Nichols

DESCRIPTION

NameNicholsDescriptionIn 1830 William Charles Wentworth, son of D’Arcy Wentworth obtained the right from the Governor to cut the timber off 5,268 acres between the north bank of the Minnamurra River near Jamberoo, and the top of Mount Terry at Albion Park (Peterborough Estate).

John Pugh Nichols (son of the First Fleeter John Nichols and Ann Pugh) was the man Wentworth employed to manage the venture. The timber was delivered from the forests of the Escarpment, to the port at Shellharbour. Cedar planks were built into rafts at the beach and floated to the small sailing craft waiting to take the timber to Sydney. (John Nichols First Fleeter-John Nichols Family Society).

John Pugh was born at Parramatta in 1802. He married Rebecca Moss (daughter of convict John Moss and Elizabeth Hinks) in 1825. The couple moved to Shellharbour (The Peterborough Estate) about the same time. Their first son John Gilbert Pugh Nichols was born at Jamberoo in 1826.

One of their daughters, Ann Louisa Pugh Nicols, born at Shellharbour in 1831, married John Bradney in 1869. John Bradney was previously married to Ademia Henry and was living a double life with Ann, having several children with her while still married to Ademia.

External LinkKiama Obscene Language 1857Central Criminal Court 1859Cattle Stealing 1858Felony 1858Albion Park 1829-1926Fellowship of First Fleeters

Person

Windley, William

Bradney, John Snr

Clarke, Samuel

Family

Bradney

Henry

Industry

Cedar Getters

Clearing the forest at Tongarra, c.1870.

CONNECTIONS

CollectionFamiliesFamilyBradneyHenryPersonWentworth, D'ArcyPlacePeterborough EstateRelated ItemFamily of Charles and Eliza Jane Inskip at Shellharbour about 1893IndustryCedar Getters

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