Category: G-K

Gelling, Benjamin

Benjamin Richard Gelling Benjamin Richard Gelling was born in Victoria in 1863, his father being a native of the Isle of Man and his mother

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Green, Melbourne

Melbourne Green Melbourne Green (1851-1928) was born in Chelsea, London,  the youngest of ten children. His parents, Henry and Catherine Ann (née Heath), of London,

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Harris, William

Harris, William William Henry (Bill) Harris (1874-1953), was a kinsman of Surgeon John Harris of Ultimo. Surgeon John Harris (1754-1838) was a member of the

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Harrison, George

George Robert Harrison George Robert Harrison (1831-1914) was one of the first buyers of Beecroft Crown Land, purchasing 14 acres on Beecroft Road at an

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Hart, Bill

William Ewart Hart (Bill) William Ewart Hart was one of Australia’s first airmen. He was born in Parramatta on 20 April 1885. At 16 he

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Hearnshaw, Eric

Hearnshaw, Eric MM, B Ec, Dip Pub Admin, [1]  Hearnshaw (1893-1967) was one of the longest serving State Members of Parliament who has ever represented

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Henry

Henry (c1817-1821) In March 1819 two year old Henry of the Kissing Point tribe was admitted to the Black Town Institute. Of this establishment on Richmond

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Herring, Lesley

Herring, Lesley George Herring (1846-1913) first purchased land in Beecroft in 1887 between present day Chapman Avenue and Hannah Streets and on both sides of

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Higgins, Samuel

Samuel Higgins Thomas Higgins (1835 to 1914) and his wife Jane, née Lindsay (1843-1906) were married in Kilmarnock, Scotland, in 1875. It was Jane’s third

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Hilder, Jesse

 Jesse Jewhurst Hilder(1881-1916)[1]and Meadmore family Hilder was born in Toowoomba Queensland on 23 July 1881. After completing schooling he was employed by the Bank of New

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Holcombe, Harry

Harry Holcombe Harry Octavius Holcombe (born 1856) left the United Kingdom when aged 24 carrying a letter of introduction to Robert Tooth of the brewing

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Hooker, Les

Hooker, Sir Leslie Joseph L J Hooker was arguably Australia’s most successful real estate agent. He spent a decade of his youth in Beecroft. He

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