Deniliquin and District Pioneers

In anyone's language the years from the 1840s to the turn of the century weretough times as European settlement took a stronghold on the Deniliquin district.For the First Peoples there was the invasion of their lands which they did notunderstand, and for the early settlers there was a harsh climate in which they weretrying to establish farming enterprises and new businesses, or raise a family.The roads were rough, communication was poor and a myriad of services which wenow take for...
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In anyone's language the years from the 1840s to the turn of the century weretough times as European settlement took a stronghold on the Deniliquin district.For the First Peoples there was the invasion of their lands which they did notunderstand, and for the early settlers there was a harsh climate in which they weretrying to establish farming enterprises and new businesses, or raise a family.The roads were rough, communication was poor and a myriad of services which wenow take for granted were non-existent.These pioneers developed a resilience for which our community has becomefamous and the stories of a small cross-section are included in these pages.The first Europeans recognised the land on which Deniliquin was established asbeing 'the best crossing place on the Edward River', and so it was here that AugustusMorris expanded the pastoral empire of Benjamin Boyd in 1842.Over the following decades the foundations of the town and district's Europeanfuture were laid, firstly by those known as the 'five before '45' and then by pioneerswho were part of a growing community.This book, compiled by Deniliquin Genealogy Society, pays tribute to some ofthese pioneers, many of whom have descendants who continue making a majorcontribution to the town and district as we know it today.