James Smyth was born in Milton Street, Hamilton, in 1896, the middle son of Benjamin Julius Smyth and Louisa Risk. By 1903, the Smyths were living in Gray Street, two years later Learmonth Street and by Read more
LOVETT, Alfred John Henry
Born at Milltown, Alfred Lovett was the eldest son of James Ebenezer Lovett and Hannah McDonald, a Gunditjmara woman born at Lake Condah, where Alfred grew up. At just five feet two inches, Alfred was a jockey, but also Read more
LODGE, Augustine Bernard
Augustine Lodge was born in Hamilton in 1895 to James Lodge and Hannah Hudson, one of six sons and two daughters of the couple. The family lived in Clarke Street, and James was a stonemason. Read more
LODGE, Frank
Frank Lodge was a son of stonemason James Lodge and Ellen Murphy and was born at Stawell in 1887. The remained at Stawell until around the time Frank was five in 1892, when they moved to Hamilton, Read more
COWAN, Duncan Brown
Duncan Cowan was born at Hamilton in 1884, a son of Duncan Cowan and Eliza Swan. The Cowan family lived at Gilmour in Clarke Street, Hamilton. Duncan Sr. was an actuary with the Hamilton Savings Bank. He Read more
CAMERON, Edith
Edith Cameron was born at Straun, Merino in 1889 to Ewan Cameron and Emma Harriet Nunn. She attended Alexandra Read more
CREEK, Herbert
Herbert Creek was the son of herdsman Joseph Creek and Ellen Niven, of The Elms on Coleraine Road, North Hamilton. Born in 1888, Read more
BOXER, Walter
Walter Henry Boxer, the youngest son of John Boxer and Maria Beaton, was born into a large family at Violet Creek, south of Hamilton, Read more