Summary
Digital photograph of the Farrell family outside their farmhouse. The Sands & McDougall Directory lists Thomas Farrell at Ivanhoe Heidelberg from 1865 and Thomas Farrell, senior and junior, as farmers, at Darebin Creek from 1868. Based on the date the family immigrated and on the age of this house, it is possibly the third house that the family lived in on this site.
Description of Content
Wooden house & outbuilding, with eight people standing in the front garden. This farmhouse was the home of the Farrell family. The house was called 'Darebin' and was located on the Darebin River in Heidelberg. This was the third house on the site, the first two blew down in strong weather. When immigrating in 1841 the Farrell family walked from Melbourne to Irish Town, near where Northland shopping centre is now, with their belongings on their back. There is an unpublished history of the family.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Mrs Ann Noreen Black, 01 Nov 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
Heidelberg, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, mid 1860s-1870s
On the Darebin Creek. Sands & McDougall Directories lists Thomas Farrell at Ivanhoe Heidelberg from 1865 and as Thomas Farrell, senior and junior, farmers, at Darebin Creek from 1868. -
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Individuals Identified
Unknown girl; Farrell, Thomas; Farrell, Margaret; Farrell, Ed; Farrell, male, unknown first name; Farrell, female, unknown first name; Farrell, male, unknown first name; Farrell, female, unknown first name
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Format
Digital file, TIFF, Black & White
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References
Sands & McDougall's Melboune Directories: 1862 p.226; 1864 p.271; 1865 p.?; 1866 p.284; 1867 p.304; 1868 p.260; 1869 p.407; & 1870 p.425.
