Pioneering in Victoria : the Kirby family. 1979 May.

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Pioneering in Victoria : the Kirby family. 1979 May.

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A brief history of the Kirby family, 1730-1937. William Kirby settled in Port Phillip District with his family 1840. He came from Northamptonshire, England (born 1800, died Saltwater River, Vic. 1863). He had a farm at Whittlesea, Vic. and was the author of Cultivation of the soil, published 1862. Also describes the careers of William Kirby's children, including James (1862-1904) who was the author of Old Times in the bush of Australia (1895). History based on some notes provided by Bill Payne.

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