New Freugh Station

John Crichton Stuart McDouall and New Freugh Station Terry Callahan complied on his history and genealogy website place names in the Singleton district and states: “New Freugh [was] a property approximately 3 km east of Singleton on the Hunter River. The original landholder was John Malcolm who received a grant of 2050 acres on theContinue reading “New Freugh Station”

Arrival in New South Wales

Arrival in Sydney Cove The ‘Thomas Arbuthnot’ arrived in Sydney on the 17th January 1849 with a family bereaved and depleted. Sarah Ann was 7 years of age, Maurice 5 years and George Abner 2 ½ years old, George was without his wife and baby son, the children without a mother. There were a seriesContinue reading “Arrival in New South Wales”