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NameCouchDescriptionThe first member of the Couch family to come to Shellharbour was James Couch. James was born c.1790 in Suffolk and was transported to Australia for life for sheep stealing in 1827. He arrived per the 'Phoenix' in 1828 and was eventually assigned to work for Mr Jenkins at Berkeley.

James and his wife Mary (Wheatley) had ten children; Mary Ann b.1836 (Fletcher), Elizabeth b.1837, Edward b.1840 (married Ann Smith), Louisa (Jamieson) & George (twins) b.1842 (married Annie Collins and Catherine Connolly), Eliza b.1846(Fryer), James b.1850 (married Euphemia Chisholm), William b.1852 (married Mary Jane Henry), Susannah b.1854 (died 1855), and Emily b.1856 (married Frederick Finger).

The Couch family over many generations has made a large contribution to the dairying industry in Shellharbour.

George was a successful dairy farmer and race horse breeder. While living in Dunmore, George managed the Fuller estate for George Laurence Fuller and was second chairman of the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Company.

James Jnr. became a dairy farmer at 'The Meadows' Albion Park. He won first prize at the Sydney Agricultural Show in 1916 with his prize bull 'Laddie'.

Edward Couch was also a prominent dairy farmer in the area. He was on the Board of Directors of the Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy Company along with his brother George.

Edward Couch purchased a farm at Yellow Rock from Benjamin Clarke c1893. 'Wairanga' the homestead, was built on rubble foundations and completed in 1895. The corners were made of sandstone cut and transported by horse-drawn drays from Stockyard Mountain.

'Wairanga' still stands at Yellow Rock today.

External LinkDeaths Mr James Couch Snr 1880Death Mary Couch 1886Obituary James Couch 1922Obituary Mr George Couch 1923

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Illuminated Address George Couch

Shellharbour Steam Navigation Company Report and Balance Sheet

Illawarra Cooperative Central Dairy First Board of Directors

Albion Park Show Ribbon Banner

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Wood Carving Sam Endean Aborginal Figure

Couch and Downes Family

'Wairanga' and Buggy Shed Collage

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Mangle - Couch Family

Glass Butter Churn - Couch Family

Hat Pins - Couch Family

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Couch, James Jnr

Couch, James Snr

Parkinson, Robert Roxby

Couch, Edward

Couch, George

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Connolly

Fryer

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Dunmore Butter Factory

Avenue of Coral Trees

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Shellharbour Steam Navigation Company Report and Balance Sheet

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Yellow Rock (Ridge)

Edward Couch's property, Wairanga, Yellow Rock, c.1980.

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