John Batman

John Batman

male, deceased (1839)
Explorer of Australia Australian convict parramatta Settler of Australia explorer … Yarra River
John Batman (born 21 January 1801 - 5 May 1839) was an Australian farmer and businessman who was one of the first settlers of the Melbourne area... More
Charles Grimes

Charles Grimes

male, deceased (1858)
Explorer of Australia From buckinghamshire Surveyor English Frankston king island … Yarra River
Charles Grimes was an English surveyor of Australia, surveyor-general of New South Wales and discoverer of the Yarra River.
John Pascoe Fawkner

John Pascoe Fawkner

male, deceased (1869)
Victorian state politician Business Person settler politician From Melbourne Australian … Yarra River
John Pascoe Fawkner was an early pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free... More
John Helder Wedge

John Helder Wedge

male, deceased (1872)
Perth, Tasmania indigenous australian Aborigines lincolnshire cambridgeshire Tasmanian politician … Yarra River
John Helder Wedge was an early Australian colonist noted for his surveying in Van Diemen’s Land in the 1820s and early 1830s and his involvement in... More
William Lonsdale

William Lonsdale

male, deceased (1864)
la trobe From Melbourne Australian public servant colonist port macquarie Van Diemen's Land … Yarra River
William Lonsdale supervised the founding of the official settlement at Port Phillip (later named Melbourne) from 1836 and went on to serve under... More
Sunday Reed

Sunday Reed

female, deceased (1981)
sorrento gonorrhea Toorak, Victoria Toorak John Reed Albert Tucker … Yarra River
Sunday Reed (15 October 1905 - 15 December 1981) was notable for supporting and collecting Australian art and culture with her husband John Reed.... More

Clara Southern

female, deceased (1940)
painter Australian Yarra River Warrandyte Yarra
Clara Southern (October 3, 1861 - December 15, 1940) was an Australian artist. Southern was born at Kyneton, Victoria, in 1861. She studied at the... More

John Reed

male, deceased (1981)
cambridge university World War I Australian launceston mount pleasant cynthia … Yarra River
John Reed was an Australian art editor and patron, notable for supporting supporting and collecting of Australian art and culture with his wife... More
Joseph Hawdon

Joseph Hawdon

male, deceased (1871)
goulburn durham English Australian settler Settler of Australia westland … Yarra River
Joseph Hawdon was a pioneer settler and overlander of Australia and New Zealand. Hawdon was the son of John Hawdon, and was born at Wackerfield,... More
Vasey Houghton

Vasey Houghton

male, deceased (2001)
World War II Conservationist Victorian state politician politician University of Melbourne Melbourne Grammar School … Yarra River
William Vasey Houghton MLC (1921-01-03-2001-01-11), better known as Vasey Houghton, was an Australian politician, grazier, and conservationist. He... More