Ogden, George,

George Ogden was born around 1821 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England. He married Emma Browne and they lived, in 1851, with her three unmarried siblings in

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Murray, Andrew (b 1793)

Andrew Murray (1793-1858) of Murray Farm Road. was born at Greenwells, Melrose, Scotland the son of David Murray, a farmer, and Christina (nee Buchan). Until

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Laurie, Bill

William (Bill) Rae Laurie, B Arch (USyd), FRIBA, FRAIA, DSC (Hon) (UNSW) was raised in Tynron, Hannah Street, Beecroft. He was the son of John

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Lidwill, Mark

Dr Mark Lidwill (1878-1968) commenced his medical practice in Beecroft in 1904. It would seem that he was the first medical practitioner to live and

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Lamont, Edward

Edward Louis Lamont was born about 1846 in London the son of Edward Buller Lamont and his wife Maria A. of Monydrain, Agyllshire and Parramatta

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Innes-Noad, Sydney

Sydney Reginald Innes-Noad MLC CMG (1860-1931) was born at Highgate in London, England, and arrived in Melbourne in 1883. He worked in Melbourne and then

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Herring, Lesley

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 York

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Dougan, Mary

Mary Elizabeth Dougan (nee Coles) (1902-2007) was born on the Clarence River where she learnt her love of gardening from her grandfather who had “worked

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Devlin, James

James Devlin was born in 1808 the eldest child of Arthur Devlin, an Irishman from Wicklow who was transported for his part in the Irish

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Children

Children Until World War 2 or thereabouts, the most significant distinguishing differences to describe children in Beecroft and Cheltenham was to look at the economic

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