William HAYES, b. ca 1825 Horeabbey, Tipperary, Ireland, son of William HAYES and Catherine MAHER was married in 1855, Tipperary, Ireland to Mary NIVEN, b. ca 1828, daughter of Thomas nIVEN and Margaret DAY.

William and Mary HAYES and 1 year old son Thomas HAYES arrived at Portland on the 'Mary Ann' in January 1857.

William HAYES was engaged by Alfred Von BODEN of Digby for 12 months after his arrival in 1857. William & Mary HAYES had three children at Dartmoor & Tahara in 1857, 1862 and 1863.

By 1875 William HAYES and family were living at Bruk Bruk, near Carapook as indicated by the following information from a Carapook School petition. William HAYES, Labourer of Bruk Bruk, 1 school-aged child, living 1 mile N of Carapook was one of the signatures to the 1875 petition aimed at establishing a new school at Carapook.

William and Mary HAYES both died in Horsham in 1899 and are buried in the Horsham Cemetery.

William HAYES and Mary NIVEN had the following children:

1. Thomas HAYES b. 1855, TIP, IRL, m. Bessie DOUGHENEY, lived at Carapook, Wando Vale & "Mount Koroite" Station Coleraine. Bessie died in Ballarat in 1953. Thomas HAYES d. ______?
   1. John Lavin / Nevin HAYES b. 1888, Coleraine, Vic, m. Anna Mary MILBURN
   2. Bessie HAYES b. 1892, d. 1892, Coleraine, Vic
   3. Margaret Elsie HAYES b. 1894, Coleraine, Vic, d. 1910, Casterton, Vic
   4. Thomas Stanley HAYES b. 1899, Coleraine, Vic
   • Attended school at Carapook
   • WW1 1st AIF, Pte 1462, 11th Light Horse Regiment, served in the Middle East.
   • enlisted 28 Aug 1915, Longreach, QLD
   • RTA 20-Jul 1919
   • Carapook School Honour Roll

2. William HAYES b. 1858, Dartmoor, Vic, m1. Annie Elizabeth WIDDICOMBE 1862-1891 and they had one child, m2. Ellen BIGGERS and they had 8 children in the Horsham area.

3. John HAYES b. 1862, Tahara, Vic, d. 1947, Horsham, Vic

4. Margaret HAYES b. c1863, Tahara, Vic, m. William SMITH and they had 6 children in the Horsham area.