...a place in the KellyGang story
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On the Murray River north west of Wangaratta. See also the town of Yarrawonga
First taken up in in about 1838 by George
Kinchington but he does not seem to have stayed long.
The run was taken up by Elizabeth
Hume (sister-in-law of the explorer, Hamilton Hume), in1842.
She acquired the Yarroweya [later Yarrawonga] run on the Murray following
the murder of her first husband by bushrangers in 1840.
Elizabeth Hume's homestead, Byramine, was built in 1842 and is on the Australian
and Victorian historic buildings registers. It is in the locality of Burramine,which
is about 14 km. west of Yarrawonga.
Charles Henry Barber married
his first cousin, Mary Hume, a daughter of Elizabeth Hume
In 1876 the licence was owned by J Rutherford, 67,200 acres
Where did the name Yarrawonga (Yarroweya) come from
The name is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning place where the wonga pigeon rested, or water running over rock.
The original aboriginal owners
The first selectors
Inspector Brooke Smith was at Yarrawonga (Argus9/11/78)
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