IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES. 



of cattle from the Berry Bros., of Coolangatta, and Dr. 

 McKenzie, Shoalhaven, and sell them to the dairymen along 

 the coast towards Wollongong, and Mr. Read did likewise 

 with occasional mcbs collected from the breeders south of 

 Moruya. Later on Mr. Mat. Feehan commenced trading 

 with Messrs. H assail & Roberts and Maddrell of Braid- 

 wood and Araluen, hti.ndreds of which animals passed through 

 the Kiama sale yards, Mr. Waldron, auctioneer. Later still the 

 Messrs. Hindmarsh Bros, commenced trading in cattle on a large 

 scale, Mr. Dymock auctioneer. Paper money was in circulation to 

 a great extent, and moonlight flittings were by no means uncommon 

 during all ihose years ; nevertheless, men made money then, as 

 now, out of the struggling man on the land. Renting land and 

 immediately afterwards selling the goodwill of the lease was car- 

 ried too far on the South Coast, but the money thus raised helped 

 to boom the North Coast of New South Wales. 



WILLIAM COMAN. JOHN GRANT. 



Born County Tipperary, Ireland, 1818. Born Inverness, Scotland, 1806. 

 Died Eurobodalla, N.S.W., 1903. Died Sydney, N.S.W., 1876. 



FRANCIS McMAHON. 

 Born County Monaghan, Ireland, 1815. 

 Died Sydney, N.S.W., 1897. 



THOMAS CORK. 

 Bcrr} England, 1806. 

 Died Milton, N.S.W., 1890. 



FOUR SPLENDID TYPES OF PIONEERS. 



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