Herald 20220906

Burenda Station, Augathella - birth place of writer's grandfather
After travelling to Kent and
Sussex England some years
ago to see where my maternal
great grandparents William Edward
and Mary Anne Humphrey
(West) met and married, I’ve had
a strong desire to visit Burenda
Station at Augathella, the place
where my grandfather Ernest
Stephen Humphrey was born on
January 1, 1889.
During a recent outback
Queensland trip, this desire
came to fruition.
William Edward and Mary
Anne Humphrey arrived in
Moreton Bay Brisbane aboard
the Duke of Devonshire as free
settlers on April 8, 1883.
Since their arrival, William
had worked as a gardener in
Brisbane and Westbrook before
moving to Burenda Station.
My grandfather and his three
older siblings William, Naomi
and Mabel lived at Burenda
Station for three years with their
parents until around 1892.
The family eventually moved
to a farming property William
and Mary had purchased in 1897
at Wellcamp near Toowoomba.
They owned this property
for 43 years before retiring to
Toowoomba.
They had reared nine children
at Wellcamp.
Unfortunately, their oldest
child William aged three died in
Brisbane on November 28, 1889
from sunstroke, depression and
exhaustion.
In 1907 when my grandfather
Ernest Humphrey was 18 years
old, he left the family property in
Wellcamp to pursue droving in
the Charleville district and North
Comongin near Quilpie.
With a team of aboriginal
drovers, he moved many flocks
of sheep for around three years.
By Jenny Hockings (Gersekowski)
OUTBACK QUEENSLAND TRIP
On April 8, 1912 he married
my grandmother Katharina Riethmuller
and worked in various
jobs until they purchased a farm
in the Bongeen area in 1925.
In 1938 they purchased further
land from Jondaryan Estates.
They mostly farmed sheep,
cattle and grain but had also
farmed dairy cattle and pigs.
Ernest loved his horses and
also bred greyhound dogs for the
new owners to train for racing in
Toowoomba.
In 1954 they retired to
Toowoomba. They had reared
five children including my
mother Mavis.
He had many droving stories
to tell his family in later years.
The aboriginal menu for the
RHS - SQUARE - GALV
LENS LENGTH SIZE
LEN/$
100 - 6.5M - 20X20X1.6 - $20
100 - 6.5M - 25X25X1.6 - $25
100 - 6.5M - 25X25X2.0 - $30
100 - 6.5M - 25X25X2.5 - $37
100 - 6.5M - 25X25X3.0 - $44
64 - 8.0M - 40X40X2.5 - $80
64 - 8.0M - 40X40X3.0 - $90
64 - 8.0M - 50X50X1.6 - $65
64 - 8.0M - 50X50X2.0 - $80
49 - 8.0M - 50X50X3.0 - $120
30 - 8.0M - 75X75X3.0 - $185
25 - 8.0M - 75X75X4.0 - $240
20 - 8.0M - 100X100X3.0 - $250
16 - 8.0M - 100X100X4.0 - $320
RHS - RECTANGLE - GALV
96 - 8M - 50X25X2.0 - $60
30 - 8M - 100X50X2.5 - $170
32 - 6M - 100X50X3.0 - $140
PAINTED - RHS
evening meal was snake and goanna
cooked in the coals of the
campfire.
Ernest politely refused their
generous offer to share their
meal and settled instead for
meat, damper and a good cup of
Billy tea. Another story he told
was of a drover he met on the
trail who liked milk in his tea.
As there were no cows
around, he consequently milked
his mare with a foal at foot and
conveniently used it in his tea.
Burenda Station has been
owned by the Radel family for
the last 20 years.
During our recent trip, my
husband Colin and I enjoyed
morning tea and a personal guided
tour of the station with Dan,
Bec and baby Lucia.
36 - 8M - 125X125X4.0 - $220
60 - 8M - 100X100X2.5 - $140
BUNDLES OF 12
STOCK CLEARANCE SALE
CATTLE RAIL - RHS TUBE - PIPE
PIPE - BLACK - 6.5M
LENS SIZE WALL
LEN/$
61 - 40NB - 3.2MM - $80
37 - 65NB - 3.6MM - $140
37 - 65NB - 4.5MM - $170
19 - 80NB - 4.0MM - $180
19 - 80NB - 5.0MM - $220
19 - 100NB - 4.5MM - $260
PIPE - GALV - 6.5M
61 - 32NB - 3.2MM - $70
37 - 50NB - 3.6MM - $100
19 - 80NB - 4.0MM - $190
19 - 100NB - 4.5MM - $270
LENS
Jenny, right, with Bec, Dan and baby Lucia Radel
Ernest Stephen Humphrey - the writer's grandfather at age
20 taken in 1909 during his droving years Horse drawn wagon 1890 Burenda Station
LENGTH
CATTLE RAIL - GALV
SIZE
QUANTITIES ABOVE ARE EVEN BUNDLES - SALES BUNDLES ONLY
$/LEN
21 - 6.1M - 115X42X2 - $85
21 - 6.1M - 115X42X1.8 - $75
21 - 5.8M - 115X42X2.0 - $75
* 5.8M SWAGGED ONE END
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