Lillyput, the squatting run

...a place in the KellyGang story 

Areas

One of the original squatting run the Kelly Country

Yarrawonga

History at Lillyput before the KellyGang

Fist taken up by James Gullifer with West and Gray in about 1845. (14,000 acres) James Gullifer's wife was Agnes Meighan, and they had sixteen children

In 1876 the license was held by James Gulifer, ? acres, license fee half year £10 18 9
Gullifer held part of the lease until 1879 when the Lillyput Run was cancelled.

Where did the name Lillyput come from

A joke by Gullifer, the place in the story of Gulliver's travels

The original aboriginal owners

 

The first selectors

 

Original

Neighbouring

Properties

Wahgunyah
Bontherambo Plains
Boorhaman
Ullina

What was Lillyput like in the late 1870's

The home at Lillyput is one of the oldest in north eastern Victoria. It is built mainly of stone and originally had a shingled roof. The run also had its own railway station on the line to Wahgunyah. The Lillyput school, called Black Dog Creek, opened in 1869 with Mr Dixon as the first teacher. The school finally closed in about 1968. ref

Links to the KellyGang

 

Rivers Creeks and Hills near Lillyput

Just south of the Murray River on Black Dog Creek and near Yarrawonga

 

 

What happened at Lillyput after the time of the Kelly Gang

In 1881 much of Lillyput was taken up by selectors.

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What is happening at Lillyput today - a part of the Kelly Country and Ned Kelly's story

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