Osborne

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NameOsborneDescriptionHenry Osborne was born in Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1803.

Henry left for Australia on the ship ‘Pyramus’ in 1829. The ship became delayed in Belfast. Henry returned to Liverpool where he married Sarah Elizabeth Marshall, and continued his journey with his bride and a thousand pounds cash, which he converted to linen and bolts of cloth.

Henry and Sarah applied for a land grant and in July 1829 he received 2560 acres, which he named Marshall Mount, after Sarah’s family. They built their first home; a slab hut called Pumpkin Cottage and later built a stone house called Marshall Mount House.

Henry and Sarah had thirteen children;

Jane b.1830 (married Francis P McCabe, died 1916, Woollahra)
Henry Hill b.1831 (married Charlotte Scott, died 1891, Waverley)
Patrick Hill b.1832 (married Elizabeth Jane Atkinson, died 1902, Braidwood)
Alick b.1834 (married Isabel Martha Throsby, died 1895, Sydney)
Charlotte b.1836 (married Thomas Alexander Reddall, died 1875, Paddington)
Benjamin Marshall b.1837 (married Lucy Throsby, died 1912, Moss Vale)
Archibald b.1839 (died 1847, Marshall Mount)
John King b.1841 (died 1859, Marshall Mount)
George b.1843 (married Sophia Ann Towns, died 1920, Waverley)
James b.1845 (died 1877, Sydney)
Frank b.1847 (married Helen Rushton, died 1914, Warwickshire, England)
Hamilton b.1850 (married Susan Margaret Colville Gilchrist, died 1920, Kent, England)
Annie b.1852 (died 1911, Middlesex, England)

The Marshall Mount Estate consisted of 2560 acres north of the Johnston and Nichols grant. The two-storey stone and brick home was fitted with cedar and still occupies the site today.

Henry was an able cattleman and contributed significantly to the dairy industry in the Illawarra. He acquired more land with his estate extending from Lake Illawarra to the mountains.

Henry Osborne took a prominent part in all public affairs in the Illawarra. He died on 26 March 1859, aged 56, leaving ‘property estimated at nearly half a million of money, with collieries, the prospective value of which is almost impossible to compute’.

External LinkDeath of Dr Alick Osborne 1856The New Parliament 1856Henry Osborne 1856Death of Henry Osborne ESQ JP 1859Death John King Osborne 1859Obituary Sarah Osborne 1874Death Charlotte Reddall 1875Death of Mr James Osborne 1877Accidental Death James Osborne 1877Marshall Mount a Successful Sale 1890Death of Mr A Osborne 1895The Late MR PH Osborne 1902Death of Mr PH Osborne 1902Death Ben M Osborne 1912Death Frank Osborne 1914Marshall Mount 1919Obituary Hamilton Osborne 1920The Late Mr George Osborne 1920Reminiscences of Illawarra The Ancient Homes of Illawarra Series No 52 1924Reminiscences of Illawarra The Ancient Homes of Illawarra Series No 53 1924Osborne Pioneers 1926Marshall Mount Last of the Real Cedar Trees 1926An Old Landmark Disappears at Marshall Mount 1926Marshall Mount House an Historic Homestead 1938Osborne Family Pioneers of Illawarra 1950Henry Osborne Illawarra Settler Was an Early Overlander 1955Miss Osborne's Estate 1911Probate Annie Osborne 1911

Photograph

Marshall Mount, Illawarra

Marshall Mount House

Osborne Family Grave

Object

'Marshall Mount House'

'Marshall Mount House' 1987

'Marshall Mount' House

Family

Cochrane (William Branch)

Reddall

McDonald

Map or Plan

Marshall Mount Estate Illawarra, Parish of Calderwood Co of Camden, the Property of Henry Osborne

Marshall Mount Estate

Person

Alcorn, William

Place

Marshall Mount House

Locality

Marshall Mount

The Osborne family, c.1840.

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