by Chris Thompson | Aug 23, 2022
James Jerome Higgins was born around 1809 in Dublin and his wife, Mary Ann (née Winton) in 1807.[1] They are on the passenger list of the Lady East that arrived in Sydney on 15 November 1833. They had travelled cabin class from Liverpool via Hobart as unassisted...
by Chris Thompson | Oct 8, 2021
A probable date for Lewis’ arrival from London is 1838 when there is an entry for the arrival of a Lewis Levy on the Marion Watson, which sailed from Hobart on 7 February of that year.[1] He may have come to Berrima at the behest of his uncle, Joseph Levy, who was one...
by Chris Thompson | May 11, 2021
The only evidence and information that John Walton and wife, Susan Reece, were in Berrima is their marriage. This was at Sutton Forest on 8 October 1839 where both are referred to as ‘of Berrima’ Confirming this is that the witnesses were Michael and Jane Doyle,...
by Chris Thompson | May 11, 2021
George Waltham is recorded in the Returns of the Colony as sub-inspector of roads between February 1835 and 1841. For one year only, 1837, is he specifically stated as working in Berrima. His salary was £82/2/- plus forage for one horse. The only other record of a...
by Chris Thompson | May 11, 2021
Authority over Berrima’s convict contingent, and the men who guarded them, initially lay with twenty-one-year-old Ensign Richard Waddy. Waddy had arrived in the colony in 1834 in charge of the convicts on the Hive and had arrived in Berrima in January 1835 with...
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