John Nowlan and Bimbi, part 1
John Nowlan is reputed to have in his early days had a butchering business in Sydney. John Nowlan Snr lived at Long Swamps neat Trunkey, with his wife, Mary.
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Mary died in 1863, aged 65, and is buried in the old Trunkey cemetery.
John Nowlan Jnr married Catherine Markham in 1861. They had one son and five daughters , then in the year 1872 Catherine died as well as two of her children. They died on the way to Cowra where John was taking them for medical aid.
In 1873 , July 24, John Snr, selected 200 acres on Wentworth Gulley Station, Wah Wey Creek at a spot known as the Yellow Water Holes, 8 miles east of Burrett's 320 acres.
John Nowlan Jnr married Marion Grant and they had twin boys and eight daughters.
In 1884 the Yellow Water Holes was transferred to John Nowlan Jnr, and the Weddin Run was sold to John Daley and John Jnr moved from Black Spring Gulley to the Yellow Water Holes.
A new home built and the property was then known as Wentworth.
John Snr died in 1889, buried Grenfell. John Michael Nowlan was the building block of Bimbi.
He was well known for the excellent line of sheep he bred and his wool clip was the first wool clip purchased by Goldsbrough Mort and Co in the Young district.
Norman Regan, their reprehensive, recounted that every year a bottle of scotch whisky was consigned to their first client.
The Rossi Creek Run
The old local historians said, "Thomas Burrett moved down the Bland Levels and purchased Swankets Land".
The only Uroka gazetted was in the Liverpool Plains District 1840 - Edward Cornish, Euroka, area 51,200 acres, Barwon River.
Until noticed in a gazette, 1883, Oriental Banking Corporation, renewing their lease on 40 acres, Parish Euroka, County Bland, District Grenfell, Rossi Creek Run . After intense reading the following was noticed: FN Rossi residing in Goulburn, took out two Pastoral Licences in 1836- No.2 and No.3.
Licence No.2 covered Michelago in the Maneroo District Covered Rossi Creek Run, Lachlan Land District. In 1848, Captain Francis Nicholas Rossi still No.2 covering Michelago - area 35,000 acres.
From 1840 and 1848 William Gardener held the Occupation Licence on the Rossi Creek Run. In 1849 the Run was gazetted to Stewart and Swankett 19,200 acres. James Gardener also had a run gazetted in the Lachlan Land District in 1848- Ulong, 21,000 acres.
Sarah Musgrave claimed in her book that in the early 1840's, Young Stewart, William Gardener, Myles and Graham, set out on a private trek to the Merool Country, only to find the creeks dry.
When their water ran out, Stewart was the first to collapse, after telling the others to push on, he was left to die of thirst. The rest of the party, near death, reached Mrs McGregors' .
Graham remained at Morangorell going into partnership with McGregor . Gardener went to the Gap to manage it for Major General Stewart. Swankett sold the Rossi Creek Run Occupation Licence to Thomas Burrett, who moved there in 1850.
The Gap originally Duglas Gap was gazetted by Grant and Trevelyan on Moppity Creek covering 40,960 acres.
The Runs gazetted by Major General Stewart were: Dananbilla, 16,360 acres. Bendic Murrell, 12,000 acres, on Bendic Creek, Crowther Creek 14,360 acres. Captain Rossi was connected to Maneroo Run where a town sprung up called Michelago.
When the road was cut from Hosking Town to Braidwood it passed over this run which was then taken over by Thomas Shanahan. Euroka was a wild area when Thomas Burrett settled there amongst the dense scrub.
The creek in front of the hut was known as Sandy creek but it was really Burrangong Creek.
The natives were plentiful, and the white settlers treated them appallingly.
Most of the information in this article was sourced from "Beyond the early Maps " by Veronica McNamara.
- Brian James contributes his column for publication in the Young Witness each Tuesday on behalf the Young Historical Society.
