Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society Inc. issue 2 february 2012 22 Franklin Street dtp: d. bricknell Swansea TAS 7190 ☞ 6256 5077 Fellow members
ince our opening in December 2011 our thylacine SHistorical Society has been working hand in hand with the museum and Di Bricknell Tasmanian Tiger to produce wonderful banners, posters and
information for exhibitions. This can only he Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), also known Tas the Tasmanian Tiger, is one of the worlds enhance relations and get us ‘out there’ legendary animals. Despite its fame it is one of the least understood of Tasmania’s native fauna. European settlers feared it possibly because the stripes on its back resembled I’m pleased to report that society sales have those of a tiger. Within a century of white settlement fficially opened in December 2011 by blah b this carnivorous marsupial had been pushed to the been excellent especially Louisa Anne Meredith Obuilding... brink of extinction. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscinglah thee commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rho neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Tasmanian Tigers roamed freely across most of the island cards and the Swansea Walk booklet. Our upfficially opened in December 2011 by blah blah the lit. Morbi building... Nullam sit amet enim. Suspendisse id velit vitae ligul ncusbut had a bad reputation and were considered sheep O condimentum. Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed q Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi facilisi. Nulla libero. Vivamus pharetra posuere killers. In 1888 the government offered a bounty of a volutpat and coming publication of Houses & Estates ofcommodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rhoncus consectetuer. Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismoduis ulvelit. Nulla£1 for an adult and 10/- per pup. This was good money neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. lectus nunc ullamcorper orci, fermentum bibendumsapien. Nam eget ipsum. Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vi lamcorper,for the time. Between 1888 and 1912 records show 186 Nullam sit amet enim. Suspendisse id velit vitae ligula volutpat nulla consequat libero cursus venenatis. Old Glamorgan will have an excellent avenuecondimentum. Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed quis velit. Nulla enim nibhbounties were paid to East Coast settlers. facilisi. Nulla libero. Vivamus pharetra posuere sapien. Nam Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscin tae consectetuer. Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismod ullamcorper, commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magn lectus nunc ullamcorper orci, fermentum bibendum enim nibh neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. N Mr Frank Castle of Cranbrook recalled that when he was Suspendisse id velit vitae ligula volutpat condime g elit. Morbi for sales. eget ipsum. Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vitae a rhoncus nulla consequat libero cursus venenatis. ullam sit amet enim.10 years old his father trapped one and kept it in a shed Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed quis velit. Nulla faci ntum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi libero. Vivamus pharetra posuere sapien. Nam con while waiting for a boat to take it to the Hobart Zoo. It The planned Convict Weekend Workshopcommodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rhoncus Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismod ullamcorper, lectuslisi. Nulla nun was Frank’s job to feed it kangaroo. ullamcorper orci, fermentum bibendum enim neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Nullam sit amet enim. sectetuer. Suspendisse id velit vitae ligulaThylacine volutpat image Courtesy condimentum. HJ Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vitae King Collection, Queen Vict Letters courtesy of GSBHS oria Museum and Art Gallery libero cursus venenatis. c , Launceston, Tasmania nibh eget ipsum.It is believed the last Tasmanian Tiger died in the Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed quis velit. Nulla facilisi. Nulla nulla consequat will be finalised at our meeting on the 24thlibero. Vivamus pharetra posuere sapien. Nam consectetuer. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscin Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart in the 1930s. Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismod ullamcorper, lectus nunc commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Nullam ullamcorper orci, fermentum bibendum enim nibh eget ipsum. g elit. Morbi Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vitae nulla consequat Suspendisse id velit vitae ligula volutpat condimen Have you seen one lately? February. May seems like a good month, it will erat volutpat. Sed quis velit. Nulla facilisi. Nulla liberorhoncus libero cursus venenatis. sit amet enim. tum. Aliquam Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi Vivamus pharetra posuere sapien. Nam consectetue commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rhoncus Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismod ullamcorper, lectus . include a trip to Rocky Hills Probation Station.neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Nullam sit amet enim. ullamcorper orci, fermentum bibendum enim nibh ege Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vitae r. Suspendisse id velit vitae ligula volutpat condimentum. Aliquam nunc erat volutpat. Sed quis velit. Nulla facilisi. Nulla libero. libero cursus venenatis. Thylacine poster and Museum t ipsum. nulla consequat Maree Ring one of our new members andVivamus pharetra posuere sapien. Nam consectetuer. Name Surname Sed aliquam, nunc eget euismod ullamcorper, lectus nunc Incorporating: ullamcorper orci,brochure fermentum bibendum designsenim nibh eget ipsum. Title Donec porttitor ligula eu dolor. Maecenas vitae nulla consequat » Visitor Information Network » War Memorial & Museum Tasmanian Convict expert will be conductinglibero cursus venenatis. 22 Franklin Street Swansea Tasmania 7190 Australia » Community & Education Centre Inc. 22 Franklin Street Swansea » Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society Name Surname Telephone: (03) 6256 5066 or (03) 6256 5067 Tasmania 7190 Australia Website: www.eastcoastheritage.org.au Telephone: (03) 6256 5066 or (03) 6256 5067 the workshop. Maree promises to have Title Website: www.eastcoastheritage.org.au Incorporating: » Visitor Information Network » War Memorial & Museum » Community & Education Centre something for everyone from beginners to » Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society Inc. experts. Contact me before the end of March if you would like to attend. A Council organised ‘Volunteer Workshop’ was held this week, with 5 members attending. Rosie Jackson, Policy & Partnership Officer for the Glamorgan Spring Bay Council undertook the induction. It’s important that volunteers know their rights and what is expected of them. Another workshop will be held shortly, if you would like to attend, please contact Maureen on 6256 5066 or email [email protected] I’d like to personally thank each and every one of you for your support and continued assistance.
Best wishes, Maureen (left to right) Helen Cook, Pam Van Duyn, Gloria Willis, Deidre Monk, Colin Campbell and Rosie Jackson
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The beginnings of the Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society
hat a long time ago it all seems. At State Library and the conservation staff at Wsome time in 1991 (I think) I attended the Queen Victoria Museum. Not all of our a meeting of the local National Trust branch members were members of the National Trust at Kelvedon. Historian Peter Macfie was guest and it got to the stage where we were the tail speaker and during his talk he suggested that a wagging the dog as far as they were concerned. municipality with as much history as Glamorgan After much anxious discussion we decided to Spring Bay really should have a historical society become a special committee under the auspices to collect and record it. The late Ruth Amos of Glamorgan Council. It seemed important to was passionately interested in the local history be sure that our collection stayed in the district (she had co-authored the Glamorgan history even if the historical society ‘ran out of steam’. book) and thought it would be a good idea to Then came the amalgamation of the two form a local history sub-committee. I thought it councils, and a Glamorgan Councillor asked was a good idea too, and put my hand up. The us if there was anything we needed before all third member was Eddy Smith from Mitchell their funds were united. Ruth and I drew up a Cottage. Peter Morey offered us a room in what modest list of storage and conservation materials is now the East Coast Heritage Museum in amounting to a few hundred dollars. These were Swansea and we were away. all things recommended by our advisers. Tony It was just as well there were only three of Marshall also suggested we needed a computer. us, because that room was really small. If we Almost as a joke we put that at the end of the had a visitor, somebody had to move out. As I list, and they gave us one! We thought we had recall we had a desk and three chairs and a lot of hit the big time. optimism. Our first task was to define our aims: When I look at the Historical Society now, • we would cover the whole East Coast the amount of money involved and the many from Bicheno to Runnymede talented and dedicated people who work here, I am quite amazed that it has all grown from those • history starts yesterday three people in a cupboard. Thank you all. • we would collect documents and Judie Hastie photographs only – think of the space we had! The whole thing grew pretty quickly. Early and Addit: The ‘cupboard’ was pulled down to make very valuable members included Ted Rehak, way for the new extension. Jacqueline Payne, Ray Lewis, Joyce Dunbabin and Margaret Bailey. Material came in from members of the public and from our research. We received useful advice from Tony Marshall of the
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View of the museum space from main entrance.
Green Parrots ne family of birds may invariably be found in this island Owherever there is grain for them to steal, and these are the handsome, merry, impudent, wicked, rainbow-plumag’d, thieving parrots. The common kind, attired in shaded green, with a yellowish breast, and a few blue feathers in the wings and tail, is the most daring and incorrigible. These beset the stack-yard in legions, literally covering some of the ricks, and terrible is the havoc they commit, clawing off the thatch and scooping caverns beneath, into which they retreat when attacked, and peep out in the most provoking way imaginable, crying continually “cushee– cushee–cushee!” – and, when assailed by volleys of sticks and stones, will often only bob down their round saucy heads, or hop aside to avoid a blow, and go on coolly pecking the ears of corn they hold in their claws, as if the assault were a most unprovoked and unwarrantable one. They are not deemed worth powder and shot, but may be knocked down with sticks, and when skinned are tolerably good in pies. My Home in Tasmania, Vol. II, Chapter III, pp. 28–29.
Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus
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Compiled by Maureen Martin Ferris nine, Phoebe would have September 2011 Phoebe Castlebeen expected to pull her This narrative is about my 3rd great aunt Phoebe weight and undertake Castle whose death and children have baffled me needlework like her for over 30 years ... mother. WHAT BECAME OF Tragedy struck in August 1829. While PHOEBE AND HER working on the farm CHILDREN? aborigines attacked, plundered their hut and hoebe Castle was born in 1819 at Banwell, speared Joseph below Somerset, England, the only daughter of P his left ribs, narrowly Joseph Castle and Edith (nee Day). missing his heart.3 The The family, consisting of parents Joseph Joseph Castle’s headstone family had no alternative but to move to Hobart and Edith, sons John, Robert and Joseph and Town so Joseph could receive medical attention. daughter Phoebe, arrived in Van Diemen’s Land His health was never to fully recover, and the in October 1827 on the ship Orelia1. Joseph Colonial Secretary’s papers records Joseph’s had with him a letter of introduction from condition as: the Under Secretary R.W. Hay addressed to Lieutenant Governor George Arthur, stating he ‘... in the greatest agony... and wasted away to a was a ‘respectable and industrious farmer... with an mere skeleton.’ amount of nearly five hundred pounds’. Joseph also Joseph applied for a compensation town grant had practical experience as a land surveyor.2 for his loss, pain and suffering. He believed there Joseph applied to the government for a was nothing left other than a lingering life of 500 acre land grant situated at Little Swanport, misery. His concern was for the future of his Oyster Bay. His grant had a magnificent view family. overlooking the sea, Freycinet Peninsula and Phoebe was 16 years old when her father Schouten Island. Unfortunately the area was finally passed away. Joseph died on 23 March sandy, rocky and the soil appeared to be infertile. 1835 in Hobart and was buried in St David’s Joseph was not afraid of hard work and set to Cemetery.4 Today Joseph’s headstone can be building a small cabin. He named his property seen mounted on the wall near the Supreme Banwell. Court buildings in Salamanca Place. Within five months of Joseph’s death his widow Edith married Henry Elliott in St David’s Church, Hobart. In January 1836 the compensation grant of 1000 acres requested by Joseph was allocated at Carlton. The land at Carlton was sold and Edith and family moved to Little Swanport to farm Banwell. Banwell, Little Swanport On 6 July 1836 Phoebe Castle married James Wild(e) at St David’s Church, Hobart. James was Times were hard for the pioneering family. a convict transported to Van Diemen’s Land for A letter written by Phoebe’s mother in 1828 to stealing a pocket book. James’ occupation was her relatives in England recorded the family had as an attorney’s clerk and as such was employed begun to like the new county very much and by the government in the Muster Masters they had built up a stock of cattle and cows for Department. milking, and with needlework Edith could make 8/6 for a common gown. At the tender age of 1 Ship News, Colonial Times Newspaper, 12 October 1827, p. 2. 3 The Hobart Town Courier, 26 September 1829, p. 2. 2 Historical Records of Australia III, Vol. VI, p. 27. 4 Tasmanian Pioneer Index, burial, Reference 1835 #3886. page 4 Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society Inc. A NEW START THE CHRONICLE Leaving her family behind, Phoebe and husband CONTINUES James set out for a new life in South Australia. Years later a search of the 1880 USA census They set up a small business, with James on familysearch.org7 turned up the following becoming a publican at the Foresters Inn situated information: in Leigh Street, Adelaide. Its name was later changed to the Black Horse Hotel.5 Census Place: 2nd Ward, Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan Between 1836 and 1848 Phoebe and James had six children: Ada Phoebe, Elizabeth Marion Name Birthplace Age Emily, James Joshua Alexander, Thomas, John DELF, Arthur England 47 and Joseph. Phoebe and the children regularly DELF, Elizabeth [Marion] Van Dieguaus Land 43 travelled from Adelaide to Hobart to visit her [Van Diemen’s Land] family on the East Coast. DELF, Amelia E Australia 22 Phoebe’s mother Edith died at Banwell DELF, Arthur E Canada 20 in1845. More heartache was to follow when DELF, Edward W Michigan, USA 14 Phoebe’s youngest son Joseph died when seven months old in August 1848. Eight months later, DELF, Percival J Michigan, USA 11 in April 1849, her husband James was thrown Further searches of Canadian and USA records online at Ancestry.com8 revealed births, marriages and deaths for most of the children. I joined a mailing list for Michigan, posted messages on notice boards and wrote emails, one to the library in Marquette. This proved very fruitful with newspaper reports and photographs posted to me. My research was packed away when I moved to the East Coast in 2006 and by this time I’d changed internet service provider and all hope Black Horse Hotel, Adelaide was lost for anyone trying to contact me. Mid 2010 an email was sent to the Glamorgan Spring from his cart while travelling home from the Bay Historical Society asking if I was the person racecourse and sadly died seven days later of the seeking information on the Delf family from injuries he’d sustained.6 Joseph and James are Marquette, Michigan. Once again excitement buried in the West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide. took over and I was back on the trail. The Left a widow with five young children, photograph below of Elizabeth Marion Emily Phoebe stayed on at the Black Horse managing Delf (nee Wilde) was emailed to me from Marcy as best she could. Living around the corner in O’Brien of New Jersey. Hindley Street was a cooper by the name of John Crampton who was to become her second South Australian Register husband. The family travelled to Hobart where Monday 8th July 1850, p. 2 Phoebe and John married at St George’s Church, Battery Point on 26 November 1849. They were ...The following is a list of passengers on board the missing barque: back in Adelaide by early 1850. Mr Meyers and wife, two Miss Crockets, Mr Privasin, Mrs Crampton, It’s here all trace of Phoebe goes cold. Her Messrs Crocke, Fenton, Foster, Fever, and Mason, Mr and Mrs husband John Crampton re-marries in Adelaide Wilkin, Thomas Morton, J. Jones, J. Richards, ten prisoners and three in April 1861 to Annie Pearce. John dies on 8 constables. October 1879. A report in the Naracoorte Herald states John was ‘highly respected by all classes’. He Over Christmas last year [2010] I had a was buried in the Naracoorte Cemetery. visit from Claudia O’Brien and her son Colin. Phoebe’s daughter Elizabeth Marion Emily Claudia is my 2nd cousin, 3 times removed and Wilde married Arthur Edward Delf in the Pirie her great grandfather is Arthur E. Delf, son of Street Chapel, Adelaide on 17 May 1856. e Elizabeth Marion Emily (nee Wilde).
5 J. Hoad, Hotels and Publicans in South Australia 1826-1984. 7
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