Joan’s 265 page book is a comprehensive story for the many Australian descendants of a Yass pioneer family created by emigrants William Henry
Daws from Cornwall, on the “Herefordshire” in 1857 and Mary Anne Flanagan from Galway, on the “Kate” two years earlier in 1855. They were married in Yass NSW in 1859.
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The INDEX is repeated on this page for ease of reference:
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| ........PART 1......... | |
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| William Henry DAWS :– emigrant from Cornwall to Sydney in the year 1857 PER “Herefordshire”– his journey over the Razorback to Goulburn by bullock wagon – pioneering days in Goulburn and thence Yass – marriage to Galway lass, Mary Anne Flanagan. Purchase and settlement of land at Good Hope and the creation of their Australian born family. | 1 |
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| ........PART 11........ | |
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| The nine children of William Henry and Mary Anne DAWES | 16 |
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| A. Ellen Jane DAWES 1860-1942 [McKINNON] | 17 |
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| B. John Henry DAWES 1861-1920 | 27 |
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| C. George Thomas DAWES 1863-1895 | 79 |
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| D. Eliza DAWES 1865-1923 | 81 |
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| E. William Patrick DAWES 1866-1955 | 87 |
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| F. Catherine Gertrude DAWES 1868-1936 [PATMORE] | 143 |
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| G. Fergus DAWES 1870-1938 | 155 |
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| H. Mary Bridget DAWES 1874-1905 [DUFF] | 157 |
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| I. Annie Josephine DAWES 1876-1956 [GRACE] | 159 |
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| ........ATTACHMENTS........ Some notes on connected pioneer families | |
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| J. The FLANAGANS of Ballinakill, Galway, Yass & Gunbar NSW and Iowa USA. Who was Uncle Edmund Flanagan? | 165 |
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| K. The McKINNON family of Good Hope NSW from Isle of Skye SCT 1837 | 185 |
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| L. The DUFFY family story from Fermanagh 1841 to Cavan & Yass NSW | 195 |
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| M. The FRANKLIN family from Co Clare 1839 to Yass & Brindabella | 205 |
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| N. William HARKUS from Heligoland to Nerrigundah & Moruya NSW | 225 |
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| O. McNAMARA/WALSH connections – Caherconlish, Limerick, Ireland, to Bowning, Yass, Boorowa, Carcoar, Lachlan 1840s/50s | 233 |
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| P. CLEARYs from Co. Clare to Piney Range, Grenfell NSW | 245 |
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| Q. 1929 Droving Diary of William Patrick Dawes (1866-1958) | 249 |
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| R. The Barren Jack Reservoir, Burrinjuck Dam and Dawes Island | 259 |
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| A Final Reflection | 262 |