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 NSW Corps

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Green, Melbourne

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

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Flack, Charles

Charles Thomas Flack, born in Suffolk England, in 1854, arrived in Australia with his parents, Peter and Mary and Flack, in 1857. In 1885, in

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Fitzhardinge, Grantley

Grantley Fitzhardinge was born in Waverley, Sydney, in 1845, fourth son of William George Fitzhardinge who had come to Australia with his family in 1838.

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Fearnley, John

John Gillett Fearnley was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1861, the son of a well-to-do mill owner. He emigrated to Australia when he was about

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Redshaw, George

George Redshaw, one of six sons, was born in Sydney of English parents, his father, from the city of Derby, coming to Australia as officer

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Lovell, Joseph

Joseph Andrew Lovell the son of a wealthy Ryde orchardist, George Lovell, moved to Beecroft in 1890 with his wife Isabella (née Franks) and their

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Gelling, Benjamin

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

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Dobbie, Charles

Charles Archibald Dobbie was born in 1861 at Potts Point, Sydney, the second child of John and Isabelle Dobbie who had left Birmingham, England, for

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Cox, Alfred

Alfred Cox and his wife were two of Beecroft original residents and their house one of the earliest built. In 1888 Alfred purchased one acre

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Coward, William

William Gratus Coward, born in 1857, and his wife Jane (née Crossing) lived in Strathfield until 1890 when they moved to Beecroft and lived in

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