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Contents<br />

Preface<br />

A Belcher Time Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

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v<br />

1 First generation 1792 - 1813 1<br />

James Belcher and Mary Belcher née Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

2 Second generation 1814 - 1849 7<br />

John and Eliza Belcher née Fleming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

John and <strong>family</strong> come to Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Trouble aboard The Courier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

Arriving in Melbourne in 1849 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

John and <strong>family</strong> head to <strong>the</strong> Goldfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

Tragedy strikes <strong>the</strong> <strong>family</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

Mary Anne Floyd née Belcher and Thomas Floyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

Eliza Joyce née Belcher and William Joyce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

SarahBroughtonakaSarahCupitakaSarahJoycenéeBelcherandherfamilies 17<br />

Edward Belcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

3 Third generation 1850 - 1868 21<br />

Sarah Furlong née Belcher and John Furlong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

A second tragedy in <strong>the</strong> <strong>family</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

William Belcher and Ellen Belcher née Jamieson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

Coming to Miepoll in 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

William marries Ellen Jamieson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Settling in at Meipoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

William admitted to hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

William and Ellen pass away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

Mary Wheatley née Belcher and Richard Wheatley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

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