At the age of 14 years, John James Brannock arrived in Geelong on the"TORNADO" in April, 1863 with two sisters
Honora BRANNOCK was 16 years old when she arrived in 1863 on the TORNADO, - Ref B - 215page 7.
ELLEN BRANNOCK was aged 12 years, she arrived in 1863 on the TORNADO, Ref B - 215 page 7. - - (Ref- http://www.tools.prov.vic.gov.au/UnAssisted2.asp) - Letter from Billy Brannock to Jean Stephenson on 1/12/1986.- Plus Immigration Computer records of the time and Public Records Office, Victoria Archives. Code B, Fiche 215, Page 007.
They were met by their older brother Patrick Brannock who had arrived earlier in 1857 at the age of 25 years. Patrick had established himself at Bendigo as a Miner.
John James (1st) Brannock Married Miss Sarah Elizabeth Cambridge on the 15th October, 1872, in Louisa Creek, Turon River. - now known as "Sofala" (About 42 Klm's sth of Mudgee, NSW.)
Gold Digger - Station owner
1873 General Labourer - At time of birth of first child Alice Mary - at Lucknow, via Orange. NSW.
1873 - Alice Mary (2nd) Brannock was born on the 12th Jan, 1873 in Lucknow, Via Orange, NSW. - (Ref- NSW BDM 16002/1873) and died on the 14th Oct, 1934. - she married Mr Charles Caple (1st) Colburn - he died in 1946 in Randwick, Sydney, NSW - (Ref- NSW BDM 12751/1946).
1874 "Murenghe Station," Hay. On Lachlan River - Hannora Jane (Jinny) born on the 26th Sep, 1874 . John Jame's daughter Hannora Jane (Jinny) Records show she married John Philip (Jack) (3rd) Higgins and they purchased the property "Fairview" West Blowering, Tumut. After the death of his father Patrick Higgins who died in 1896 in Tumut District Hospital - as the result of a fall from a horse in Fitzroy Street, Tumut. Jinny died on the 27th May, 1965 in 18 Wanstead Ave, Earlwood, Sydney.- (Ref- T & A T Obituary 8/6/1965)
1976 Johannah Catherine (2nd) (Queeney) Brannock was born on the 29th April 1876 in Booligal, Via Hay. NSW. On the 2nd Nov, 1904 together with her brother she drowned Drowned in Tumut River. (at Guy's Crossing).
1877 "Yallock," Via Hay. - Michael born & died."Murenghe Station," Via Hay.
1879 "Rosedale Farm," on Lochlan River, Via Hay. - John Patrick Brannock was born
1880 Isabella Sarah (Bella) Brannock was born on 20th Feb, 1880, on "Rosedale Farm," Murenghe, via Hay, NSW - (Re/1880f- NSW BDM 16253). She married Hamlet Jack Gulson on the 23rd Mar, 1902, in Hay, NSW - ( Ref NSW BDM No. 4119 & Jean Stephenson).
1882 "Rosedale Farm," Via Hay. - John John James (2nd) Brannock - Drowned - Mailman - born - Drowned in Tumut River with his sister Johannah 1904.
1884 Eleanora Maude "Nell" Brannock was born on the 2nd Feb, 1884 in "Rosedale Farm", via Hay. She married in 1905 to Albert Alfred George Hartshorn in Tumut, NSW.
1886 "Nattue," Via Hay. - William George (1st) Brannock - born - Married Florence Bell, Gundagai.
1887 Hay Nth - Waljeers - "Nyanda"
1888 James...born on the 12th September, 1888, at "Nattue" Station, Hay. NSW - He died on the 16th June, 1912, in Hay, NSW.
1890 Booligal. NSW. - Florence born. Died at 22 Yrs. Sydney.Florence Kate Brannock - attended West Blowering Public School with her sister Mary Kathleen. - 1915 - BRANNOCK.-In sad but loving memory of our dear Flo, who departed this life November 28, 1912. In serted by her mother, sisters, and brother, - (Ref- The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)(about) Previous issue Tuesday 30 November 1915 ).
1893 "Nattue," Via Hay. - Mary Kathleen was born. - Married - SidneyJohn Liddell. Mary Kathleen Brannock was born on the Tuesday 29th Aug, 1893. at "Nattue" Booligal. NSW. Then on Friday the 6th August, 1915, she married at "The Manse," Presbyterian Church, 12 Luger St, Waverley, Sydney to Mr Sidney John Liddell.- (Ref - NSW BDM 11361/1915 & daughter Jean)
1896 Hay. - Doris Lucy Brannock was born in Hay
1898 Photo taken in Sydney..
1918 Tarrabandra, via Brungle. - Died whilst staying with daughter Nell & Albert Hartshorn.
From Western Post and Mudgee Newspaper
November 2, 1861
Accepted Tenders for Runs (11th October 1861)
("Rent.for period from the 1st instant to 30th June next, must be paid within sixty days of present date..The Assessment for the present year.must also be paid within sixty days from this date")
Henry, TOM - 'Tom's Lake' Run, Rent £10 10s, Assessment £20
Henry, TOM - 'Nattue' Run, Rent £10 10s, Assessment £20 - Ref - From Western Post and Mudgee Newspaper
Refusals
Applicant Land district - County - Parish(es) Acres Gaz Applic. No
BRANNOCK J. Hay North - Walgiers - 'Tom's Lake' 7500 4 85-13
... BENT, John - Hay North - 'Walgiers' -, 10240, 4, 85-16. BRANNOCK J. Hay North - Walgiers
- Tom's Lake, 7500, 4, 85-13. ... DRUM John, Hay North - Walgiers - Massie, 7500, 4, 85-15. ...
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/Leases/1885.html
Ref - http://au.google.yahoo.com/bin/query_au?p=Walgiers&hc=0&hs=0
Approvals - 1887
Applicant Land district - County - Parish(es) Acres Annual rent £-s-d Gaz HL No Applic No Reg No
BRANNOCK, John - Hay Nth - 'Waljeers' - Nyanda 5819 58-3-10 1 263 85-24 87-535
For details of superscript notes included in the following, see end of table.
If any money borrowed,the Bank appears as the Lessee.
Note: 5 - Original Homestead Lessee - PARKER Edward Colston
BRANNOCK John - District Hay Nth - Acres 5819 - 56-11-6 -5 - 263 - Ref - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/NSWW/Leases/1891.html
GULSON, - 1886 - GULSON Luke Hay Nth - Franklin - Benelkay, Bulgarbugerygam 10240 73-13-4 3 149 85-36 86-3292
28/6/97.......John James Brannock was a wild Irishman, apparently in his time he owned several properties in the Hay, Booligal area. However he had a drink and gambling problem and won and lost all the properties on different occasions.
He also was a Bullock Team Wagon Driver, no doubt delivered supplies to towns and stations in the area and carrying wool and wheat.
Other reports are that he was a Dam Sinker in the Booligal area. This work would have been done with his Bullock Team. (Maybe a search of the Hay, Hillston, Booligal papers of the time would reveal a lot about this man.)
Nanny remembers Sarah Elizabeth talking about the hard times of the "Good old days". Apparently she would talk for hours about the topic.
Apparently because of Jahn James Brannock's general gambling problem she and Sarah Elizabeth split up in later life, he then lived at Tarabandra, via Brungle, with his daughter Nell and son in law Albert Hartshorn.
Sarah Elizabeth went to Sydney and eventually lived with their daughter Mary Kathleen at Wharf Rd, Marrickville and Kingsgrove.
John Stephenson Great Grandson of John James contacted the present ower of "Nattue" by phone and spoke to Mrs Robinson.
Prior to white settlement, Tumut marked the boundary of three separate Aboriginal tribes. To the north lived the Ngunawal, to the south the Walgalu and to the west, the Wiradjuri. During summer tribes came together and journeyed to the highest peaks to feast on the plentiful Bogong moths. The moth's outline is used today in the Tumut Region Visitor Centre logo.
During the late 1820s settlers pushed down the Murrumbidgee and by 1829 the first pioneers were on the Tumut River. Land was first settled at Darbalara, close to the junction of the Tumut and Murrumbidgee. During the first 20 years settlement was scattered along the Tumut River,the original settlement being at Mill Angle, at the end of the present showground road, where the first inn was kept by Tim O'Mara.
On the opposite bank a Mr Anderson set up his blacksmith's shop, and here he and a Mr Foord built the first bridge over the river about 1850.
This was the earliest Tumut - wattle and daub and slab-built huts in which dwelt the blacksmiths and teamsters, until a flood in 1852 consolidated the scattered hamlets into one village, and Tumut as it is today, was born.
By 1887 Tumut (a name derived from an Aboriginal word meaning "a quiet resting place by the river") was a municipality; by 1928 it had become the headquarters of the thriving Tumut Shire, which also embraced Adelong and Batlow.
Today the explorers and the pioneers have long gone, but the haunting beauty of the valley remains. People from the original three tribes still live across the Tumut region and perform rituals and ceremonies at important sites to maintain their relationship with the land. Tumutis the hub of a beautiful valley at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains.
With a population of over 6000 the town boasts a modern cosmopolitan shopping centre equal to the best in any town of the same size, excellent social facilities and a large range of fine caravan parks, motels and holiday flats, bed and breakfast establishments, licensed clubs, restaurants and cafes, and a first class Visitor Information Centre to handle all your enquiries on all the things to see and do in the TumutRegion.
Beauty is everywhere - incredibly beautiful parks, famous trees, Adelong's picturesque pastoral scenes, Batlow's glorious orchard country, Yarrangobilly Caves, awe inspiring power stations and lakes of the Snowy Mountains
Scheme, enormous stands of pine and hardwood plantations, and the vast Kosciuszko National Park with its abundance of wildlife and flora, unique landscape and snow.
The township provides a wide variety of quality accommodation options to make your stay memorable while the wide selection of outlets in the modern shopping centre will be able to meet all your needs.
Historically, there's plenty to reflect Tumut's heritage: magnificent old buildings including the town's churches, courthouse and hotels, its pioneer cemetery on Adelong Road which includes the grave of Thomas Boyd, a member of the Hume and Hovell expedition which passed through Tumut in 1824.
The Tumut Historical Society's museum has fascinating information about farm and domestic items charting the town's pioneering history, superb photos of the region's development and a special display featuring memorabilia of famous Talbingo author, Miles Franklin.
The magnificent mountainuous terrain of the Tumut region has attracted a large field of international female cyclists competing in the Tour De Snowy. This world class event has gained a reputation equal to the Tour De France.
The Festival of the Falling Leaf is celebrated annually in April. Formore up-to-date information, drop in to the Tumut Region Visitor Centre.
South Gundagai Cemetery - GUNDAGAI:
Gundagai is 225m above sea level, it is 370 klms by road from Sydney,and 493 klms by road from Melbourne. Nearest towns are Tumut 35 klm,Adelong 35 klms, Balow 66 klms, Cootamundra 59 klms, Junee 62 klms and Wagga Wagga 84 klms