Seven Creeks (Ballowra), the squatting run

...a place in the KellyGang story 

Areas

One of the original squatting runs in the Kelly Country

History at Seven Creeks before the KellyGang

First taken up by Janet Templeton in 1838. and passed to Barnes and Holland. (70,000 acres)
The Forlonge family take over Seven Creeks Station in 1851.
Seven Creeks had the first Saxon merino sheep in Victoria. They arrived on the property in 1851.

Use of dummies? (Argus7/2/74)
H M'Cartney (Ensign5/2/1875)

Did Younghusband have a rate problem (Ensign22/1/1875)
sold by the Bank of Austalasia to Dr Rowe (Ensign18/5/1875) (Alexandra25/5/1878)
In 1876 licensed to Issac Younghusband and Andrew Lyell 54,400 acres , £112/10 license fee half year

Where did the name Seven Creeks come from

 

The original aboriginal owners

 

The first selectors

Allegation of using dummies (Argus23/2/74)

Original

Neighbouring

Properties

Euroa
Cobor
Wangambeham
Wombat Creek

What was Seven Creeks like in the late 1870's

In 1874 the Benalla Land Enquiry investigated cases involving the use of dummies to get selections on Seven Creeks

Links to the KellyGang

 

Rivers Creeks and Hills near Seven Creeks

 

 

What happened at Seven Creeks after the time of the KellyGang

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

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