...a place in the KellyGang story
Areas
First taken up by overlanders from New South Wales in 1837
to 1840. In the early 1850s by Benjamin Warby (23,000 acres). In 1865
Taminick was still owned by Ben Warby.
Spicer and Cowell and the use of dummies (Argus7/2/74)
McVean (McBean)(Ensign12/1/1875)
In 1876 the license was owned by the Bank of New South Wales, 19,290? acres,
And Taminick Plains was owned by William Newcomen, 19,290? acres, £93/10
half year license fee
At the time of the search in the Warby Ranges, after the Stringy Bark murders it was owned by Newcomen.(Newcombe?) (RC17285)(RC13061)
Where did the name Taminick come from
The original aboriginal owners
The first selectors
Robert Hoysted horse trainer (Ensign4/10/1872)(Ensign25/4/1873)
Allegation of using dummies (Argus7/2/74) (Argus23/2/74)
Daniel Morgan visited Taminick on the day before he died in 1865
On 10/11/1878 Insp Brook Smith and Const Johnson's search party followed the KellyGang's tracks for about 15 miles on Taminick Station (RC12460)
The tracks were traced within about a mile, or perhaps less than about a mile
of Taminick, and then they turned to the left, and ceased four tracks, and
got into two. (Argus14/11/78)(RC17285)
The fires that the police searching the Warby Ranges saw may have been caused by the sheppherds on Taminick. (RC5871)
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