The Move to Dyarubbin I: Mulgrave Place/Bulyayorang
Introduction and Contents First I wish to acknowledge and pay my respects to the Original Custodians of Dyarubbin/Deerubbin (Hawkesbury-Nepean rivers), the many clans of the Dharug, Darkinjung and Gundungurra nations, and to their elders past and present. I also wish to acknowledge those who died fighting for their Country in the wars that continually ignited around Dyarubbin from 1794 to 1816 between Aboriginal tribes and families and the new arrivals – the First Australian Wars. Aboriginal peoples be aware that this story may contain names of deceased persons and material that is highly upsetting. Dyarubbin (photo: A. Maie) In the 1800 Muster [1] Anthony, Elizabeth and family are listed as having a grant at Mulgrave Place. So at some stage after their son John’s birth and baptism at St. John’s Parramatta in 1796 it appears as if they had uprooted their young family from The Ponds and move...