Towns, Robert

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NameTowns, RobertPlace of ResidenceSydney, TownsvilleBiographyCaptain Robert Towns entered the Australian Shipping trade in 1842. He married Sophia Wentworth in 1833 daughter of D’Arcy Wentworth, owner of the Peterborough Estate at Shellharbour.

On Wentworth's death in 1821, Towns and his wife inherited 1/5 of the estate.

In the 1840's Caroline Chisholm, The Emigrant's friend, negotiated with Captain Robert Towns to settle immigrants to Australia on 4000 acres of land at Shellharbour.

In 1843, she brought 23 families of some 240 persons to Shellharbour. Each family was given a six year clearing lease to clear the land and set up small self-sufficient farms, growing wheat, potatoes, maize, and establishing dairy farms.

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Person

Wentworth, D'Arcy

Chisholm, Caroline

Document

Indenture - Thomas Gray

Object

Indenture - Thomas Gray

Map or Plan

Shellharbour Clearing Lease Map

Place

Peterborough Estate

Robert Towns

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PersonWentworth, D'ArcyChisholm, CarolineCollectionPeoplePlacePeterborough EstateLocalityShell CoveFamilyDorrough

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