHELL b. 1857, Geelong, Victoria, .............?

3. Mary Jane BURCHELL b. 1861, Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria, d. 1938, Ballarat, Victoria (had 3 children in the Carapook area)

4. James William BURCHELL b. 1865, Belfast, Victoria, d. 1951, Casterton, Victoria, m. Janet "Jessie" FITZGIBBON and had a family of 13 in the Carapook area as follows...
   1. Mary Catherine "Topsy" BURCHELL b. 1896, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1917, Carapook, Victoria
   2. Edward Henry BURCHELL b. 1898, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1978, m. Pearl ___.
   3. Agnes Christina BURCHELL b. 1900, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1927, Warrnambool, Victoria, m. ___ REILLY.
   4. Margaret May BURCHELL b. 1902, Carapook, Victoria, m. Sydney Thomas KENT.
   5. Hilda Grace BURCHELL b. 1903, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1974, Coleraine, Victoria, m. Robert Charles JEFFREYS 1895-1974.
   6. male BURCHELL b. 1905, d. 1905, Merino, Victoria.
   7. Ivy BURCHELL b. 1905, Merino, Victoria, d. 1989, m. Arthur CLODE.
   8. James Alexander BURCHELL b. 1907, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1978, Hamilton, Victoria, m. Gladys May BAWDEN 1900-1993.
   9. Stanley Charles BURCHELL b. 1908, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1941, Wando Vale, Victoria. Carapook Cricket Team.
   10. Doris BURCHELL b. 1909, Carapook, Victoria, d. ____, m. Alfred Albert DAY 1903-1938.
   11. Vera BURCHELL b. 1909, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1989, Melbourne, Victoria, m. Nicoll RENNIE 1896-1968
   12. Russell Keith BURCHELL b. 1917, Hamilton, Victoria, d. 1945, Bougainville (accidentally killed in WW2). WW2 Honour Roll. Carapook Cricket Team.
   13. Jessie Catherine BURCHELL b. 1918, d. 1918, Carapook, Victoria.

5. John Henry BURCHELL b. 1867, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1947, Mooroopna, Vic, m. Joanna Maria Hill Fenwick MARSH 1872-1930 at Digby, Victoria in 1891 and had the following family...
   1. William James BURCHELL b. 1893, Merino, Victoria, d. 1970, Hamilton, Victoria, m. Alma Doris RICHARDSON 1909-1969.
   2. Agnes Christina BURCHELL b. 1896, Merino, Victoria, d. 1968, Konongwootong, Victoria, m. William Lewis BAUDINETTE 1885-1861.
   3. Richard Nicholas BURCHELL b. 1900, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1966, Lilydale, Victoria, m. Eleanor BEDDELL 1901-1990.
   4. Catherine Grace BURCHELL b. 1902, Casteron, Victoria, d. 1967, ___, Victoria, m. ______ PIGGOTT.
   5. Albert Arthur BURCHELL b. 1904, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1969, Tyrendarra, Victoria, m. Minnie Marguerite SHEPHERD 1909-2001.
   6. Amy Ingrie BURCHELL b. 1905, Carapook, Victoria, d. 1972, Casterton, Victoria, m. William James Arthur ASTBURY 1896-1980.
   7. Leslie Frederick BURCHELL b. 1912, Carapook, Victoria, (served in WW2) ............?
   8. Alma Olive BURCHELL b. 1915, Carapook, Victoria, m. John Walter CONNORS.
   9. Oswald Ivan BURCHELL b. 1916, Carapook, Victoria, ...........

6. Joseph BURCHELL b. 1870, d. 1877, Carapook, Victoria

7. George BURCHELL b. 1873, d. 1873, Carapook, Victoria

8. Alfred BURCHELL b. 1873, Carapook, Victoria, d. ...............?

9. Caroline BURCHELL b. 1877, Sandford, Vic, d. 1944, Melbourne, Vic, m. 1898 Alexander GUNNING 1860-1953 and had a family of 11 in the Merino area as follows...
   1. Sarh GUNNING b. 1898, Coleraine, Victoria, d. 1898, Merino, Victoria.
   2. Elizabeth GUNNING b. 1901, Merino, Victoria, d. 1917, Merino, Victoria.
   3. Agnes GUNNING b. 1903, Merino, Victoria, d. 1971, Stawell, Victoria.
   4. Arthur GUNNING b. 1905, Merino, Victoria, d. 1977, Portland, Victoria, m. Kathleen CHANDLER 1914-2005.
   5. Alexander Hugh GUNNING b. 1908, Merino, Victoria, d. 1982, Ballarat, Victoria, m. Phyllis Mary LEWIS 1914-1975.
   6. Mary GUNNING b. 1909, d. 1909, Merino, Victoria.
   7. Jean Carol GUNNING b. 1910, Merino, Victoria, m. Leslie George BURGESS 1912-
   8. John Murray GUNNING b. 1912, Merino, Victoria, d. 1976, Stawell, Victoria, m. ...........
   9. Gilbert William GUNNING b. 1915, Merino, Victoria, ............
   10. Lindsay Norman GUNNING b. 1918, Merino, Victoria, d. 1975, Portland, Victoria, m. Jessie Mary BROWN 1920-1995.
   11. Stanley Arthur GUNNING b. 1924, Merino, Victoria, ............