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NameRutledgeDescriptionThe first member of the Rutledge family to arrive in Australia was Mary Ann age 26 years, who sailed on ‘Rodney’ in 1854.

Two years later, the rest of the family arrived from County Tyrone, Ireland, aboard ‘Kate’.

George Rutledge b.1794
Catherine b.1794
Jane Gray b.1831 (married Robert Jamieson, died 1917, Bega)
David b.1833 (married Elspeth James, died 1900, Wollongong)
John McGregor b.1836 (married Sarah Elizabeth Brian, died 1900, Lismore)
Joseph b.1839 (married Catherine Parsons, died 1912, Jamberoo)

George Rutledge’s occupation was listed as a saddler, and the family settled at Mount Kembla.

Son Joseph Rutledge married Catherine Parsons in 1871. They lived at Mount Kembla for a time, until moving to ‘Seaview Farm’, Jamberoo. Joseph and Catherine had nine children;

Matilda Jane b.1871 Mt Kembla (died 1937, Jamberoo)
Louisa Frances b.1874 Mt Kembla (died 1950, Jamberoo)
Mary Catherine b.1875 Mt Kembla
Elizabeth Josephine b.1877 Mt Kembla (married Robert Henry Seymour Walker, died 1937, Bexley)
Emily Florence b.1879 Mt Kembla, (married Matthew McBaron, died 1952, Raleigh)
Frederick John b.1881 Mt Kembla (married Florence Emily Smith, died 1959, Jamberoo)
George Joseph Albert b.1883 Mt Kembla (died 1883, Mt Kembla)
Augustus Harcourt b.1884, Mt Kembla (married Margaret Myrtle Wood, died 1959, Jamberoo)
Cissalena Pearl b.1887 Jamberoo (married William Henry Rutledge, died 1958, Merrylands)

Son, Frederick Rutledgeb.1881, married Florence Emily Smith at Hurstville in 1912.The couple lived at 'Clevehurst' farm, Jamberoo, and had three children, Marjorie, Frederick and Cedric.

'Clevehurst' was previously known as 'Plough Weary', and was the farm of the John and Ademia Bradney.

Marjorie married Ronald Charles Bragg in 1949, and Frederick married Hope Fuller, daughter of Colonel Colin Dunmore Fuller, of Dunmore House.

Cedric stayed on the farm, and after his father's death in 1959, helped his mother run it.

Cedric Walter Rutledge

Cedric Walter Rutledge, affectionately known as ‘Ced’, or ‘Uncle Ced’ by his family, was a gentleman in every sense of the word.

He never married, and lived his whole life at Jamberoo, on the family farm, Clevehurst, just across the road from Jamberoo Recreation Park.

He was born in 1926, the youngest of three children, at a time when everything on the farm was done by hand.

As a child, he was struck down with scarlet fever, and as a result he never attended school, and was instead educated through Blackfriars correspondence school.

Cedric always had an inquiring mind, and liked to find out how things worked. He developed many interests in science and history particularly, and pursued these interests throughout his life.

Like most farmers, he loved to tinker, adapt, and fix machinery. He was largely self–taught, amassing a vast library of books and magazines on subjects that interested him. He used his trusty typewriter to write up his notes, and put his drawing skills to good use, by illustrating his research.
After his mother’s death in the 1970’s, Cedric chose to lease the farm and concentrate on other pursuits, like bushwalking, conservation, photography, local history, bird watching and star gazing.

He loved gadgets and technology, and had a lifelong interest in photography. He photographed landscapes and all manner of creatures, including reptiles, animals and insects. He had numerous lenses to maximise the potential of shots, and developed the black and white film himself; printing only those photos he thought worthy.

Photography became more accessible to him after he was introduce to his first digital camera, and once he learned to use a computer, he spent much time scanning and printing his old negatives.

Cedric became involved with an archaeology group who were cataloguing Aboriginal rock art in the Illawarra, and explored much of the region through this venture. He developed a keen interest in Aboriginal history: recording masses of information on local sites, artefacts, language and culture. He was a meticulous cataloguer: mapping, photographing, and illustrating the artwork and archaeology, discovered at sites. He worked at local sites with renowned Archaeologist Josephine Flood, who added over 2000 Aboriginal archaeological sites to the Register of the National Estate, during her time as Senior Conservation Officer, with the Australian Heritage Commission in Canberra.

Cedric became good friends with Howard Judd, a Ranger at Minnamurra Falls from 1945 to 1978, and shared his interest in nature conservation and the protection of the reserve. He regularly spent time there, before management of the reserve was taken over by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. He was active in the Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, and was appointed a Voluntary Ranger. During this time, he gave many talks on Aboriginal history and culture as part of an adult education program.

Shellharbour City Museum owes much of its development to Cedric, who was involved from its beginnings, when he enthusiastically volunteered much of his time. He produced and documented several exhibitions, catalogued artefacts, and had a particular interest in researching old maps.

Cedric had a special knack for writing perfectly neat, minuscule numbers on artefacts, when cataloguing them. Today, when staff stumble across his tiny print on objects, we smile, and remember the many stories he shared with us about his life on the farm, expeditions in the bush, and research and articles he had uncovered.

Our understanding of local Aboriginal history and culture, is largely a result of Cedric’s years of dedicated and enthusiastic research. He taught us so much, and was generous with his time and knowledge.

Cedric died 12 August 2012, just two weeks short of his 86th birthday. He is greatly missed, and fondly remembered, by his many friends at Shellharbour City Museum.

Cedrics's story developed with thanks to his nephew, Phil Bragg, 2017.

External LinkMcBaron-Rutledge 1904Deaths Joseph Rutledge 1912Marriage Rutledge-Smith 1913Obituary Louisa Beryl Rutledge 1924Late Miss Rutledge 1937Rutledge-Fuller 1945Bragg-Rutledge 1949Joseph Rutledge 1937

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Albion Park Heritage Mural

Country Week Cricket Team c.1936-1937

Bill Rutledge

Cedric Rutledge at 'Clevehurst' Farm

Presentation to Cedric Rutledge

Member of the Rutledge Family

'Clevehurst' House and Dairy

RTA sign placed at the bottom of Macquarie Pass in 1998 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Pass in 1898

George McDonald of 'Marshall Mount' 1996

Albion Park Heritage mural

Tongarra Heritage Society farewell dinner to Pauline Jolliffe

Win News cameraman at Tongarra Museum 1996

Bert Weston exhibition, Tongarra Museum 1996

Opening of 'Australia Remembers 1945-1995' exhibition at Tongarra Museum

Tongarra Museum Local Government display

Tongarra Bicentennial Museum

Dorothy Gillis, Wendy Nunan & Maurece Kelly

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Toy Field Gun

Peg Dolls

Glass Marbles

British Vickers MkII Army Tank

Spinning Top

Light Horse Leggings

Night Dress - Florence Rutledge

Sticky Tape

The Little Webster Dictionary

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Fuller

Cedric Rutledge at 'Clevehurst' farm, with his pet doggo, c.1936.

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