Sigismunda Brown was born on the 9th April, 1837, in København, Denmark. Her parents were John Brown (of Colstoun, af Kokkedal), Esquire, Chatelain de Kokkedal & Charlotte Dowling.

Sigismunda died on the 27th December, 1903, in Parramatta, NSW, age at the age of 66 years.

She married Mr Walter Brown of Brislington 1821-1897 on the 17th August, 1858, St Mary's Allyn River Upper Paterson, NSW,

1. Mildred Brown of Brislington 1863-1945 married to Charles Lloyd 1859-

2. Mona Brown of Brislington 1865-1933

3. Edith Brown of Brislington 1866-1952 married to Harington Cowper 1864-1953

4. Louisa Brown of Brislington 1871-1947

5. Eliza Brown of Brislington 1873-1960

6. Phillip Henry Brown of Brislington 1875- married to Mary Trinks 1879-

and especially the descendants of William BROWN and his wives - Sarah HORT & Deborah WORGAN

The BROWNS OF BRISLINGTON, NSW - 92 years of medical practice in Parramatta Town

From 1857 to 1949 three generations of the Brown family practiced medicine from "Brislington", their historic, convict-built home in the centre of Parramatta, NSW, Australia.

Dr Walter Brown of Parramatta, NSW - Walter Brown, studied medicine at Edinburgh University and he and his brother, Henry Hort Brown, both doctors, travelled to Australia a number of times as ships surgeons before coming here to settle. Walter Brown is also said to have made a trip to India as a ship's surgeon.

After marrying Sigismunda Broun in 1857 the couple moved into a home in Parramatta they named "Brislington". From 1857 until 1849 Brislington was the home and the surgery for Walter and his family.

Drs Walter Brown, his son Walter Sigismund Brown and grandson Keith Sigismund MacArthur Brown were all dedicated general practitioners, earning affection and respect within their community.

All three doctors and their wives and families took a keen interest in Parramatta town, its people, its history, and its development and Australia quickly replaced the "Mother Country" as the family's home.

The doctors of "Brislington" Parramatta accepted many professional and community responsibilities while maintaining busy private practices. The institutions they served reflect the growth of Parramatta and Sydney. Included were the Colonial Hospital, Parramatta Volunteer Corps, the Lunatic Asylum, the Goal, Parramatta District Hospital, Parramatta and Rydalmere Mental Hospitals, Burnside Presbyterian Homes, Church of England Homes, the Child Welfare Training School, the first Medical Associations, the first Ambulance Committee, Sydney University, and the Department of Education.

Strong links were forged between the Brown family and The Kings School (TKS), just "a stone's throw" from "Brislington", on the opposite bank of the Parramatta River. The marriage of Margaret Isabella Macarthur, daughter of TKS Headmaster GF Macarthur, to Dr WS Brown strengthened those bonds.

The Browns were enthusiastic about many sports - bowls, cricket, rifle shooting, athletics, rugby, tennis, golf - and were blessed with considerable abilities. Dr WS Brown, in particular, was described in his day as one of the greatest all round sportsmen TKS and Parramatta had ever seen. In the late 1800s keen sportsmen had to work hard to establish new clubs and competitions and the Drs Brown were energetic leaders of such initiatives.

The Brown families established, encouraged and supported historical and musical societies, St John's Church in Parramatta and many other community ventures. Wives and children quietly and proudly played their own part in the town, closely involved in fund-raising, church activities, leadership of charities and sporting clubs, "opening" local institutions and initiating community events.

"Brislington", the much-loved family home for 92 years, was open to all - family, friends, antiquarians, community groups, and leaders of the growing colony, and later the city institutions and academic world. It served as a community centre, fund-raising venue, meeting place and even an air raid shelter! It was, however, frequently under threat of demolishment. Finally, it was resumed by the Department of Public Works as a nursing quarters for the hospital and in 1949 Dr and Mrs Keith Brown moved out. He continued practice from a modern flat in Hunter St, Parramatta until his death in 1962.

Dr KSMB had a passionate interest in history - of medicine, his community, and his family. He devoted a great deal of his personal and professional time to researching, reviewing, lecturing and writing on the history of Sydney, and especially Parramatta. His legacy is available to the city today - through the Mitchell Library, his publications, family records and Sydney University where he lectured in medical history for 16 years.

Since 1983 "Brislington" has been a Medical and Nursing Museum, classified by the National Trust and preserved and opened to the public by volunteer ex-nurses of Parramatta District Hospital who are the official guardians of the building. With ancient Moreton Bay fig in the garden it is still a small oasis in the centre of the city of Parramatta. - (Ref- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~anncarson/Brown/drsatparramatta.htm).

This report is submitted in good faith. All endeavours have been made to make all entries authentic and correct. For any corrections and additional valuable information, maps and photos you may have please contact John

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The BROUNs of Colstoun, Haddington, Scotland and especially the descendants of John BROUN (BROWN) and Charlotte DOWLING

Introduction

This page provides a very preliminary outline of the family of Sigismunda Broun, wife of Dr Walter Brown. Eventually I hope to create another large section of the site for the Broun family.Although many records acknowledge the Scottish spelling and ancestry Sigismunda's family used the surname BROWN in Australia, and even in Denmark, far more often than the surname BROUN. It seems that BROWN has been adopted by most descendants.

While this page refers only to Sigismunda's direct family other branches of the Broun family have also settled in Australia. Many of these branches are even more closely connected to the ancestral family and home in Haddington, Scotland. The Broun/Brown family tree is very confusing indeed and there is much to be done to sort it out and verify the charts but a descendant in Australia explains the connection between the two "Australian" branches of the family in this way:

George Broun (b. abt 1573) married Euphemia Hoppringle in 1599

Issue:

1. George Broun (b. about 1599) m Marion Turnbull in 1633

2. James Broun (b. 14/6/1601) m Anna Herriot in 1625

John Brown, my ancestor, descends from James Broun (who was his 4th great grandfather) whereas another branch in Australia (the David Limond Broun family) descends from James's brother,

George Broun. The descendants of George Broun, who became the baronets of Colstoun, kept the original spelling of their name, whereas many of his brother's descendants changed to Brown. Even in France members of the family were known as "Brown de Colstoun".

John Brown of Colstoun, Upper Paterson, NSW

For the benefit of search engines on the web, the spelling of this surname in the Danish records varies greatly - Bruun, Brun, Brunn, Bruvn, Brouvn, Brown, Browne, Broune and Broun, to name just a few.

Broun Ancestry

According to the Tartans of Scotland site "the Brouns of Colstoun claim descent from the Royal House of France. They bear on their shield, the three fleur-de-lys of the French Monarchy. The Brouns of Colstoun also claim descent from George Broun who in 1543 married Jean Hay second daughter of Lord Yester, ancestor of the Marquess of Tweeddale.

Patrick Broun of Colstoun was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1686, the title to be passed on to his male heirs. On his death he left only a daughter who inherited his possessions while the title went to the male branch of the family. Members of a younger branch of Broun of Colstoun settled in Elsinore, Denmark where they became prominent merchants; the name is still found there today."

Our first Broun ancestor in Australia

Our family historians advise that John Brown/Broun's grandfather had to flee Scotland after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Lord William Broun of Colstoun was killed at Culloden. Two of his sons went to France and one went to Denmark. The oldest son established himself in Denmark and acquired the home "Kokkedal" about 25 miles out of Copenhagen. John Broun was born there on 28 April 1787.

John's father William Broun / Brown, died in 1788, when John was only one year old, and his mother Elizabeth married again. At the time she had two daughters, Anna Margaretha, aged five and Louise Elizabeth, aged three. Her second husband was Andreas Alexander V Berner, a Captain in Maritime Services and Custom Inspector. They had a son named Alexander, a half brother to our ancestors.

John's sister Anna Margretha Brown married Compte de Foucault. It is not known whether they had any descendants.

Their second sister Louisa married Count Schulier IV. They had two daughters, Elise born 1813, who married General Strinmann, and Louise born 1815 who married Count Danurmann, natural son of King Frederick of Denmark. As far as I know these branches of the family remained in Europe.

At some point John went to India where he married Charlotte Dowling in 1823. It has been said that she was the daughter of a Judge, perhaps even the Chief Justice, in India but I haven't been able to confirm that.

Charlotte Brown, nee Dowling of Colstoun, Upper Paterson, NSW

In India, family stories say, John and Charlotte Brown "made a lot of money out of indigo plantations and lived in great splendour, entertaining King Christian on many occasions". Then someone invented a chemical dye and the bottom dropped out of the indigo market so John Broun decided to come to Australia. He chartered the ship Marquis of Hastings (skippered by Thomas Richard Simpson) and brought his wife and nine children, two servants and all his household furniture and treasures to this new country.

The family arrived in Sydney, Australia on 23 January 1838, having left England on 20 September 1837. John Brown was 51 years of age when they arrived. They acquired a house at Parramatta where they lived while they looked for a suitable property to buy. John Brown found one in the Upper Hunter and called it "Colstoun" after the ancestral home in Haddington, Scotland.

Many members of their large family settled in the district while others moved to the Tumut area. There are many descendants in Australia today - Dowling Brown and le Brun Brown are last names associated with the family.

In 1860 John Brown became ill (aged 73) and went to Parramatta where his son-in-law, Dr Walter Brown, cared for him. He died, however, and is buried in St John's Cemetery, Parramatta. The memorial in the Cathedral of St John, Parramatta reads:

In memory of

JOHN BROWN Esq of Colstoun, Upper Paterson N S Wales

Born at Copenhagen, April 28th 1787. Died at

Parramatta, July 9th 1860. Aged 73 years.

His remains rest in the cemetery of St John's Parramatta. Also in memory of WILLIAM, his son.

Born at Serampore, India, October 5th 1826.

Who was barbariously murdered by the Chinese at Canton together with five of his companions December 5th 1847. Aged 21 years.

His remains rest in the British cemetery at Whampoa "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest"

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"

Links:

Kokkedal - John Brown's birthplace, a castle in Denmark

Janet Keats (nee le Brun Brown) Australian granddaughter of John Brown and Charlotte Dowling

Tartans Site Burke's Peerage Brown Clans Scottish Clans

Electric Scotland

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Brown, John (1787–1860) - by Colin Choat

John Brown of Colstoun, Upper Paterson, as he was almost invariably titled in family history notices in newspapers in Australia regarding himself and members of his family, was born near Copenhagen, Denmark, on 28 April 1787. Apparently some of his ancestors were forced to flee Scotland after the Battle of Culloden in 1746 and John's father acquired "Kokkedal" near Copenhagen.

John Brown went to the Tirhut area of India, an important Indigo production and processing area. In 1823, he married Charlotte Dowling and a number of their children were born in India, including Louisa and William.

In 1829 the Browns were back in Denmark and a son, Edward George, was born there in that year.

On 23 January 1838, John and Charlotte Brown, their children, a nanny and three servants arrived in Sydney from England on the Marquis of Hastings. Although the voyage had lasted four months, number of passengers, including John Brown, were so satisfied with the journey that they published an open letter in The Sydney Herald to the captain of the ship. The letter stated that "after a very agreeable passage we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of expressing to you our high sense of the obligations we owe you for your unremitting attention to our comfort during the voyage, and we request you will accept our sincere thanks."

The children of John and Charlotte who arrived on the Marquis of Hastings were

Harriet,

Louisa,

John,

William,

Eliza,

Edward,

Charles,

Edith,

Gustava - Marriage - At St. Mary's Church, Allyn River, on the 12th June, by the Rev F. W. Addams, Robert Studdert Gabbett, Esq., son of the late Rev. Robert Gabbett, L L D., to Gustava, fifth daughter of John Brown, Esq., of Colstoun, Upper Paterson. - (Ref- The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893)(about) Previous issue Wednesday 4 July 1855 Page 3).

Sigismunda.

Herbert,

Nugent and

Walterus were born in Australia.

John Brown was 51 years old when he and his family arrived in Australia. When the family found a property which suited their purposes at "Upper Paterson" (now Gresford) in the Hunter Valley, Brown named it Colstoun after his ancestral home in Haddington, Scotland.

John and Charlotte Brown and their children were pioneers in New South Wales. They unleashed a great deal of energy, talent, courage and tenacity upon the colony. Some of the large family settled in the Upper Paterson area, while others moved to other parts of Australia. A few, once married, returned to the United Kingdom and Wiiliam, who had been born in India, went to China where, in 1847, he was killed whilst in the Huangpu District, Guangdong province. John Brown referred to his son as being "barbarously murdered by the Chinese at Canton together with five of his companions."

Edward became the first mayor of Tumut and a was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was one of the earliest residents of Tumut and had gone to the area in 1846 to work for his brother-in-law, John Charles Whitty. When Witty returned to England, Edward purchased Witty's property. Edward later went into partnership with Hamlyn Lavicourt Harris whose sister had married J. C. Witty's son, Henry. There was a close relationship between the Witty, Brown and Harris families.

Another son, Nugent Wade Brown lived at Ban Ban in Queensland and was one of the first settlers inland from Maryborough.

After John Brown's death in 1860, his wife Charlotte returned to England and, at the time of her death on 11 March 1884, she was living with her daughter, Louisa and her son-in-law, John Charles Whitty. Louisa and Whitty had married in England in 1868.

John Brown died at Parramatta, New South Wales, on 9 July 1860, at the house of his daughter and son-in-law, Sigismunda and Dr. Walter Brown. He was buried in the cemetery of St John's Anglican Cathedral, Parramatta. A memorial in the Cathedral reads:

In memory of

JOHN BROWN Esq.

of Colstoun, Upper Paterson N. S. Wales.

Born at Copenhagen, April 28th 1787.

Died at Parramatta, July 9th 1860.

Aged 73 years.

His remains rest in the cemetery of St John's Parramatta.

Also in memory of WILLIAM, his son.

Born at Serampore, India, October 5th 1826,

Who was barbariously murdered by the Chinese at Canton together with five of his companions December 5th 1847, Aged 21 years.

His remains rest in the British cemetery at Whampoa.

"Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest"

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" - (Ref- http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-john-14344).

Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVALS. - From London, on Tuesday last, having left the Land's-end the 20th September, the ship Marquis of Hastings, Captain Simpson, with merchandise.

Passengers,

John Brown, Esq.,

Mrs. Brown,

Misses Harriet and

Louisa Brown,

Masters John and

William Brown,

Miss Eliza Brown,

Masters Edward and

Charles Brown,

Miss Edith,

Gustava, and

Sigismunda Brown,

Miss Triesteat and three servents,

.........................

Mr. Edward Brown,

Mrs. Brown,

Miss Louisa Brown,

Mr. Edward Brown, and

four servants,

Mr. George Fenwick,

Mrs. F. Fenwick,

Mr. William Kingston and

Miss Kingston,

Mr. H. A. Meringetzhosen, Mr. Cornelious Kortright, and three servants, Captain G. Christmas, of the Danish service, Mrs. Christmas, Mr. Thomas Hexton, Mrs. Hexton, Master Hexton, Miss M. Heston, Miss T. Bundseen, Mr. Edmund Trimmer, Mr. George Elliott, Miss E. Penson, Mr. G. Manton, and T. Leys. - (Ref- The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842)(about) Previous issue Thursday 25 January 1838).

SHIP MARQUIS OF HASTINGS. -

To Captain Simpson, (late of the Royal Navy,) Commander of the Marquis Hastings.

Dear Sir, Having at length reached the port of our destination, after a very agreeable passage we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of expressing to you our high sense of the obligations we owe you for your unremitting attention to our comfort during the voyage, and we request you will accept our sincere thanks. We were particularly pleased with your tact and gentlemanly conduct at the head of the cuddy table in dividing your attention and civilities amongst all the individuals of our numerous party, without shewing any invidious preference to any; and it may, perhaps, he agreeable lo you to know, that Mr. Soames, the respectable owner of the Marquis of Hastings, had selected you for the command of that ship expressly, in order that we might receive the same gentlemanly treatment which many of us had been accustomed to on board of Indiamen, and we are happy to testify that his expectations on this point have been fully verified.

The table kept for us, as well as for the children was excellent, and the superior quality of the stores laid in does credit to the parties concerned.

We have great reason to be grateful to Providence, for the unusually healthy state of the ship, and we ascribe it in a great measure to your constant attention to its cleanliness and ventilation.

We sincerely wish you a long continuance of health and prosperity, and we trust that when you return to this land of promise in another year, for the purpose of settling among us, you may find us all comfortably located, and if we should then have it in our power to be of any service to you it will give us great pleasure, and you may freely command us. 0

Believe us to be, dear Sir,

Yours very &c., &c.

George B. Christmas, | Geo. Elliott. for self and family. | John Hector, for self

Fairfax Fenwick. | and family.

C. H. Kortwright. | Edmund Kimmer.

G. T. Fenwick, for self | J. Brown for self and

Mrs. Fenwick. | family.

H. Meinertzhagen. | Mrs. Eliza Pierson.

Ed. Brown for self and

| W. H. Kingston for family.

self and Mrs. Kingston. - (Ref- The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842)(about) Previous issue Monday 5 February 1838).

(REPLY.) To the Ladies and Gentlemen who came at Passengers in the Marquis Hastings.

Ladies and Gentlemen,— Allow me to return you my most sincere thanks, for the very handsome manner in which you have appreciated my humble, though anxious endeavours to give general satisfaction.

It is a source of infinite pleasure to me, to find I have in no way disappointed my owner in his very flattering selection of me to the command of this ship; and that the stores and table provided by him, have met with your approbation.

To an all kind Providence I have every reason to be grateful, finding my exertions have been rewarded by the almost unprecedented continuation of good health during so long a voyage.

With the highest sense of gratitude and respect, and wishing you all health, happiness, and a speedy realization of your most sanguine hopes.

Believe me to be,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Your grateful and obliged servant,

THOS. R. SIMPSON.

Marquis Hastings, Sydney, 3rd Feb , 1838. - (Ref- The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842)(about) Previous issue Monday 5 February 1838).

Life Summary [details]

Birth - 21 October 1829 Denmark

Death - 3 August 1895 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death - stroke

Cultural Heritage

Danish

English

Scottish

Religious Influence - Anglican

Passenger Ship - Marquis of Hastings (1838)

Education

King's School (Sydney)

Rev William Woolls School (Parramatta, NSW)

Occupation

grazier (unspecified)

local government councillor

local government head

Member of Lower House

stock and station agent

Properties

Tumut Plains (NSW)

Uoka (NSW)

Wermatong (NSW)

Blowering (NSW)

Workplaces

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. E. G. BROWN. - TUMUT, Wednesday.

At a large and enthusiastic public meeting of all the leading residents in the Council Chamber this afternoon it was resolved to establish a memorial to the late Mr. Edward George Brown, and that it should take the form of the erection of an elegant cottage for the widow and family of the deceased. A sum of £110 was subscribed in the room before the meeting teminated. - Tumut Shire Council (NSW) - (Ref- http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-edward-george-14341).

TUMUT, Monday. - All business places were closed today during the funeral of Mr Edward George Brown, which was attended by nearly 2000 people. The cortege reached from the town to the cemetery. The procession was headed by the town band, which played solemn music. Three hundred children from Public and convent schools marched before the hearse. The coffin was covered with costly wreaths, several of which were procured in Sydney, as a tribute of respect from the towns people. The Rev. R. Leigh read the burial ser- vice. The deceased will be greatly missed by the whole community. - (REf- The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)(about) Previous issue Tuesday 6 August 1895).

TUMUT. - MR. EDWARD GEORGE BROWN, the first Mayor of Tumut, is the third son of the late Mr. John Brown, of Colstoun, on the Upper Paterson, and one of twelve children. He was born in Denmark on October 21, 1829, and arrived in New South Wales with his parents in 1836. He received his educational training in Parramatta, first in the King's School, and afterward under Dr. W. Woolls. In 1846, with the intention of engaging in squatting pursuits, Mr. Brown left Colstoun, and took up his residence with his brother-in-law, Mr. J. C. Whitty, at Blowering, where he speedily gained a name as a manager of stock, and as one of the most accomplished horsemen in the country.

He remained with Mr. Whitty for eight years; and during that time he made several successful overland journeys with stock. On one of these trips he created a sensation in Adelaide by his daring riding in a Grand Steeplechase which took place there. Not withstanding that Mr. Brown is now in his 58th year, he is still noted as one of the best "whips" in the southern district.

In December, 1854, Mr. Brown married the eldest daughter of the late Mr. George Shelley, of Tumut Plains; and when, shortly afterward, Mr. Whitty left for England, he purchased the Blowering Station, with stock, &c, and followed a successful squatting life for many years.

Subsequently he sold Blowering, and purchased the Tumut Plains Estate, and took Mr. H. L. Harris as a partner, which step relieved Mr. Brown of the hard work of bush life. In the year 1866 Mr. Brown was elected member for Tumut, and represented that constituency in the Legislative Assembly for nearly six years.

He has been for many years a magistrate of the colony and a commissioner for affidavits, besides president respectively of the Tumut Turf Club and the Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

In the year 1876, in order to better educate his family of twelve children, Mr. Brown took à house in the town of Tumut, and began business as a stock and station agent.

Tumut was proclaimed, a municipality in April, 1887. It is situated in one of the prettiest spots in the southern district, and, under careful municipal management, is capable of becoming quite a model town. Mr. Brown was elected at the top of the poll at the election for aldermen on June 29 last; and on July 2 he was unanimously elected Mayor. The Mayor has been authorised to arrange for an overdraft from the Bank of New South Wales for £300 to carry on necessary work; and the tender of Messrs. Emanuel and McNamara to value the ratable property in the borough has been accepted. A bylaw committee has been at work for some time; and the bylaws will, it is hoped, be ready to be submitted to the council at its next meeting. Mr. E. G. BROWN, Mayor of Tumut - (Ref- Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907)(about) Previous issue Saturday 13 August 1887).

Action Against an M.L.A. -

In No. 1 Jury Court on September 22 Laurence Daniel Mullen commenced an action against Edward George Brown, M.L.A. for Tumut, to recover £81,000 damages for slander. Plaintiff by his declaration alleged that he was a steward of the Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and defendant maliciously spoke of him in the following words : " Mullen is a gaolbird. It is a disgrace to the association having such a man as steward. Mullen is a disgrace to the society." A second count in the declaration set out. that defendant had used the following words about plaintiff : " lb is a disgrace to the society having a fellow like Dan Mullen as steward. The fellow was walking in the ring flourishing his umbrella with all the cheek imaginable. I don't suppose he was ever in a ring before. You, as president, should not have allowed such a fellow as Mullen to be appointed as a steward of the society." The defendant simply filed a plea of not guilty. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. - (Ref- Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907)(about) Previous issue Saturday 1 October 1892).

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/cmipDraftKosciuszkoCurrango08Vol2part3.pdf).

Tumut Municipality

Date range:

21/05/1887 to 06/06/1928

Category: - Local Government

Creation: - Municipalities Act 1867

Administrative history note:

On 7 October 1886, the NSW Government Gazette published a petition of 76 residents of the Tumut district who proposed the establishment of a Municipality under the Municipalities Act 1867. The petition stated that the population of the proposed area was 500 and that the area did not exceed 50 square miles. (1)

The proposed area consisted of all the land situated in the parish of Tumut, county of Wynyard commencing of the Tumut River at the north-west corner of the suburban portion of fifteen acres thence southerly along the west boundary of that portion to the south-east corner of forty acres known as the police Paddock, thence west along the south boundaries of the 40 acres of the Permanent Common to the south-easterly along the south west boundary of Dalhunty street to its extended junction with Grant street thence north-easterly along the south-east boundary of Grant-street to East-street thence north along the east boundary of East-street to the Tumut River. (2)

On 27 April 1887, the Municipal District of Tumut was proclaimed. The Municipality was in the county of Wynyard and parish of Tumut, consisting of approximately 1,120 acres. Another proclamation on 21 May 1887 stated Samuel Charles Valentine North as the first Returning Officer and the first Council election to be held on Friday 24 June 1887. (3) The first Aldermen elected on 29 June 1887 were: Edward George Brown (Mayor), James Blakeney, Frederick Moncrieff Vernon, James Simmers, John Weeden and Rowland Mansfield Shelley. (4)

Constituted by the Local Government Amendment Act 1908 and proclaimed on 23 February 1909, the Governor declared the portion of the Gadara Shire as an Urban Area. The Adelong Urban Area consisted of approximately 7,200 acres, comprising of the county of Wynyard and the parishes Adelong, Gadara, Euaders and Catafat. (5) On 2 April 1910, the parish of Batlow in the county of Wynyard, comprising of approximately 118 acres, became part of the Municipality. (6)

On 6 June 1928 the Governor united the Municipality of Tumut and the Shire of Gadara to become the Shire of Tumut, thus abolishing the Tumut Municipality.

Notes: (1) NSW Government Gazette 23 November 1886 p8053. (2) NSW Government Gazette 7 January 1887 p93. (3) NSW Government Gazette 25 May 1887 p3509. (4) NSW Government Gazette 5 July 1887 p4384. (5) NSW Government Gazette 3 March 1909 p1284. (6) NSW Government Gazette 6 April 1910 p1896. (7) NSW Government Gazette 8 June 1928 pp2677-2678. - (Ref- http://search.records.nsw.gov.au/agencies/2603;jsessionid=8533DEE7085FCFE758CBA311E9A1C326).

1865 - DEATH -The Tumut Times states that the race of aboriginals known as the Doomut or Tumut blacks is fast becoming extinct, another of the tribe having succumbed to death. . For sometime past, Hannibal Hamilton, king of the Tumut tribe, has been declining, and on Saturday night he died. Hamilton was about fifty yenrs of' age, and for several years was in the service of Mr. E. G. Brown, of Blowering. - (Ref- The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)(about) Previous issue Saturday 12 August 1865).

Brown, Nugent Wade (1841–1919)

The death of Mr. Nugent Wade-Brown, of Haddington, Sandgate, occurred in Sydney last Friday. The late Mr. Brown arrived in Queensland in the early 60's, and was one of the first residents of Gympie. Subsequently he managed Gin Gin and Barolin stations, in the Burnett district, for the late Hon. Alfred Henry Brown. When these properties were sold he became managing director of the Ban Ban Pastoral Company, of Ban Ban station, near Gayndah. After the sale of Ban Ban, he made his home at Sandgate, and was a loyal churchman and a public-spirited citizen, becoming later a keen war worker. His wife, who was a daughter of the late Mr. John Antill, of Jarvisfield, Picton, N.S.W., predeceased him about 15 years ago. He leaves a family of two sons and seven daughters. With Mr. Brown passes yet another of the rapidly dwindling band of early colonists. He had spent the last few months of his life in writing his reminiscences, which cover an interesting period of time. - (Ref- Original publication Brisbane Courier, 14 July 1919, p 11

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