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Bomera Station
Was owned by two old Pioneers
named Mr. Hale & Mr Durham, by
whom my parents were employed as
here given here. My mother was engaged in
shepherding the sheep & my father was
dairyman & attended to farm which
consisted of wheat & tobacco the tobacco
was manufactured & sold to different
ones. My father & mother resided with those
people a good many years before I was born.
Their names being Eugene Griffin &
Jane Griffin. My father was an irishman
& my mother was a full blooded
aboriginal who was brought up with
people by the name of Cox, old
pioneers also who lived in the
Mudgee district. My father being a soldier
& fought in the penisula war, he came
to this country with people by the name
of Roberts. My parents moved to an
place called Mucca Mucca. which was
also owned by the same people. shortly
after this Hale & Durham disolved partner
ship. Durham took his stock to a place
named Wombo. Hale remained at
Bomera a while he then had a manager
a Mr William Clark Mr Hale went to
Windsor where he died. Mr Clark
managed the station then till
his death which took place at Bomera
At Mr Clarkes death all the property
was left to a Mr Andrews Towns he
being a relative of Mr Hale this
would be some where about between
1850 & 1860. A man by the name of Mr Sam
uel) Hole was manager