Dudgeon, Hugh

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NameDudgeon, HughOccupationFarmerPlace of ResidenceJamberooBiographyHugh Dudgeon was born in Ireland 1811, County Fermanagh to Simon and Elizabeth Dudgeon (nee Boyd).

He married Prudence Lawson in 1834 and in 1855 they travelled to Australia aboard ‘Exodus’ with their children;

Simon b.1834 (married Margaret Jane Boyd, died 1915, Lismore)
Mary Jane b.1835 (married Thomas Fredericks, died 1919, Jamberoo)
Elizabeth Charlotte b.1838 (married William Noble, died 1907, Bowral)
Hugh b.1841 (married Margaret Ann Dudgeon, died 1930, Jamberoo)
John Robert b.1842 (married Margaret Barber, died 1921, Murwillumbah)
Anne b.1845 (married William Reid, died 1934, Bangalow)

Prudence had a cousin, John Colley, living at Kiama.

The Dudgeon’s took up a seven-year clearing lease and cut back 60 acres of wild scrub at Saddleback Mountain.

Hugh purchased two cows from Henry Osborne’s strain for the production of butter. By the time the clearing lease expired in 1862, the Dudgeons owned 18 cows. They moved to a farm, 'Fountaindale' at Jamberoo, before settling at 'Hillview' farm, from where the famous Dudgeon stud took its name.

Hugh Dudgeon Jnr, eventually joined his father at 'Hillview,' and built up the Australia-wide renowned herd. Before Hugh Jnr died in 1930 aged 88, he passed over the herd to his son, Robert John ‘Jack’, Dudgeon, who carried on first at 'Hillview' farm, and later at 'Parkview' at Albion Park.

Hugh Dudgeon Snr lived at 'Hillview' until his death in 1885 aged 75. He was buried at Jamberoo Uniting Cemetery. Prudence died in 1898.

External LinkHigh Dudgeon Jnr - A Great Breeder 1922Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction 1885Obituary Margaret Dudgeon 1902Obituary Hugh Dudgeon Jnr 1930

Albion Park Show 1911.

Top l-r: W H Sharpe, J Couch. Bottom l-r: T Armstrong, R H Walker, W H Noble, R C Johnson, C Dawes, Hugh Dudgeon Jnr, Arch. Graham, A T East, T Whittaker, H Wilson. (From the Town & Country Journal)

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