Doctor of Medicine, Grafton James Houison – Architect & Ann Stark Dr James Houison was born 2 Aug 1842 in Parramatta, he was the son of the well known Parramatta architect James Houison and Ann Stark both born in Scotland. The video below is a history of James Houison Colonial architect and gives an insightContinue reading “Dr James Houison & Kate Alice Small”
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James Ryall & Hannah Eggins
Baker and Builder James Ryall was the son of Timothy and Ann Ryall (NSW Death Certificate 3433/1905) of Leigh, Salisbury in England. In the 1861 Census he is recorded as a son of Timothy a ‘pigdealer’ aged 10 years ‘Apr Lab’ which indicates he is an ‘apprentice labourer’. There are no clear records for whenContinue reading “James Ryall & Hannah Eggins”
William Henry Alderson
Wholesale & Retail Shipping and Family Butcher In August 1883, Mr W H Alderson purchased three allotments from the Estate of William Lowther for £35. The sale was recorded in both the Grafton and Sydney newspapers. William Henry Alderson was the son of an English immigrant, Henry Alderson, and Susannah ‘Susan’ Small. The Small family’sContinue reading “William Henry Alderson”
Yaegl Land
Acknowledging and paying respect to the Traditional Custodians of the land and respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. In particular the lands that relate to the Gray and Freeburn families; the Bundjalung of the far North East Coast of NSW including the Yaegl people lived around the mouth ofContinue reading “Yaegl Land”
William Lowther
Police Constable and Gentleman In 1861 the area was surveyed and in 1872 land grants for the main town area were put up for sale by the government, and so the beginnings of Yamba as a town and ‘seaside resort’ began. The National Library of Australia has a map from 1968, it shows the originalContinue reading “William Lowther”
A Home on River Street
A Seaside Cottage So why tell the story of a little cottage in a little town by the sea? It is not a house of a large farming dynasty, or an important large significant historic building in Sydney, nor even Grafton. It is a small, originally four roomed, cottage on a narrow block of landContinue reading “A Home on River Street”
A Cottage By The Sea 