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NameMolesDescriptionAlexander Moles was born c.1803 in County Monaghan, Ireland to James and Elizabeth Moles (nee Thompson). He arrived in Australia aboard ‘Argyleshire’ in 1840 with his wife Jane (daughter of Douglas and Jane Dickson), son William, aged 11 years, and daughter Margaret Jane aged 9 years.

Alexander and family settled on a clearing lease at Bass Point, in the area of what is today Killalea Lagoon. When the Moles family lived there, it was called Moles Lagoon.

Alexander and Jane farmed the area for 20 years until Alexander’s death in 1860. Wife Jane died in 1872. They were buried at the Old Sand Cemetery at Shellharbour.

In 1852, William married Mary McGill the daughter of Andrew and Jean McGill. They settled on their farm at Tongarra until moving to Tullimbar.

William and Mary had nine children;
Jane b.1855 (died 1926 Albion Park)
Margaret b.1856 (married James Walker, died 1905, Albion Park)
Alexandrina b.1858 (died 1886, aged 28 years, Albion Park)
Barbara b.1861 (died 1940, Parramatta)
Marian Douglas b.1863 (died 1932 Parramatta)
Louisa b.1865 (married Andrew Paterson Johnston, died 1907, Albion Park)
Andrew b.1866 (died 1923 QLD)
Mary b.1868 (married Andrew Paterson Johnston, died 1952, Ashfield)
Sarah Elizabeth b.1870 (died 1901 Albion Park)

Louisa Moles married Andrew Paterson Johnston in 1900 and died only seven years later. They had a three-year-old daughter, Marian, born in Lismore in 1904.

Five years later, Andrew Paterson Johnston married Louisa's younger sister, Mary Moles at the Moles family home, 'Toongla', Tullimbar.

Sarah Elizabeth Moles suffered an affliction of the heart and sadly died of a cerebral haemorrhage in 1901, aged just 31 years.

Four years later in 1905, Sarah’s sister Margaret (Walker) also died of a blood clot to the brain on a visit to her father’s home ‘Toongla’.

Son, Andrew Moles married Helen Fraser in 1898.

Neither Jane, Barabara or Marian married. They loved in the family home ‘Toongla’ at Tullimbar, which their father William had purchased in 1898.

William Moles was an influential settler, Mayor of the Shellharbour Municipal Council 1860-1861 elected to replace William Wilson who left Shellharbour to further his Wesleyan Ministry. He was an alderman 1859-1863, 1866-1867 and committee member on the National School Macquarie River, movement for a Municipality in 1858 and improvement committee for Macquarie Pass.

Mary Moles Snr died in 1900, and William in 1911.

Alexander and Jane’s daughter, Margaret Jane Moles, married James Colley at Kiama in 1853.

Alexander and Margaret Jane had several children;

Annie Jane b.1854 (married Samuel Smith Walker, died 1935, Kiama)
Alexander John b.1855 ( married Charlotte Whittingham, died 1916, Kiama)
Jane Douglas b.1858 (died 1947 Kiama)
Matilda b.1859 (died 1944, Kiama)
James b.1861 (married Mabel Louise Scougall, died 1920, Lithgow)
William Moles b.1863 (married Evaline Nossiter, died 1924, Kiama)
Margaret Mary b.1865 (died 1945, Kiama)
Mary b.1867 (died 1940, Kiama)
Florence Ellen b.1869 (died 1869)

Margaret Jane Colley (nee Moles) died in 1869, aged just 37 years, probably a result of childbirth. She was buried at Kiama Cemetery. Four months later in June 1869, her infant daughter Florence Ellen was buried with her.
External LinkBirths Moles 1865Births Moles 1866Death Jane Moles 1872Complimentary Picnic Mr W Moles Honored 1898Obituary the Late Mrs William Moles 1900Mrs W Moles 1900An Albion Park Wedding Louisa Moles 1900Illawarra Weddings Maggie Walker (Moles) 1902The Late Miss Sarah Moles 1901Mrs James Walker Death 1905Death Louisa Johnston (Moles) 1907Obituary Mrs Paterson Johnston 1907The Late Mr William Moles 1911Obituary Mr William Moles 1911Marriages Paterson Johnston - Mary Moles 1912Farm to Let 1914The Late Mr Andrew Moles 1923The Late Mr Andrew Moles Tribute to his Memory 1923Andy Moles 1923Death Andrew McGill 1926Death Jane Moles 1926Death Andrew McGill 1926To Let By Tender 1928Mrs P Johnson (Mary Moles) 1952Obituary Miss Mary Colley 1940Miss Matilda Colley 1944Miss Jane Colley 1947

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Killalea Lagoon

The Silo at Toongla

Toongla

Pioneer Cemetery Albion Park

Toongla

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Albion Park

Toongla

William Moles

Toongla

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Albion Park

'Glen Tor', Tongarra

Mary Moles

Sara Elizabeth Moles headstone, Albion Park Pioneer Cemetery

Alexandrina Moles headstone, Albion Park Pioneer Cemetery

William Moles (1829-1911), founding member of Shellharbour Municipal Council in 1859

Sarah Moles (1870-1901)

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Shellharbour Municipal Council Alderman

Hand Made Bricks 'Toongla' Homestead

Rabbit Trap

'Toongla' Keys

Camouflage Net Spool Of Twine

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McGill

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Toongla

Albion Park Pioneer Cemetery

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Moles, William

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Tongarra

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Formation of the Municipality of Shellharbour

Toongla', Tullimbar, c.1980.

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