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'''John Gardiner''' was a pioneer in the early European settlement of [[wikipedia:Melbourne, Australia|Melbourne]] and [[Boroondara]]. He worked as a banker and pastoralist, beginning European settlement in the area in 1837.<ref name="AusDicBiography"> Wilmoth, L. J. ''Gardiner, John''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University: 1966. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gardiner-john-2077, accessed: 15 August 2018</ref><ref>Victorian Places. ''Gardiner''. Monash University. 2018. http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/gardiner, accessed: 15 August 2018</ref>.

==Early life==
John Gardiner was born on 5 July 1789 in [[wikipedia:Dublin, Ireland|Dublin]], [[wikipedia:Ireland|Ireland]]. He married his wife Mary Eagle in 1822, before migrating to Van Diemen's Land (today known as [[wikipedia:Tasmania|Tasmania]]) in 1823. He began farming land and become an employee of the newly-established Bank of Van Diemen's Land.

In 1828, he sailed with his wife and newly-born child, Anna Maria, to [[wikipedia:New South Wales|New South Wales]] to establish another farm. He remained there until 1835 when he moved to Sydney. Over the following few years he moved around looking for new opportunities, returning for some time to Tasmania before visiting the new Port Phillip District (today Melbourne).<ref name="AusDicBiography" />

==Life in Boroondara==
Upon his return to Sydney in 1836, he drove over 400 head of cattle overland from his farm in New South Wales to the new Port Phillip District with Joseph Hawdon and John Hepburn. He left his livestock and men at his newly-constructed home at [[Gardiner's Creek]] in 1837 to look for stray cattle, inadvertently discovering the upper reaches of the [[wikipedia:Yarra River|Yarra River]] near [[wikipedia:Lilydale, Victoria|Lilydale]].<ref name="AusDicBiography" />

==Death==
==Legacy==
===Memorials===
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11017373

===Namesakes===
*[[Gardiner's Creek]]
*[[Gardiner Ward]]
*[[John Gardiner Reserve]]
*Gardiner Road

==References==
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[[Category:Settlers of Boroondara]]

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