Portions - (Ref:- Tumut Valuation and Rates Book 1932 - 1934) In the name of his sons Patrick (2nd) HALLORAN - Portions in the Bogong area 99.180.60. part Portion 41. Also Map Records were in the name of John HALLORAN, Portions in the Bogong area - 100.50.81.part Portion 41.

Patrick (1st) Halloran was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1827. His parents are unknown

At the age of about 26 years he left Plymouth, together with his wife Bridget and one child, for Australian on 29 December 1853. After a voyage lasting 74 days they landed at Perth.

He was under the impression that Australia was like the United Kingdom and that a day’s journey would bring them from one town to another. However Patrick made the best of this disappointment and remained in Perth, which was then a convict settlement, for three years.

From Perth they proceeded to Adelaide, the voyage lasting five weeks. After a short stay in Adelaide he left his wife and child there and took passage in the "Nonpareil" for Melbourne.

Unfortunately the vessel was wrecked during the trip and he was reported drowned, but as it turned out he was rescued after spending a night in the rigging.

Question: Is this the ship? - (Nonpareil. Barque, 399 tons. Built in 1865. Lbd 125.7 x 29.8 x 17.5 ft. In late 1880, collided with the barque Hereford when the Nonpareil requested assistance of a doctor to attend her captain. The Nonpareil came in too close, the collision causing her main yard to be carried away. The hereford was only slightly damaged, but went aground near Cape Otway as she neared the end of her voyage. [LSS] - Ref - SHIPWRECKS OF VICTORIA - including Great Ocean Road and Gippsland - http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/vicwrecks.html.

In 1863 after six years were spent in Victoria Mr and Mrs Patrick Halloran and family came to Tumut and settled at Tumut Plains.

Then in 1866 some three years afterwards he took up a selection near the mouth of the Blowering Valley on the eastern side of the river and resided there until his death in 1900.

1900 - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES.- Probate Jurisdiction.-In the Will aod Codicil of PATRICK HALLORAN, late of Blowering, near Tumut, in the colony of New South Wales, Farmer, deceased.- Application will be made after fourteen days from the publication hereof that Probate of the lost Will and Codicil thereto of the abovenamed deceased may be granted to PATRICK HALLORAN, JOHN HALLORAN, and FRANCIS HALLORAN, the Executors named in the said Will and all notices may he served at the office of the undersigned. EMANUEL and FRASER, Proctors for the Executors, Wynyard Street, Tumut. By their Agents: DAVID M. MYERS, Martin Place, Sydney. - (Ref- The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)(about) Previous issue Saturday 24 November 1900).

1. Thomas (1st) O'HALLORAN born in UK - note the spelling O'Halloran. He married Miss Emily Louise BAWDEN in 1899 in Tumut.

2. 1865 Patrick (2nd) HALLORAN , parents PATRICK & BRIDGET in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.5834) - In 1900 Patrick (2nd) married Miss Helena T McGuire, in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.4820/1900).

3. 1867 John HALLORAN,, parents PATRICK & BRIDGET in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.16831)

4. 1869 Ellen HALLORAN, parents PATRICK & BRIDGET in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.18738)

5. 1871 Mary A HALLORAN, parents PATRICK & BRIDGET in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.18331)

6. 1873 Catherine HALLORAN, parents PATRICK & BRIDGET in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.19570)

7. 1876 Teresa HALLORAN, parents PATRICK & BRIDGET in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.21075)

8. 1879 Ann Elizabeth HALLORAN, parents PATRICK & BRIDGET in Tumut, NSW - (Ref NSW BDM No.24305)

Then in 1923 records indicate that Bridget M HALLORAN, (daughter of Thomas & Bridget) died in Tumut - (Ref NSW BDM No.8245) and the surviving families were;

Further details from the book “Blowering Valley” by Rhonda Roddy (McDonald) - The property was situated on both sides of the road past a sweeping bends which was prone to flooding after heavy rain and during the springtime etc

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES -Probate Jurisdiction

-In the Will of FRANCIS HALLORAN late of East Blowering near Tumut. In the State of New South Wnlcs Retired farrmer deceased -Application will be made after fourteen days from the publication hereof that Probate of the last Will and Testament of the above named deceased may be granted to MARY ANN HAYDEN (In the said Will called MARY ANN HAYDON) and FREDFRICK CAMPBELL MARSH the Executrix and Executor named in the said Will and all notices may be served at the undermentioned address where all persons having claims against...............(Ref- The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) Saturday 21 June 1930)

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