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Date Posted: 09:04:06 11/27/05 Sun
Author: Ross Thomas
Author Host/IP: cbr-pow-pr2.tpgi.com.au / 203.26.16.67
Subject: FLINDERS RANGES – Cowin, Hall, Garrett, Prior & Niblock

Thomas Cowin and sons Arthur and Charlie; Richard, Thomas and William Hall; John and William Garrett; Edward Prior; William Niblock.

These ancestors of mine moved from Kapunda, Laura and other districts of South Australia to take up land when Kanyaka Station on the Willochra Plain, Flinders Ranges was subdivided for closer settlement in the 1870s. When drought hit in the 1890s, many of these folk moved west to the Eastern Goldfields of WA. Some moved again in the early 1900s to pioneer farming in regions south-east of Perth.

The Cowins and Garretts were related and originated in Lonan, Isle of Man. The Halls were from Stockport, Cheshire and possibly Leek, then Lancashire. Niblocks possibly originated on the Yorke Peninsula and Priors the Kapunda region.

Can anyone help with information on these good people? I especially need help on the disasterous Willochra experience - some were landholders at Gordon and Simmonston – some are thought to have been teamsters – some droving on the Birdsville Track.

Cheers, Ross

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