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