PASTORAL

Early Settlers in the region under the Lands Acts - 1869 - 1890

Brown                    Lewin                    Niall                       Bigalow                Little                     O’Callaghan
Carroll                    Macaulay              O’Donnell              Carthew               Maloney               O’Sullivan
Chambers              Masterton              Panlook                 Clancy                  McDonald            dePiazza
Croucher                McGuffie               Pini                        Dundas                  McLees               Prendergast
Earl                        Milne                     Sanderson             Evans                    Moore                  Smith
Hardy                     Morrison                Webb                     Heally                    Munroe                Wood
Hopkins                  Murphy                 Woodside

Abbeyards

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This property was first settled in 1875 by Messrs Rodda, Breen and McLean .
It is believed that it received its name from its homestead which was said to  resemble an Abbey.
It was burnt down in 1919.
It is adjacent to the Buffalo River, 40km south of Lake Buffalo, in the High Country.
Cattle grazed this bush country and were driven to Sale Yards in Myrtleford.

Flanagan's Sale yards, 1934

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Stock came form a wide area within the North-east - from places such as

Map of Local Pastoral Runs - 1848
Myrtleford is situated inside the "Myrtle Creek" Run

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Early Pastoral Runs in the District


1837   John Hillas                            Myrtle Creek               1838      George Mackay                   Warouly

1839   William Furlonge                 Barwidgee                   1839      William Bowman                  Woorajay

1841   William Chapman               Murmungee                  1845      William Campion                 Dandongadale

1845   M. Johnson                          Buffalo                           1849      Shepherd & Ardlie              NogNogWah

1846   David Johnson                    Merriang                       1855      John Johnston                     Croppers Creek

1862   Hector Macaulay                Winteregah                   1870      Rodda, Breen, McLean       Abbeyards