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From: Daryl Povey <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] "Swamp Station" location of ?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:55:42 +1100
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Thanks Ada

I am aware of MONRO on the Campaspie before he
moved to Crawford Station in the S-W

Regards
Daryl Povey

At 08:28 PM 26/01/2010, you wrote:
>Hello Daryl,
>
>George Augustus ROBINSON journeyed to the Campaspe River and Loddon
>River areas searching for a suitable site for a Protectorate Station.He
>claimed as he passed through these stations: "Ebden has about 100 square
>miles, Thorneloe has ? square miles, Goldwin has 90, Munro has 90."
>
>On Jan 17, 1840, he was following the "Major's Line" as he wanted to
>view "the falls at Coba" on the Coliban.. From the falls he descended,
>passed through a forest, came out onto plains "with a fine view of Mount
>Campbell". He crossed the Campaspe at "Monro's crossing" and met up with
>"Mr CHRISTIE, Munro's overseer, and Mr LISTON, a distant relation of Mr
>Munro, and a sub-overseer. They were all armed, going in pursuit of 36
>blacks who had, at 11 a.m. that day, taken away 1500 sheep, 825 ewes and
>700 lambs plus flour and meat."
>
>Robinson rode on to Munro's station to stay the night. He said "the
>distance from Munro's station to Mt Alexander was 12 miles. The Munros
>are in their new home. The land around the station is very miserable and
>forbidding. Munro has 350 cattle and 4,000 sheep, he has gone to
>Melbourne. Mr Munro bought a bull for £200, has sold fifteen hundred
>pounds of cattle, steers, he bought at the old colony for 25/- per head
>and sold them for £40 a head."
>
>Next morning Mr Christie returned, saying the blacks had not taken the
>sheep, but the shepherds had left the sheep while they slept and wild
>dogs had attacked and mauled many, killed many.
>
>In the morning Robinson went towards the mountains and came to a hut one
>and a half miles "from the mountains", then went on 2 more miles to a
>station "under the mountain, where BOWMAN burnt 700 or so diseased
>sheep. The yard and large fireplaces and bones are to be seen now, this
>station, formerly Bowman's was Humpelly's run, was called the 12 Mile
>Station. Munro bought 1600 diseased sheep, which will disease whatever
>sheep are brought here."
>************************
>
>And in Latrobe's "Return of Squatting stations" 1841 (VPRS 19, unit 13,
>letter 41/551 "Inward correspondence" the following:
>
>Crawford Station, Monro Henry, 25,000 acres, 3 acres cultivated, flock:
>5 horses, 18 cattle, 11,000 sheep. Assessed fee £23/2/10. Station 22
>miles from Portland.
>
>Hope that's of some use!
>
>Regards Ada Ackerly
>
>
>Daryl Povey wrote:
> > Interested to know if anyone can identify or locate "Swamp Station",
> > which was the residence of a couple (Frank LAWRENCE * Mary Ann
> > MATHESON) who married at Belfast (Port Fairy) in 1855.
> >
> > I cannot locate it in "Pastoral Pioneers of Port Phillip" by Billis &
> > Kenyon or "Place Names of Victoria" by Les Blake
> >
> > From an 1851 Newspaper advert for the sale of "The Crawford
> > Stations" by Henry MONRO it appears to be a part of or adjoinging
> > "Crawford Station" at Hotspur - Condah as it was being offered for
> > sale as one lot or to be subdivided as listed below.
> >
> > The advertisement was in "The Argus" of 1 Feb 1851 and dated
> > December, 10, 1850 "The Crawford Stations" were defined as being
> > about 90,000 acres and made up of...
> >
> > "Home Station" with 10,000 sheep
> > "Upper Crawford Station" with 5,000 sheep
> > "Swamp Station" with 5,000 sheep
> > "Kangaroo Station" with 2,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle
> > "Whittlebury Station" with 4'000 sheep
> >
> > From this collection I can only assume that perhaps "Swamp Station"
> > was the Condah Swamp or Lake Condah (or Lake CONDON as it was known)
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Regards
> > Daryl Povey
> > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/historicalsociety.htm


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