Shadows of the Western District

A Genealogy of Western Victoria by Leon Jones


Western District History

  • Anastasia and the Vandemonians

    The Lowndes family is an example of a family from Tasmania which moved to Victoria to work for the likes of Charles Swanston and Charles McLachlan. Prominent gentlemen were dependent upon working people. Workers from Van Dieman’s Land were educated in the ways of the colony and frequently disaffected in their views of men with… Continue reading