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John Gardiner was a pioneer in the early European settlement of Melbourne and Boroondara. He worked as a banker and pastoralist, beginning European settlement in the area in 1837.[1][2].
Early life
John Gardiner was born on 5 July 1789 in Dublin, Ireland. He married his wife Mary Eagle in 1822, before migrating to Van Diemen's Land (today known as 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 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).[1]
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 Yarra River near Lilydale.[1]
Death
Legacy
Memorials
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11017373
Namesakes
- Gardiner's Creek
- Gardiner Ward
- John Gardiner Reserve
- Gardiner Road
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
- ↑ Victorian Places. Gardiner. Monash University. 2018. http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/gardiner, accessed: 15 August 2018