Millers Ponds, the property

...a place in the KellyGang story 

One of the original properties in the Kelly Country

Areas

History at Millers Ponds before the KellyGang

The first settler of this district was a Mr Harland. When he came to farm here the area was known as Millers Pond. Licensed to John Brock (30,000)
1870 William Bon (alexandra26/5/1871)

In 1876 the lease was owned by John Pearson Rowe and David Edmund Stodard, ? acres , £267/10 license fee half year

Where did the name Millers Ponds come from

The name Millers Pond started when an explorer, Mr Miller, passed through the district. Camping one night near some marshes which reminded him of ponds, he named the area after himself, as Millers Pond.

The original aboriginal owners

 

The first selectors

State of selection in the area (Argus12/10/66)

Original

Neighbouring

Properties

Borodomanin
Cathkin
Gobur
Eglinton

What was Millers Ponds like in the late 1870's

Mr Rowe was procecuted for moving scabby sheep (Ensign24/10/1873)

Yarck post office was opened in February 1877

Mr Purcell from Yarck (Alexandra18/6/1880)

Links to the KellyGang

The KellyGang were seen near Yarck (Argus31/12/78)

Rivers Creeks and Hills near Millers Ponds

 

 

What happened at Millers Ponds after the time of the Kelly Gang

The Yarck and Kanumbra schools were built in the area

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

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