| [Index] |
| David SCOTT (1856 - 1930) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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David Clifton Fortnum SCOTT (1888 - ) Leonard C SCOTT (1889 - ) Jesse Hannah SCOTT (1890 - ) John (Jack) Charles SCOTT (1894 - 1989) Marguerita (Rita) SCOTT (1894 - 1982) |
David SCOTT (1856 - 1930) + Letitia Elizabeth STUART (1857 - 1952) |
John SCOTT (1823 - 1899) | Alexander SCOTT (1781 - 1847) | Unknown SCOTT |
| Margaret CATHCART (1801 - 1884) | Robert CATHCART | |||
| Jane MCQUAKER | ||||
| Jessie HANNAH (1825 - 1899) | ||||
| b. 1856 at Scotland |
| m. 1887 Letitia Elizabeth STUART (1857 - 1952) at Macclesfield, Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia |
| d. 1930 at Calgary, Alberta, Canada aged 74 |
| Near Relatives of David SCOTT (1856 - 1930) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Grandfather | Alexander SCOTT | abt 1781 | Ayrshire, Scotland | 1847 | 66 | |
| Grandmother | Margaret CATHCART | 1801 | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | 1884 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 83 |
| Father in Law | Charles Willliam STUART | 1891 | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |||
| Mother in Law | Sarah Matilda ALLEN | 1862 | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |||
| Father | John SCOTT | 1823 | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | 1899 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 76 |
| Mother | Jessie HANNAH | 1825 | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | 1899 | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 74 |
| Self | David SCOTT | 1856 | Scotland | 1930 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 74 |
| Wife | Letitia Elizabeth STUART | 1857 | Victoria, Australia | 1952 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 95 |
| Son | David Clifton Fortnum SCOTT | 1888 | Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia | |||
| Son | Leonard C SCOTT | 1889 | Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Daughter | Jesse Hannah SCOTT | abt 1890 | Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Son | John (Jack) Charles SCOTT | 1894 | Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia | 1989 | Cochrane, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 95 |
| Daughter | Marguerita (Rita) SCOTT | 1894 | Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia | 1982 | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | 88 |
| Sister | Margaret SCOTT | 1853 | Ayrshire, Scotland | 1918 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 65 |
| Brother | Alexander SCOTT | abt 1855 | Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland | 1890 | Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia | 35 |
| Sister | Jessie SCOTT | 1858 | Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland | |||
| Brother | James SCOTT | 1860 | Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland | |||
| Sister | Robina SCOTT | 1861 | Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland | 1905 | Combe Fields Farm, Binley, England | 44 |
| Sister | Jane (Jeanie) SCOTT | 1864 | Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland | |||
| Sister | Mary SCOTT | 1867 | Withorn, Wigton, Scotland | |||
| Daughter in Law | Elizabeth PHILLIPS | |||||
| Son in Law | George MOLDEN | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Gertrude Bessie UNKNOWN | 1900 | 1992 | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 92 | |
| Son in Law | Charles Alfred WYNN | 1885 | 1968 | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | 83 | |
| Uncle | Robert SCOTT | abt 1827 | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | 1892 | S. S. Victoria - P & O line | 65 |
| Aunt | Harriett FRANKLIN | 1838 | Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England | 1920 | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | 82 |
| Uncle | James SCOTT | 1831 | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | 1905 | Perth, WA, Australia | 74 |
| Aunt | Jessie Cummings LAMBIE | 1844 | Southend, Argyle, Scotland | 1886 | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | 42 |
| Aunt | Jane Jean (Jessie) SCOTT | abt 1835 | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | 1907 | Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia | 72 |
| Uncle | Matthew LANG | 1830 | Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland | 1893 | Moorabin, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 63 |
| Uncle | Alexander SCOTT | 1843 | Girvan, Ayr, Scotland | 1909 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 66 |
| Cousin | Cathcart SCOTT | 1879 | Victoria, Australia | 1944 | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | 65 |
| Cousin | Alexandra SCOTT | 1880 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1933 | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia | 53 |
| Cousin | Elizabeth Buchanan SCOTT | 1870 | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia | 1941 | Perth, WA, Australia | 71 |
| Cousin | Mathew Lang SCOTT | 1873 | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1876 | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia | 3 |
| Cousin | Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT | 1875 | Echuca, Victoria, Australia | 1950 | Tunbridge Wells, England | 75 |
| Cousin | James Lambie SCOTT | 1877 | Echuca, Victoria, Australia | 1879 | Echuca, Victoria, Australia | 2 |
| Cousin | Robert Johnstone SCOTT | 1879 | Echuca, Victoria, Australia | 1885 | Ivanhoe Lodge, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | 6 |
| Cousin | Walter Buchanan SCOTT | 1881 | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | 1916 | Villers Bretonneux, France | 35 |
| Cousin | Alexander Paterson SCOTT | 1884 | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia | 1918 | Villers Bretonneux, France | 34 |
| Cousin | Matthew LANG | 1859 | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | 1886 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 27 |
| Cousin | William Henry LANG | 1859 | 1860 | Prahan, Victoria, Australia | 1 | |
| Cousin | Alexander Scott LANG | 1860 | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia | 1932 | Sandringham, Victoria, Australia | 72 |
| Cousin | Margaret Cathcart LANG | 1862 | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia | 1874 | Victoria, Australia | 12 |
| Cousin | Jane (Jeannie) Cathcart LANG | 1864 | Kew, Victoria, Australia | 1930 | Victoria, Australia | 66 |
| Cousin | Anne Hason (Mason)LANG | 1866 | Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1909 | Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia | 43 |
| Cousin | Roberta (Bertha) LANG | abt 1867 | Victoria, Australia | 1939 | Victoria, Australia | 72 |
| Cousin | John LANG | 1870 | Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 1877 | Victoria, Australia | 7 |
| Cousin | Jessie LANG | 1875 | East Melbourne, Vic, Australia | 1894 | Sandringham, Victoria, Australia | 19 |
| Cousin | Stanley LANG | aft 1876 | ||||
| Niece | Jessie Scott BEATTIE | 1876 | Echuca, Victoria, Australia | 1880 | Victoria, Australia | 4 |
| Niece | Margaret Johnston (Rita) BEATTIE | 1878 | Shepparton, Victoria | 1949 | Wellington, New Zealand | 71 |
| Niece | Mary Scott BEATTIE | 1881 | Yarra, Victoria, Australia | 1934 | Wellington, New Zealand | 53 |
| Nephew | John George BEATTIE | 1884 | Dandenong, Victoria, Australia | |||
| Nephew | James Alexander BEATTIE | 1888 | Yarra, Victoria, Australia | 1947 | Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | 59 |
| Nephew | Frederick William BEATTIE | 1890 | Richmond, Victoria, Australia | 1963 | Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand | 73 |
| Nephew | David Hannah BEATTIE | 1892 | Richmond, Victoria, Australia | 1974 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 82 |
| Niece | Jessie SCOTT | 1886 | Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia | 1886 | Milparinka, New South Wales, Austalia | 0 |
| Nephew | John Aloysius SCOTT | 1887 | Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia | 1955 | Sutherland, NSW, Australia | 68 |
| Niece | Mary Agnes SCOTT | 1888 | Milparinka, New South Wales, Austalia | 1920 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 32 |
| Niece | Jessie SCOTT | 1890 | Milparinka, New South Wales, Austalia | 1948 | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | 58 |
| Niece | Robina Mary ORAM | 1887 | Bickenhill, Meriden, Warwickshire | 1893 | Meriden, Warwickshire, England | 6 |
| Nephew | John George Scott ORAM | 1888 | Bickenhill, Meriden, Warwickshire | 1964 | Dawson Creek, BC, Canada | 76 |
| Nephew | David Scott ORAM | 1890 | Bickenhill, Meriden, Warwickshire | abt 1953 | Islay, Alberta, Canada | 63 |
| Niece | Jeanie Scott ORAM | 1892 | Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England | 1945 | Sunderland, Cumberland, England | 53 |
| Nephew | James Alexander ORAM | 1895 | Teignwick, Buckinghamshire | 1971 | Kelowna, BC, Canada | 76 |
| Nephew | Robert Scott ORAM | 1896 | Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England | 1929 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 33 |
| Niece | Jessie Robina ORAM | 1898 | Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England | 1977 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 79 |
| Nephew | Cecil Arden ORAM | 1902 | Coombe Field, Warwickshire, England | 1965 | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 63 |
| Brother in Law | George BEATTIE | 1849 | Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland | 1916 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 67 |
| Sister in Law | Mary Ann KELLY | abt 1867 | 1930 | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia | 63 | |
| Brother in Law | George ORAM | abt 1856 | Erdington, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 1952 | New Minster, Vancouver, BC, Canada | 96 |
| Events in David SCOTT (1856 - 1930)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1856 | David SCOTT was born | Scotland | Census info & headstone | ||
| 1861 | 5 | Census | Knockormal, Colmonell, Ayreshire, Scotland | Note 1 | |
| 1871 | 15 | Census | Bridge House Farm, Whithorn, Wigtownshire | Note 2 | 67 |
| 1887 | 31 | Married Letitia Elizabeth STUART (aged 30) | Macclesfield, Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia | Note 3 | 52, 60 |
| 1888 | 32 | Birth of son David Clifton Fortnum SCOTT | Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia | Note 4 | 52 |
| 1889 | 33 | Birth of son Leonard C SCOTT | Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia | Note 5 | 52 |
| abt 1890 | 34 | Birth of daughter Jesse Hannah SCOTT | Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia | Note 6 | 52 |
| 1894 | 38 | Birth of son John (Jack) Charles SCOTT | Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia | Note 7 | 52 |
| 1894 | 38 | Birth of daughter Marguerita (Rita) SCOTT | Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia | Note 8 | 52 |
| 1896 | 40 | Other Event | Plans to leave Australia | Note 9 | |
| 1898 | 42 | Emigration | Returned to Scotland | email Terry Whitehouse | |
| 1899 | 43 | Death of father John SCOTT (aged 76) | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | Note 10 | |
| 1899 | 43 | Death of mother Jessie HANNAH (aged 74) | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | Note 11 | |
| 1901 | 45 | Census | 36 Blacket Pl, Edinburgh | Note 12 | |
| 1906 | 50 | Census | Alberta, Canada | Note 13 | |
| 1911 | 55 | Census | Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | Note 14 | |
| 1916 | 60 | Census | Bow River, Alberta, Canada | Note 15 | |
| 1921 | 65 | Census | Bow River, Alberta, Canada | Note 16 | |
| 1930 | 74 | David SCOTT died | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Note 17 | |
| 1930 | 74 | Burial | Bursland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | Note 18 | 90 |
| Death of son David Clifton Fortnum SCOTT | Note 19 | ||||
| Death of son Leonard C SCOTT | Note 20 | ||||
| Death of daughter Jesse Hannah SCOTT | Note 21 | ||||
| Personal Notes: |
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Pastoral Possessions of NSW
Scott, Alexander - Mount Poole ( Uncle to David) - page 460 NSW Govt Gazette 15 July 1881 Survey of Runs under the lands act of 1875 District of Albert, case No 201 Lessee Run Amount called for Thompson & Anderson Mount Stuart 30 pounds McBryde D. E. Mount Poole North East 20 pounds James Lloyd Sturt Block No 7 10 pounds Scott Bros & Carter Hermitage No 2 10 pounds Foord J. C. Terrawinda Plains No 2 6 pounds 15s Bagot E. M. Tarrawonda 3 pounds 5s NSW Gov Gazette 28 Feb 1882 XT - brand registered to Scott Bros & Co, Whittabranah Riverine Herald (Echuca) 10 Oct 1884 Report on Melbourne wool sales Scoured wool from the Darling sold well - SB & Co Whittabranah sold for 17 pence per pound Gazette - 5th August, 1885 Scott, Robert and David, and Godfrey Downes Carter - Whittabranah - page 497 WHITTABRANAH PASTORAL HOLDING No 262 Leashold Area - Land District of Wilcannia; County of Tongowoko. The Crown Lands within the boundaried of Hermitage No 2 Run and that part of Stuart Block No 4 lying to the south of the dividing line, as notified in Gazette 5th August, 1885 Resumed area. Land District of Wilcannia; County of Tongowoko. The Crown Lands within the boundaries of that part of Stuart No 4 run lying to the north of the dividing line, as notified in the Gazette 5th August 1885 Leashold 52990 acres. Annual rent 110 pounds 4s 2d Resumed 52400 acres - annual license 81 pounds 17s 6d Names of Holders - Messers Robert and David Scott and Godfrey Downes Carter (Carter was a wine & spirits merchant in Melbourne. cf Matthew Lang - both became mayor of Melbourne) Advocate (Melbourne) 23 Jan 1886 Melbourne wool sales - total of 3646 bales S.B. & Co - Whittabranah , 58 bales at 5 and five eights pence per pound NSW Govt Gazette 10 Aug 1886 NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, in the business of sheep farmers, on Whittabranah Station, in the Albert District of New South Wales, under the style of " Scott Bros. & Co.," is dissolved, as from this date, so far as regards the undersigned Alexander Scott. All debts due to or by the late firm will be received or paid by the continuing partners.—Dated this 7th day of June, 1886. G. D. CARTER. ROBERT SCOTT. DAVID SCOTT. ALEXANDER SCOTT. Argus (Melbourne) 16 Feb 1888 S & Co - Whittabranah - 77 bales at 6 and half pence per pound Albury Banner 9 Jan 1891 S & Co - Whittabranah - 223 bales at 7 and half pence per pound Age (Melbourne) 23 Jan 1892 S & Co - Whittabranah - 16 bales of lambs at 5 three quarters pence per pound 48 bales of greasy ewes at 6 and three quarters pence per pound 1893 - 6 pence a pound 1886 NSW Govt Gazette Sheep Brands allocation to Scott Bros & Co, Wittabrannah, Tibooburra Evening News (Sydney) 26 Dec 1889 Water. — The Government bore at Whittabranah Station, near Tibooburra, is down 341ft, and at present is going through drift. The water originally struck at a depth of 171ft from the surface has now risen to within 120ft of the top. Sydney Morning Herald 14 Sept 1889 WILCANNIA, FRIDAY.. By the steamer Goldsbrough, which arrived from Echuca on the 11th instant, 20 valuable pure merino rams came for Mr. A. Lang, Mount Poole Station, and nine for Scott Brothers, Whittabrinnah Station. These rams were purchased at the annual stud sales in Mel- bourne, at prices ranging from £460 each, from the fol- lowing stocks (all Victorian properties) South Australian Register (Adelaide) 16th Sept 1889 TIBOOBURRA. [From our own Correspondent.] Tibooburra. September 6. Having just returned from a trip across the Queensland Border, I am enabled, I think, to present your readers with some items of interest and reliable information from the far North-West and Central South Australia. Four miles north of Tibooburra is Whit- tabrennah Station, tbe property of Messrs. David Scott & Co. Shearing is in full swing there, and grass and water are both plentiful. The water is derived from Scott's Well, which supplies the town of Tibooburra in time of drought A steam engine has arrived and will, I hear, shortly be placed in position. ………. (a long article) Australian Town and Country Journal 2 Nov 1889 RIVER NEWS.-The steamer Resolute and two barges left to-day for Echuca, laden with the follow- ing cargo : Wool, 525 bales-Netallie, 172 ; Gnalta, 155 ; Yantara, 146 ; Baden Park, 85 ; Nuntherungie, 73 ; Fulham, 72 : Cobham Lake, 57 ; Turkey Creek, 54 ; Whittabrinnah, …….. Sydney Morning Herald 10 Dec 1889 Wilcannia The weather continues extremely warm. Several teams laden with Wool from Whittabrinnah station, near Tibooburra, arrived on Saturday. This wool goes to Echuca per Resolute. Wool continues to come in freely. There is every prospect of the outlying stations gotting their season's clip away on the present water. Evening News (Sydney) 12 Dec 1889 Fire at Wilcannia An iron building used by Messrs. Doake & Co as bonded and free stores was burnt to the ground between 3 and 4 o’clock this morning. Estimated value destroyed is 5000 pounds Includes one hundred and forty-eight bales of David Scott’s Whittabrinnah wool. Town and Country Journal 14 Dec 1889 Wilcannia, December 6. WEATHER.-To-day was one of the worst days ex perienced here for some time. The heat was sultry and disagreeable. The thermometer registered 108deg in the shade at 2 o'clock. It was 98deg in the shade before breakfast. The nights are close and muggy. A change is eagerly looked for. WOOL.-Several teams laden with wool from Whit tabrinnah Station, near Tibooburra, arrived on Satur day. This wool goes to Echuca per Resolute. Wool continues to come in freely. There is every prospect of the outlying stations getting their season's clip away on the present water. South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide) 15 Feb 1890 Sale by Elder, Smith & Co Ltd 1,000 4 and 6 tooth wethers and 1,303 full mouthed ewes for Messrs Scott Bros. & Co., Whittabranah station Adelaive Observer 11 Oct 1890 RIVER DISTRICT NEWS. Wilcannia. October 9. The steamer Nero left this morning for Echuca laden with the following cargo of wool: 191 Whittabrinnah Sydney Morning Herald 13 Nov 1890 WILCANNIA, Wednesday. The steamer Resolute left this morning for Echuca laden with the following cargo of wool 174 bales Winbar, 118 Mount Poole. 36 Cobham Lake, 371 Gnalta, 98 Netallie, 23 Fiokalara, 63 Monolon, 53 Mount Stuart, 71 Whittabrinnah, 61 Turkey Creek, 164 Sydney Mail and New Sout Wales Advertiser 21 Nov 1891 Wilcannia. NOVEMBER 12. The Pride of the Murray left for Echuca on Mon day laden with 434 bales of Murtee wool, 256 Salis bury Downs, and 262 Mount Poole. The Success arrived up stream yesterday. The Emu left Menin die up stream yesterday. The Wilcannia and the Hero arrived at Bourke up stream yesterday. The Saddler arrived at Bourke from Nulty, and the Pilot left for Dunlop. Saturday. The steamer Success left to-day for Echuca, laden with 510 bales of Cobham wool— 185 from Whitta brinnah, 122 from Nuntherungie, and 113 from Woodbourne. The Moira arrived from Bourke yes terday. The Emu arrived from Murray Bridge last night. Menindie reports the arrival of Emma up stream yesterday, and the departure of Waradgery and Pride of the Murray down stream. Yes terday the Emily Jane and Decoy passed down stream. To-day the Ariel aud Menindie left Wentworth for Morgan. Yesterday the river was falling down to Pooncarie, and stationary at Wentworth. Navigation, as far as Bourke is con cerned, will be closed in a few days, but the Darling will be open from Wentworth to Wilcannia for five or six weeks. Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 11 March 1893 The following gentlemen have been elected as sheep directors for the Mil- parinka district:- Messrs. W. O. Thomson, Mount Stuart ; Frederick Franklin, Connulpie Downs ; David Scott, Whittabrinnah ; Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 30 Aug 1893 TROUBLE AT THE SHEARING SHEDS. Difficulties at Naryilco and Whittabrinnah. ………… The manager of Whittabrinnah station has offered rouseabouts 22s. 6d. a week and find themselves, but they refused to go on. The manager, it ap- pears, wanted the shearers to start with the blacks as pickers-up, but they de- clined to work with the blacks. The manager has gone to Onepah station to try and get men from there. Adelaide Observer 9 Sept 1893 From the Sturt Recorder Since the last rains the grass has come up splendidly on Morden Station, and the horses, cattle and sheep are in good condition. Morden Station started shearing on Thursday, August 24. The board is full, and everything is going along satisfactorily. A good start at shearing has been made at Mount Poole and Mount Sturt Stations. At Whittabrinnah Station shearing is being delayed on account of the rouseabouts not being willing to accept £2 2s. 6d. per week per man and find them selves. Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 19 Sept 1893 Yandama was expected to cut out last week ; Mount Sturt will cut out next week ; shearing is proceeding satisfactorily at Mount Poole and Mount Stewart; Whittabrinnah is shearing with the P. U. men who were previously at Urisino and Wompah. Trouble was feared at Yantara, where 200 men were waiting the start, but at latest work was going on all right. The Argus (Melbourne) 6 Oct 1894 WILCANNIA, FRIDAY. Cobham reports having finished shearing. Salisbury Downs is also about to cut out. In Malperika district eight stations have shorn under the conference or verbal agreement, viz. :—Mount Poole, 40,000 ; Yandama and Connulpie, 30,000 ; Mount Wood, 60,000 ; Mount Sturt, 16,000 ; Mount Stewart, 13,000 ; Cobham, 50,000 ; Olive Downs, 24,000. The following stations in the same district have shorn under the pastoralists' agreement :—Yan- cannia, 180,000 ; Salisbury and Bootra, 100,000 ; Yantara 80,000 ; Morden, 60,000 ; Wonnaminta, Mindora, and Mount Arrow- smith, 150,000 ; Whittabrinnah, 20,000 ; Wompah, 30,000 ; being a total of 357,000 more shorn under the pastoralists' union agreement than under the conference verbal agreements. Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 27 March 1895 The following have- been elected sheep directors for Milparinka district: W. O. Johnson (Mount Stewart), A. Lang (Mount Poole), D. Scott (Whittabrennah), A. J. Combe (Packsaddle). NSW Gazette David Scott of Whittabrannah - impounded a horse NSW Govt Gazette 10 Oct 1896 - new appraisements of occupation licenses Mount Poole - Matthew Lang & Alexander Scott - 191,465acres - annual licence - 135 ppound 17s 5d Whittabranah - Robert Scott, Godfrey Downs Carter & David Scott - 52,195 acres - annual licence 47 Pounds 18s 3d The Mercury (Hobart) 13 March 1896 BROKEN HILL, March 9. At the Land Board sittings to-day, during the hearing of an application for the new appraisement of Mount Stuart, one of the extreme north-western stations in New South Wales, Mr. W. O. Thompson, the lessee, referring to the difficulty of reaching markets, owing to the non improvement of tracks, said that his wool, which had left the station in the middle of December, had not yet reached Wilcannia, which as distant only 180 miles. He had sent 7,400 sheep to Wanaaring in December last, and of that number only 2,174 had landed, and they were sold at 2s. 6d. each. In the case of Mount Stuart, Archibald Lang, one of the lessees, stated that in the summer of last year they killed 62,500 rabbits by tank trapping, and an equal number by poisoned sticks, Nevertheless that rabbits had since over-run the country. In 1891 the lessees had on this run 19,401 sheep. Since then the lambing had amounted to 21,800. They had also bought 4,000, making a total of 45,210. Yet in December last they had only 20,150 head, and they had killed 10,000, so that the losses in five years through drought and starvation caused by the over- running of rabbits was 15,060 sheep, averag- ing 3,012 a year. Evidence was given on behalf of the lessees of most of the stations in the north-west that the depreciation in the carrying capacity of the runs since 1890, due to the depredations of rabbits, amounted to at least 60 per cent. This is irrespective of the fall in the values of stock and wool. South Australian Register (Adelaide) 15 April 1896 THE RABBIT PLAGUE IN THE WEST DARLING. A DEPLORABLE RECORD. It was recently gravely discussed in Sydney whether rabbits ought to be regarded as food —and, as such, a national asset—or as vermin. The city man who hears rabbits cried in the streets at eighteenpence the pair may be inclined to supply an answer very different from that which the pastoralists of the Western Districts of New South Wales have been giving to the Land Boards of those parts, indeed, no indictment of a noxious animal has ever, perhaps, been so thorough and serious as this latter answer. The rabbits went into the Far West of New South Wales in the year 1884, but in 1886 he was still so rare, yet so dreaded, that as much as 2s. 6d. was offered for his scalp. In 1888 he spread and multiplied tremendously ; yet the old experienced pastoralists had large hopes that the newcomer constituted but a temporary trouble. In fact, there was a pretty general belief, founded no doubt upon a knowledge of the ways of the animal in the colder latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, that the rabbit could never become a really serious trouble in the hard, hot country of inland Australia. And so when under the Land Acts of 1884 and 1889 the western pastoral country was reappraised—this was in 1890—it is exceedingly doubtful whether the Land Boards paid much heed to the rabbit. But when the little pest began to furnish those complete lessons in acclimatization and adaptation which he has continued to give to this day ; when, in other words, he firmly established himself and multiplied exceedingly in spite of the awful drought of 1890 ; and when, coupled with his devastation of the country, there came a catastrophic fall in the market values of stock and wool, it became evident that prudence, if not the stern principles of justice, demanded a reconsideration of the 1890 rents. Parliament assented, and in the Lands Act of 1895 the New South Wales Legislature provided for a new appraisement of the rate of rent or licence-fee of all pastoral lands in the western division of the colony. It is at the enquiries under that pro- vision that the rabbit has been indicted. It is quite safe to say that the rabbit has completely altered the conditions and prospects of the pastoral industry in Central Australia. He does not merely eat grass which sheep ought to have. We must look in at least a score of directions for the results of his operations. Let us follow him. He comes upon a pastoral holding and in the first place eats off the grasses. The sheep, however, fall back upon the edible scrubs and bushes. These probably are scattered ; quite likely they are best in the flats near the tanks. Being constantly fed down the bushes in the vicinity of the tanks follow the grasses—they disappear. At once the grazing capability of the country is reduced. Then, the stock having to travel further to water—three and a half miles is ample, so far as artificial watering-places are concerned, for sheep to travel in the West Darling country—the condition of the stock falls away ; both frame and fleece suffer, in quantity and quality. But unhappily the expense does not likewise fall away. On the other hand, the eating-out (which is not quite the same as the eating-off) of the grasses, and the killing of the bushes near the dams materially hastens the silting-up of the latter, through the agency both of duststorms arid of flood-washings. Meantime the rabbits, driven now to the larger edible timber or scrub—the mulga particularly—attack the bark, and so destroy the tree. And it has been rightly said that the mulga is the West Darling pastoralists' sheet anchor. The troubles caused by the rabbit do not stop even at this point. In the olden days a run was divided into, say a dozen paddocks. Four of these were always "spelling"— perhaps in view of lambing. To-day, though in some parts the "spelling" of paddocks may be beneficial, in others, and in most, it simply means that the practice so necessary for the perpetuation of the edible stuff is transformed into an aid for the perpetuation of the vermin. The pastoralist must play a game of grab ; he must take the grasses when he can. This, of course, has a dual effect. There is tremendous mortality among the breeding ewes, and there is even more tremendous mortality among the lambs, and in the second place, the growth, being nipped off prematurely, surely and rapidly disappears. We might follow the rabbit still further in his ravages. We might track him on to the travelling stock routes, for which, of course, he has no particular respect, and we might show that on this account the lessees are now often debarred from easing their holdings of surplus stock when the outlook is gloomy, and that when the attempt is made the losses on the route are very large, and the prices realized from the forced sales ridiculously low. One may easily seem to speak extravagantly on this subject, and if one were to say with out some solemn admonitory preface that the pest has affected the beneficial rainfall average one might be discredited. Yet it is the fact, and it is easily explained. The grasses, being prematurely eaten off when they are not eaten out, even the roots disappearing, the "spring" has to be from seed ; whereas formerly it was largely a sprouting, so that although half an inch was beneficial formerly there is a consensus of opinion that, generally speaking, nothing short of an inch and a half does much good nowadays. And all the time thousands are being spent upon rabbbit destruction—an annual charge upon the holdings—and thousands more are annually spent upon dry fodder imported from hundreds of miles distant to sustain the working horses in the months of stress. Now, it is not submitted that every holding in the West Darling has suffered in every respect mentioned, though it is true that many have suffered in most of those specified, and in others unspecified. But the case against the rabbit may perhaps best be sustained by quoting actual cases as given in the published evidence in connection with the Land Board enquiries alluded to as having just taken place. In the first instance, then, it is not necessary to cite an individual run as having suffered 50 per cent depreciation in carrying capability since the rabbits began to infest the land. The Stock Inspector for the Menindie sheep district, which includes the greater part of the country that has suffered most, has given evidence repeatedly that in his opinion the country has deteriorated at least 50 per cent. Take the account of a well-known station on the South Australian bonier fence, Buckalow, as given by Mr. J. S. Morton, lately Manager of Tolarno and other Union Bank properties. "About 95 per cent. of the edible scrubs on the area are dead," he said, "the balance is quite out of the reach of sheep. All the cotton-bush is dead and not likely to come again. About four-fifths of the saltbush is dead—quite beyond recovery. Of Topar, another good area, the Government appraiser said—"The rabbits have killed 19-20ths of the edible scrubs." Up in the north, on the Queensland border, the effect has been just the same. Of Olive Downs, another Government appraiser said—"The rabbits have destroyed what little edible scrub there was and a great deal of the saltbush." And Mr. David Scott, of Whittabranah, stated that, though he had known his country pass through three years of drought in succession, he had never seen it in so deplorable a state as now. These are typical cases ; but possibly some sworn figures of the losses that have followed may be more convincing. Mount King East, near South Australian territory, is held by Mr. F. S. Hassall, of Olive Downs. He said—"From the last lambing flock of 15,000 ewes we marked 500 lambs." The losses on Wonnaminta, Nundora, and Mount Arrowsmith in 1896 amounted to 25,100—about 3,000 more than the total number of lambs marked. The average losses on Topar, a 30,000 head station, have been 2,000. Of 12,000 lambs on Mount Gipps in 1895 all have died. On Sturt's Meadows 25,173 sheep were lost in 1895 ; 2,137 lambs were marked. Dunlop's loss, further east, far exceeded that. And, to quote only one other case, the average losses on Mount Sturt—a 20,000 head run—have amounted for five years past to 3,012. We come now to the effect of the rabbit devastation upon frame and fleece of sheep. As to the former, it is quite impossible, of course, to give figures; only statements can be furnished, and these can be got anywhere. But as to weight of fleece figures are available. Mr. W. H. P. Hickey, overseer at Mount Arrowsmith, supplied a statement "showing the average weight of the scoured fleece of all sheep shorn at Mount Arrowsmith during the last six years as follows:—1890, 3 lb. 5 oz. ; 1881, 3 lb. 2 oz. ; 1892, 3 lb. 1 oz. ; 1893, 3 lb. ; 1894, 2 lb. 15 2/3 oz. ; 1895, 2 lb. 13¾ oz. On Wonnaminta and the stations worked in conjunction with it 137,407 sheep in 1891 yielded 2,321 bales of wool, while 124,806 sheep in 1895 yielded only 1,479 bales. Certainly 1895 was a year of drought. Yet it would not be impossible to show that the drought was only a contributory cause. Under the old dispensation a run could almost always carry on a pinch more sheep than it was stocked with. To-day it is carrying on the basis of good seasons. When the bad season comes the sheep, having already been forced to eat the edible bushes out of reach, and the rabbits having ring-barked the edible timber-growth, nothing is possible but either to attempt to get some of the flock to a "boiling down," or kill them for their pelts. Grasmere is a run in the Wilcannia district, close to the river ; it carries a fair number of sheep, so that one believes only with difficulty that the deteriora-tion has been as represented. But the aspect is entirely changed when we learn that Grasmore is worked in semi-conjunction with Cowl Cowl, in fertile Riverina, and that when hard times threaten the stock are simply moved along the river to Cowl Cowl. Or take Gnalta as an example. In 1895 a rainfall of 11.87 in. was registered, which is within about a quarter of an inch of the average for the last eighteen years, and yet the Government Inspector reports that "the holding is in a deplorable state." So on other heavily infested holdings heavy showers have not been followed by any spring of grass. Of Buckalow the Government appraiser said that he inspected it after the heavy rains of the last month of 1895, and saw no good grasses whatever. This appraiser has known the Western District a third of a century, and regarded the present state of things in this respect as unprecedented. But of worthless and worse than worthless grasses or weeds there is plenty. The sheep and rabbits by keeping the others down make room for these weeds, with the result that belladonna and other growth of the kind thrives, often doing great harm to flocks and killing numbers, as at Grasmere in 1895. NSW Gazette 13 March 1896 Sheep Directors Archibald Lang Esq - Mount Sturt Alex Lang Esq - Mount Poole David Scott Esq - Whittabrannah Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 18 Aug 1896 Mr. David Scott, J.P, is leaving Whittabrinnah station shortly; another manager (Mr. Smith) has arrived. Mr. Scott has been manager and part owner for over 15 years. Adelaide Observer 18 Sept 1897 Wilcannia. The steamer Moira left for South Australia with…. 48 bales from Whittabranah Western Grazier (Wilcannia) 6 July 1898 John McIntyre, drover, was proceeded against (on summons) by Scott & Co. of Whittabranah, for entering their run with travelling stock without giving the necessary notice. He was fined 20s and 5s 10d cost Sydney Mail 6 Aug 1898 Mount Wood and Whittabranah are expected to cut out shortly. 19 Oct 1899 Wool from Scott & Co Whittabranah sold for 1 shilling for greasy Australian Town & Country (Sydney) 5 April 1902 Article about the spread of dingoes into Whittabranah area after the breaking of the big drought of 1896 Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 12 Nov 1902 It is reported that Whittabrinnah station has changed owners, and that Moore, Dorward, and Co., of Mount Wood station, are the purchasers. 1883 -Echuca news in the Argus - Moore Dorwood & Co - 250 high class rams belonging to Moore Dorwood & Co which are on route for their Mount Wood staton 1884 Bendigo Advertiser 19 May 1884 The Drought in Riverina.—The " Riverine Herald" says that Messrs. Moore, Dorward and Co.,'have received the following telegram from the manager of their Mount Wood station:—"Drought completely broken up, abundance water, still raining." This confirms the many telegrams from other parts of the Riverina districts, and has NSW Government Gazette 1 Mrch 1895 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore sub sisting between us, as sheep and cattle farmers, under the style or firm of " Moore, Dorward, & Co." of Mount Wood Station, Albert District, New South Wales, has been dissolved by mutual consent, as and from the 22nd day of March, 1894. WALTER W. MOORE. GEORGE DORWARD. C. C. PALMER. J. T. BROWN. Witness to signatures,— W. S. Fraser, Accountant, Melbourne. The company was registered on 30 October 1908. The company owned Mount Wood Station, near Tibooburra in New South Wales. Mount Wood Station was first taken up in 1883 by George Dorward and later the homestead and woolscour were built in 1897. Proprietors of the station were Moore, Dorward & Co (1893 - 1897); Moore, Dorward and Palmer (1905 - 1907) and later Mount Wood Pastoral Co Pty Ltd (1908 - 1973). Its Managing Director inlcuded Ian McLachlan (1950s - 1973). Mount Wood Station was incorporated into Sturt National Park after 1972. The company was deregistered on 16 January 1987. George Dawson Dorward (1842, Forfarshire - 1923, North Shields S.A.) Australasian 24 Sept 1904 MOORE.—On the 15th September, at Whittabranah, Francis-street, Echuca, the wife of W. W. Moore, jun., of a daughter.????????????? The Argus 10 March 1906 MOORE. —On the 6th March, at Foster-street, Dan- denong, the wife of W. W. Moore, jun., "Whit- tabranah," Echuca—a daughter. ????????????????????? The Riverine Herald (Echuca) 27 June 1908 Sale of Whittabrannah - Echuca - Mr Walter W Moore is now permanently settled in Deniliquin The Herald (Melbourne) 12 March 1908 MR W. W. MOORE. ECHUCA, Thursday. Great regret has been expressed here to-day at the death of Mr Walter, Wil liam Moore, builder and contractor, which occurred at one o'clock this morn ing. The deceased had been ailing for some time, his complaint being an af fection of the heart. . His death was not unexpected. Mr Moore has been a resident of Echuca for fifty years. He was a native of London.. During his residence here he was a member of the local Council, and Mayor of Echuca, a justice of the peace, repre sentative of the Governnment on the Echuca Water Trust, and a prominent member of the Masonic body. Mr Moore was the largest property owner in Echuca, and was also interested in Mount Wood sheep station in New South Wales. Weekly Times (Melbourne) 13 June 1908 BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES. Mr Walter William Moore, formerly a well-known ironmonger, timber mer- chant, contractor and station owner at Echuca, who died on 12th March, was possessed of real estate value at L13,556, and personal property valued at L18,132. His will has now been lodged for probate. The bulk of the estate is left by the testator to children and re- latives. 1922 Gazette NSW 25 Aug 1922 Western Lands Lease No 662, Whittabranah - 12,775 acres - inthe name of Mount Wood Pastoral Company Pty Ltd 1935 Sidney Kidman (article & map of his properties in 1935) http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC12228 1937/38/39/42 Whittabranah - still selling wool https://soc.genealogy.australia-nz.narkive.com/qC0jMmpB/david-scott-and-whittabrinnah-sheep-station-nsw |
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| 52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 No Image
Name: Elizabeth Stuart Father's Name: Charles William Stuart Spouse Name: David Scott Spouse's Father's Name: John Scott Marriage Date: 21 Jul 1887 Marriage Place: Macclesfield Registration Place: Strathalbyn, South Australia Page Number: 200 Volume Number: 152 |
| 60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide) 27 July 1887
MARRIAGES. SCOTT-STUART.-On the 21st July, at St John's Church, Macclesfield, by the Rev. W. J. Bussell, David Scott, of Whittabranch, New South Wales, to Elizabeth Stuart, fourth daughter of C. W, Stuart, Flaxley, Macclesfield. |
| 90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com |
| - Reference = (Burial) |
| - Notes: David Scott
Birth 1856 Death 1930 (aged 73–74) Burial Burnsland Cemetery Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada Show Map Plot Section N |
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