Laura Jane Rose

F, #23284, b. Mar 1862, d. 13 May 1960
Probate (Will)* 561/476. Laura Jane BUCK Date of grant: 05 Sep 1960; Date of death: 13 May 1960; Occupation: Widow; Residence: Brighton.1 
Married NameBuck. 
Birth*Mar 1862 Stockton, Yorkshire, England, Mar Q [Stockton] 10a 71, Mother's Maiden Surname: Curchin.2 
Marriage*25 Jun 1887 Spouse: Henry Buck. Armadale, VIC, England, #M2997/1887 (BUCK, Henry (born London), ROSE, Laura Jane (born Stockton E.)3
 
Marriage-Notice*2 Jul 1887 BUCK—ROSE.—On the 25th ult., at the residence of J. A. Walker, Esq., Armadale, by the Rev. G. D. Buchanan, Henry Buck to Laura Jane, third daughter of Thomas Rose, Esq., New Cross, London, S.E.4 
Widow7 May 1933Laura Jane Rose became a widow upon the death of her husband Henry Buck.5 
Land-Note*12 Jul 1950 Donald Arthur Stuart land bought by Mrs L J Buck and given to the Shire for Pre-school. 
Death*13 May 1960 Middle Brighton, VIC, Australia, #D6154/1960 (Age 98) [par Thomas ROSE & Sarah Jane CURCHIN].6 
Death-Notice*16 May 1960 BUCK.—On May 13, Laura Jane, wife of the late Henry Buck, O.B.E., and loved mother of Elsie and Fred Dennett; aged 98 years.
BUCK.—On May 13, Laura Jane, loved grandmother of Sue and great-grandmother of Timothy and Jonathon.
BUCK.—On May 13, Laura Jane, wife of our late governing director Henry Buck, O.B.E.
A token of esteem from the board of directors of Henry Buck Pty. Ltd.
BUCK.—On May 13, Laura Jane, wife of our late governing director Henry Buck, O.B.E.
A token of esteem from the staff of Henry Buck Pty. Ltd.
BUCK.—A tribute to the memory of Mrs. Laura Jane Buck, who passed away on May 13, wife of the late Henry Buck, O.B.E., first governing director of Eyelets Pty. Ltd.
—Remembered by directors and members of the staff of Eyelets Pty. Ltd.
BUCK.—The funeral of the late Mrs LAURA JANE BUCK will leave St John's Church of England, Toorak, Tomorrow, after a service commencing at 2.30 pm for the Springvale Crematorium.7 
AnecdoteHistory (from Henry Bucks website)
Henry Buck was born on the 26th November 1860 in Clerkenwell, London. He was the second child of Thomas, master electro-plater and later a corn factor. He moved to Yorkshire and was brought up in Danby. Henry learnt the soft goods trade at the age of thirteen and suffering from tuberculosis, migrated to New South Wales in 1887 finding a job as a grazier’s farm hand at ‘Manfred’ owned by the Tailor family near Euston. His fiancée Laura Jane Rose joined him but was repelled by life on a sheep station and persuaded Henry to move to Melbourne. On the 25th June 1887 at Armadale the couple married with Presbyterian forms.
Henry worked as a bookbinder’s assistant, losing his job in 1890 after having the ambition to ask for a pay rise, probably a shilling a week. He went into business with a friend and found to his dismay that he had been duped. Rather than take legal action against his friend, Henry took over the shirting fabric shop, the fabrics and equipment. With Laura as the bookkeeper and two machinists, he learned the trade of shirt making, opening a shop on the 25th August 1890 in the fashionable Queen’s Walk off Swanston Street and Collins Street now known as Henry Buck Pty Ltd.
By the turn of the century Henry had built a big factory on the outskirts of Melbourne to manufacture shirts, pyjamas and ties. He also diversified into warehousing and wholesaling and founded Wallace, Buck and Goodes Pty Ltd, the London Tie Co Pty Ltd, Beaucaire Knitting Mills Pty Ltd and Eyelets Pty Ltd.
Henry was a respected figure in Melbourne where he belonged to the Commercial Travellers’ Association, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Master Drapers’ Association of Victoria, as well as in London, where he was a member of the Portland Club. He was an authority on bridge and solo and belonged to the Melbourne Philharmonic Society.
King George V appointed Henry Buck an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1920 for services to the community and business. As well as managing a business involved in retail, manufacturing and wholesaling, Henry had become famous for administering to thousands of returned troops, ferrying them around and providing food and shelter throughout the 1914-1918 war.
Henry Buck died on the 7th of May 1933 in Marylebone, London and was survived by his wife and daughter.
The company moved in 1963 to the new Colonial Mutual Building, Collins Street, where the plush atmosphere of the old store was re-created and remains at 320 Collins Street, Melbourne. There are now three stores in Melbourne, one in Sydney and a thriving online shopping business.
The company has strengthened its’ position in the market place over the years through expansion and consolidation, entrepreneurial initiatives and focusing on its’ 35-65 age group of affluent, corporate and professional, smartly dressed clients. Henry Bucks is one of the world’s great menswear stores and perhaps one of the last of the great menswear retail specialists to remain in family hands to this day.8 

Family

 Henry Buck b. 26 Nov 1860, d. 7 May 1933
Children 1.Nellie Swinburne Buck b. 6 Oct 1888, d. 20 Jan 1889
 2.Unnamed Female Buck b. 11 Nov 1889, d. 11 Nov 1889
 3.Henry Leslie Buck b. 16 May 1891, d. 9 Nov 1891
 4.Doris May Buck b. 14 Aug 1893, d. 24 Dec 1912
 5.Elsie Maude Buck+ b. 20 Apr 1897, d. 7 Aug 1986

Newspaper-Articles

  • 28 Jun 1939: Sunroom at Austin Hospital. Gift of Mrs. H. Buck
    A new sunroom, presented by Mrs Henry Buck, was opened at Austin Hospital yesterday afternoon. Two nurses from each ward in the hospital provided a guard of honor for the official party.
    Mr. M. Zeltner, president of the hospital, welcomed Mrs. Buck, and in thanking her for the gift expressed the hospital's pleasure and the patients' appreciation of her thoughtfulness.
    Mrs. Buck, declaring the room open, said she hoped that it would bring pleasure and benefit to all who used it.
    Built in a setting of lawns, trees and garden, the sunroom is of brick and glass construction, similar to that at the Caulfield Military Hospital. The interior is finished in a restful pale blue shade, with furnishings to match. It measures 30 feet by 20 feet, and is provided with ample heating and ventilation facilities.
    A plate on the wall is inscribed: — "This building was erected by Mrs. Henry Buck in memory of her beloved daughter, Doris Mary Buck. Doris May Buck9
  • 17 May 1950: UPPER BEACONSFIELD. Unveiling of Memorial Wall
    LAST SUNDAY week was the occasion of a very beautiful ceremony here—the unveiling of the attractive wall which now surrounds the monument thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Buck.
    There was quite a representative gathering of district folk, including, prominent officials of the Berwick R.S.L.—the president, Mr. Barker, secretary (Col. Williams), supported by quite a number of their members.
    Cr. C. A. Harris thanked Mrs. Buck for her beautiful gift which will provide protection for the lawns of the memorial and set it off nicely. Major General Morris, who was introduced by Cr. Harris, had the honor of unveiling the wall. Capt. Griffen had charge of affairs up to 3 p.m, and then handed over.
    It was an impressive little ceremony and after it was over all expressed their admiration for this latest ornament to the Village. Brigadier-General Dawson later entertained Mrs. Buck and friends at afternon tea.10
  • 24 May 1950: ACKNOWLEDGING council’s thanks for her generosity in providing the money for the purchase of a site for the Pre-School Developmental Centre at Upper Beaconsfield, Mrs. L. J. Buck said that the gift had given her much pleasure. She hoped the Centre to be established on the land would give pleasure to the residents and the children.11

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 7591/ P3 unit 346, item 561/476
    VPRS 28/ P4 unit 2187, item 561/476.
  2. [S332] UK - General Register Office Indexes "Q1 1862, Stockton, 10A 71, Mother's Maiden Surname: Curchin."
  3. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 2 Jul 1887, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7948739
  5. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  6. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  7. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 16 May 1960, p16.
  8. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, https://henrybucks.com.au/pages/history - viewed 23 Jul 2020.
  9. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 28 Jun 1939, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205628041
  10. [S218] Newspaper - The Dandenong Journal (Vic.), Wed 17 May 1950, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219301518
  11. [S218] Newspaper - The Dandenong Journal (Vic.), Wed 24 May 1950, p8
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219301694
Last Edited27 Jul 2020

Henry Buck

M, #23285, b. 26 Nov 1860, d. 7 May 1933
Henry Buck
(from ADB)
Birth*26 Nov 1860 Clerkenwell, London, England, Mar Q 1861 [Clerkenwell] 1b 571 (mother SWINBURN.)1,2 
Marriage*25 Jun 1887 Spouse: Laura Jane Rose. Armadale, VIC, England, #M2997/1887 (BUCK, Henry (born London), ROSE, Laura Jane (born Stockton E.)3
 
Marriage-Notice*2 Jul 1887 BUCK—ROSE.—On the 25th ult., at the residence of J. A. Walker, Esq., Armadale, by the Rev. G. D. Buchanan, Henry Buck to Laura Jane, third daughter of Thomas Rose, Esq., New Cross, London, S.E.4 
Death*7 May 1933 Marylebone, London, England, Jun Q [Marylebone] 1a 563 (Age 72.)5 
Death-Notice*9 May 1933 BUCK.—On the 7th May, at London, Henry, dearly loved husband of Laura Jane Buck, aged 73 years.
BUCK.—On the 7th May at London, Henry Buck, adored father of Elsie and Fred Dennett.
BUCK.—The staff of Henry Buck Pty. Limited, Swanston street, and Richmond desire to express their heartfelt sympathy at the death in London of Mr. Henry Buck.
BUCK.—A mark of respect and esteem for the late Mr. Henry Buck from the staffs of Wallace Buck and Goodes Pty. Ltd., Melbourne; Wallace Buck and Goodes, Sydney; and Beaucaire Knitting Mills Pty. Ltd.6 
Anecdote*History (from Henry Bucks website)
Henry Buck was born on the 26th November 1860 in Clerkenwell, London. He was the second child of Thomas, master electro-plater and later a corn factor. He moved to Yorkshire and was brought up in Danby. Henry learnt the soft goods trade at the age of thirteen and suffering from tuberculosis, migrated to New South Wales in 1887 finding a job as a grazier’s farm hand at ‘Manfred’ owned by the Tailor family near Euston. His fiancée Laura Jane Rose joined him but was repelled by life on a sheep station and persuaded Henry to move to Melbourne. On the 25th June 1887 at Armadale the couple married with Presbyterian forms.
Henry worked as a bookbinder’s assistant, losing his job in 1890 after having the ambition to ask for a pay rise, probably a shilling a week. He went into business with a friend and found to his dismay that he had been duped. Rather than take legal action against his friend, Henry took over the shirting fabric shop, the fabrics and equipment. With Laura as the bookkeeper and two machinists, he learned the trade of shirt making, opening a shop on the 25th August 1890 in the fashionable Queen’s Walk off Swanston Street and Collins Street now known as Henry Buck Pty Ltd.
By the turn of the century Henry had built a big factory on the outskirts of Melbourne to manufacture shirts, pyjamas and ties. He also diversified into warehousing and wholesaling and founded Wallace, Buck and Goodes Pty Ltd, the London Tie Co Pty Ltd, Beaucaire Knitting Mills Pty Ltd and Eyelets Pty Ltd.
Henry was a respected figure in Melbourne where he belonged to the Commercial Travellers’ Association, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Master Drapers’ Association of Victoria, as well as in London, where he was a member of the Portland Club. He was an authority on bridge and solo and belonged to the Melbourne Philharmonic Society.
King George V appointed Henry Buck an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1920 for services to the community and business. As well as managing a business involved in retail, manufacturing and wholesaling, Henry had become famous for administering to thousands of returned troops, ferrying them around and providing food and shelter throughout the 1914-1918 war.
Henry Buck died on the 7th of May 1933 in Marylebone, London and was survived by his wife and daughter.
The company moved in 1963 to the new Colonial Mutual Building, Collins Street, where the plush atmosphere of the old store was re-created and remains at 320 Collins Street, Melbourne. There are now three stores in Melbourne, one in Sydney and a thriving online shopping business.
The company has strengthened its’ position in the market place over the years through expansion and consolidation, entrepreneurial initiatives and focusing on its’ 35-65 age group of affluent, corporate and professional, smartly dressed clients. Henry Bucks is one of the world’s great menswear stores and perhaps one of the last of the great menswear retail specialists to remain in family hands to this day.7 

Family

 Laura Jane Rose b. Mar 1862, d. 13 May 1960
Children 1.Nellie Swinburne Buck b. 6 Oct 1888, d. 20 Jan 1889
 2.Unnamed Female Buck b. 11 Nov 1889, d. 11 Nov 1889
 3.Henry Leslie Buck b. 16 May 1891, d. 9 Nov 1891
 4.Doris May Buck b. 14 Aug 1893, d. 24 Dec 1912
 5.Elsie Maude Buck+ b. 20 Apr 1897, d. 7 Aug 1986

Newspaper-Articles

  • 9 May 1933: Mr. Henry Buck. The death has occurred in England, his many friends will regret to learn, of Mr. Henry Buck, a leading merchant of Melbourne. Mr. Buck became ill last week, and died on Sunday in a London nursing home. Mrs. Buck was with him.
    Born at Danby, Yorkshire, in 1861, Mr. Buck came to Australia in 1887. He was then in extremely delicate health, but after a sojourn of three years on a Queensland station his health had so greatly improved that he came to Melboume. In 1890 he established the men's wear business now known as Henry Buck Pty. Ltd., in Swanston street. As the business grew he extended his activities to manufacturing, and established various businesses, including Wallace Buck and Goodes, the London Tie Manufacturing Company, Eyelets Pty. Ltd., and the Beaucaire Knitting Mills, of all of which he was governing director.
    Mr. Buck was keenly interested in many public movements. The work of the Melbourne Philharmonic Society had his earnest support, and in 1891 he became secretary of the society for a year. He proved to be an executive of conspicuous ability, possessing as he did keen business insight, initiative, and resource, and he guided the business affairs of the society on safe and sound lines. He gave the society a piano, and cancelled a debt of £100 due to him for his services as secretary. After he retired from the secretaryship he continued to take an active interest in the welfare of the society.
    Returned soldiers throughout Victoria remember with gratitude and affection Mr. Buck's many kindnesses and courtesies to them during the war years and for many years afterwards. In 1915 he organised the Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps, the members of which conveyed returned soldiers from ports of disembarkation to various destinations, and provided health trips for invalid soldiers, sailors, and nurses. In the five years of the corps' existence 21,000 cars were used in the work, and 85,000 returned men and nurses were taken on 921 health trips. Mr. Buck himself, in his own car, never failed to meet a returning transport or hospital ship, and the success of the work was largely due to his untiring efforts as director of the corps.
    His work was recognised with the O.B.E. Mr. Buck was a member of the Victorian Red Cross Council until his death. Offiials of the Returned Soldiers' League expressed yesterday their keen regret at his death.
    Mr. Buck was one of the foremost bridge players of Melbourne. He was an acknowledged master of the legislation of the game, on which subject he was constantly in touch with the Portland Club of London. His rulings on disputed points were continually sought by bridge enthusiasts. Other activities in which Mr. Buck took a lively interest were the work of the Big Brother Movement, the Royal Society of St. George, and all movements which had the interest of the Empire at heart. He was a member of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Melbourne Cricket Club, and past president and a life governor of the Master Drapers' Association of Victoria. For about 40 years he had been a member of the Commercial Travellers' Association, and he was among the oldest club members. The flags on the association building were flown at half-mast yesterday.
    Mr. Buck was also a member of the National Safety Council. He was on his 14th visit to England. He is survived by Mrs. Buck and a daughter, Mrs. Fred Dennett. The establishment of Henry Buck Pty. Ltd. will be closed to-day from noon as a mark of respect to the memory of its founder.8
  • 17 May 1933: MRS. HENRY BUCK (by cable from London) conveys her deepest APPRECIATION for every expression of sympathy which has been cabled to her, and for the magnificent flowers that have formed a generous tribute to her husband's memory.9
  • 19 Oct 1933: HENRY BUCK'S WILL. Victorian Estate Worth £100,000
    Assets sworn at £100,051, consisting of £723 realty and £99,331 personalty, were left by the lale Mr Henry Buck, of Swanston Street, Melbourne, and St. Kilda Road, who died in London on May 7.
    By will dated March 3, 1933, testator appointed the Equity Trustees Executors and Agency Co. Ltd., and his son-in-law, Frederick William Dennett, executors und trustees of his will.
    After disposing of his personal effects, testator stated in his will that he had made prevision for his wife by assurance of his life in her favor. This money was collected in 1930.
    In addition to this, he bequeathed her a life interest in 25.000 shares in Henry Buck Pty. Ltd., 25,000 preference shares in Wallace Buck and Goods Pty. Ltd., 5000 shares in the London Tie Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd., and 1000 shares in Eyelets Pty. Ltd.
    There was a direction in the will that after the death of Mrs Buck, 5000 shares in the London Tie Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd. shall be given to Frederick William Dennett, and the remainder of
    the shares mentioned, to his daughter, Elsie Maud Dennett.
    Testator also bequeathed two properties at Frankston and Lockwood to the same beneficiary.
    Specific legacies included 5000 shares in the London Tie Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd. to Elsie Maud Dennett and 25,000 shares in Henry Buck Pty. Ltd., 4000 ordinary shares in Wallace Buck and Goods Pty. Ltd., and other shares in Eyelets Pty. Ltd. to Frederick William Dennett.
    The residue of the estate goes to testator's widow for life. After her death £3000 goes to the Melbourne University for a lectureship in transport or a research scholarship, or a fellowship in commerce.10

Australian Dictionary of Biography

Henry Buck (1860-1933), clothing manufacturer and retailer, was born on 26 November 1860 at Clerkenwell, London, second child of Thomas Buck (1819-1886), master electro-plater, later a corn factor, and his wife Ann, née Swinburn. Henry grew up at Bridge House, Danby, Yorkshire, and entered the soft goods trade in Milk Lane, London, in May 1873. Suffering from tuberculosis, he migrated to New South Wales in 1887 and worked at Manfred, a sheep-raising property near Euston. Here his health improved. His fiancée Laura Jane Rose joined him, but was repelled by life on the remote station and they moved to Melbourne. On 25 June 1887 at Armadale the couple married with Presbyterian forms.
Buck worked as a bookbinder's assistant, losing his job in 1890 after rashly demanding an increase in salary. He sought a job with a friend, who had borrowed £50 from him to set up a shirt store, but found that he had been duped. Rather than take legal action, Buck assumed control of the deserted shop and Laura took over as book-keeper. With the assistance of two machinists, Henry learned the trade of shirt cutting and opened a new retail store on 25 August 1890 in the fashionable Queens Walk, off Swanston Street.
Although he struggled in the depression, within a decade Buck had won repute as an exclusive maker of made-to-measure shirts, using the finest English cloth. In the early 1900s he diversified into warehousing and wholesaling, and founded Wallace Buck & Goodes Pty Ltd, the London Tie Co. Pty Ltd and Beaucaire Knitting Mills. At 35 Rockley Road, South Yarra, in 1910 he had built, from designs by architects H. W. & F. B. Tompkins, a two-storey house, Danby. The Bucks lived there until 1926.
Henry and Laura had four children, three of whom had died by 1912. On 26 August 1919 their surviving child Elsie Maude married Frederick William Dennett, an English concert pianist, then on a world tour with Jack Waller's company. Their working honeymoon ended at Bombay, India, when Dennett accepted Buck's cabled offer to join the firm; in 1921 he became a director of Henry Buck & Co. Pty Ltd. About the same time Buck formed Eyelets Pty Ltd, with his enthusiastic and talented son-in-law as the principal partner.
Tall and handsome, Buck was a respected figure in Melbourne—where he belonged to the Commercial Travellers' Association, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Master Drapers' Association of Victoria—as well as in London, where he was a member of the Portland Club. He was an authority on bridge and solo and belonged to the Melbourne Philharmonic Society. Buck discreetly supported many charitable institutions including the Australian division of the British Red Cross Society. In 1915 he set up and directed the latter's Volunteer Motor Corps, providing transport for returned servicemen and nurses after disembarkation and health trips for invalids. He was appointed O.B.E. on 19 October 1920.
In Buck's later years he left the management of the business to the Dennetts and with his wife made fourteen visits to their homeland. Henry died on 7 May 1933 at Marylebone, London, and was cremated, survived by his wife and daughter. His family inherited most of his estate, sworn for probate at £100,054, but his will also provided for several loyal employees, as well as a £3000 scholarship in his name at the University of Melbourne and a £2500 bequest to the Children's Hospital. Laura died in 1960, and the firm moved in 1963 to the new Colonial Mutual Building, Collins Street, where the plush atmosphere of the old store was re-created. Therein, the life of the founder, a celebrated figure in the Australian clothing industry, was commemorated in a display of photographs and memorabilia.11

Citations

  1. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 9 May 1933, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4734615
    states that Henry Buck was born at Danby Yorkshire.
  2. [S332] UK - General Register Office Indexes "Q1 1861, Clerkenwell, 01B 571, Mother's Maiden Surname: Swinburn."
  3. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 2 Jul 1887, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7948739
  5. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 9 May 1933, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4734460
  7. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, https://henrybucks.com.au/pages/history - viewed 23 Jul 2020.
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 9 May 1933, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4734615
  9. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 17 May 1933, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4736171
  10. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 19 Oct 1933, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243192765
  11. [S55] ADB online, online https://adb.anu.edu.au/, Allan F. Willingham, 'Buck, Henry (1860–1933)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/buck-henry-12824/text23151, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 27 July 2020.
Last Edited18 Mar 2023

Nellie Swinburne Buck

F, #23286, b. 6 Oct 1888, d. 20 Jan 1889
Father*Henry Buck b. 26 Nov 1860, d. 7 May 1933
Mother*Laura Jane Rose b. Mar 1862, d. 13 May 1960
Birth*6 Oct 1888 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #B26169/1888.1 
Birth-Notice*2 Nov 1888 BUCK.—On the 6th ult., at Egremont, Wynnstay-road, Armadale, the wife of Henry Buck of a daughter.2 
Death*20 Jan 1889 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #D97/1889 (Age 4M.)3 
Death-Notice*31 Jan 1889 BUCK.—On the 20th inst., at Egremont, Wynnstay-road, Armadale, Nellie Swinburne, infant daughter of Henry and Laura Buck, aged 4 months.4 

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 2 Nov 1888, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6907492
  3. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.),.
Last Edited21 Sep 2019

Unnamed Female Buck

F, #23287, b. 11 Nov 1889, d. 11 Nov 1889
Father*Henry Buck b. 26 Nov 1860, d. 7 May 1933
Mother*Laura Jane Rose b. Mar 1862, d. 13 May 1960
Birth*11 Nov 1889 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #B27862/1889.1 
Death*11 Nov 1889 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #D14820/1889 (Age 1 Day.)1 
Birth-Notice*23 Nov 1889 BUCK. —On the 11th inst., at Egremont, Wynnstay-road, Armadale, the wife of Henry Buck of a daughter (which survived but a few hours).2 

Citations

  1. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 23 Nov 1889, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8573922
Last Edited21 Sep 2019

Henry Leslie Buck

M, #23288, b. 16 May 1891, d. 9 Nov 1891
Father*Henry Buck b. 26 Nov 1860, d. 7 May 1933
Mother*Laura Jane Rose b. Mar 1862, d. 13 May 1960
Birth*16 May 1891 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #B8453/1891.1 
Birth-Notice*25 May 1891 BUCK.—On the 16th inst., at Carisbrooke, Wynnstay-road, Armadale, the wife of Henry Buck of a son.2 
Death*9 Nov 1891 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #D13002/1891 (Age 6M.)1 
Death-Notice*11 Nov 1891 BUCK. —On the 9th inst, at Carisbrooke, Wynnstay-road, Armadale, Henry Leslie, the dearly loved and only child of Henry and Laura Buck, aged 6 months.3 

Citations

  1. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 25 May 1891, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8656757
  3. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 11 Nov 1891, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8650684
Last Edited21 Sep 2019

Doris May Buck

F, #23289, b. 14 Aug 1893, d. 24 Dec 1912
Father*Henry Buck b. 26 Nov 1860, d. 7 May 1933
Mother*Laura Jane Rose b. Mar 1862, d. 13 May 1960
Birth*14 Aug 1893 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #B18631/1893.1 
Birth-Notice*26 Aug 1893 BUCK.—On the 14th inst., at 44 Evelina-road, Toorak, the wife of Henry Buck of a daughter.2 
Death*24 Dec 1912 'Danby', Rockley-road, South Yarra, VIC, Australia, #D16208/1912 (Age 19.)3 
Death-Notice*25 Dec 1912 BUCK.—On the 24th December, at "Danby," Rockley-road, South Yarra, Doris Mary, beloved eldest surviving daughter of Henry and Laura Buck, in her 20th year.
BUCK. The funeral of Miss DORIS BUCK will leave "Danby," Rockley-road, South Yarra on Thursday, December 26, at 10 a.m., for the place of interment, Brighton Cemetery.
R. MATTHEWS, Undertaker, Toorak-road, South Yarra.4 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 24 Dec 1913: IN MEMORIAM. BUCK.—In remembrance of Doris Mary, dearly loved daughter of Henry and Laura Buck, who fell asleep Christmas Eve, 1912.5
  • 28 Jun 1939: Sunroom at Austin Hospital. Gift of Mrs. H. Buck
    A new sunroom, presented by Mrs Henry Buck, was opened at Austin Hospital yesterday afternoon. Two nurses from each ward in the hospital provided a guard of honor for the official party.
    Mr. M. Zeltner, president of the hospital, welcomed Mrs. Buck, and in thanking her for the gift expressed the hospital's pleasure and the patients' appreciation of her thoughtfulness.
    Mrs. Buck, declaring the room open, said she hoped that it would bring pleasure and benefit to all who used it.
    Built in a setting of lawns, trees and garden, the sunroom is of brick and glass construction, similar to that at the Caulfield Military Hospital. The interior is finished in a restful pale blue shade, with furnishings to match. It measures 30 feet by 20 feet, and is provided with ample heating and ventilation facilities.
    A plate on the wall is inscribed: — "This building was erected by Mrs. Henry Buck in memory of her beloved daughter, Doris Mary Buck. Laura Jane Buck6

Citations

  1. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 26 Aug 1893, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8684766
  3. [S3] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913.
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 25 Dec 1912, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10527471
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 24 Dec 1913, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7264652
  6. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 28 Jun 1939, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205628041
Last Edited21 Sep 2019

John Alfred Wilson

M, #23292, b. 1833, d. 23 Sep 1915
John Alfred WILSON
(The Herald, 25 Sep 1915, p12)
Birth*1833 Newcastle, England. 
Marriage*1867 Spouse: Martha Brown Lamb. VIC, Australia, #M2001/1867.1
 
Widower22 Dec 1912John Alfred Wilson became a widower upon the death of his wife Martha Brown Lamb.2 
Death*23 Sep 1915 Melbourne East, VIC, Australia, #D10257/1915 (Age 82) [par Unknown] - as John Alex WILSON.3 
Death-Notice*25 Sep 1915 WILSON. - On the 23rd September, at private hospital, John Alfred, beloved husband of the late Martha B. Wilson, and loving father of Mrs. I. H. Moss, Colonel A. E. Wilson, D.S.O., Mrs. Francis Harman, Mrs. Henry Butler, Mrs. W. J. Polson, and Beatrice, in his 83rd year.
WILSON. - The Friends of the late JOHN ALFRED WILSON are informed that his funeral will leave the Scots Church, comer Collins and Russell street, Melbourne, THIS DAY (Saturday, day, the 25th inst.), at 3.15 p.m., for the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew.4 

Grave

  • PRES B 4121 and PRES B 4142, Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, VIC, Australia, Sacred in the memory of Martha, beloved wife of John A. WILSON, died on the Sabbath 22 Dec 1912, a perfect wife and mother. Myra Lamb, infant daughter died 17 April 1882. John Alfred WILSON, beloved husband of Martha, died 23 Seo 1915, aged 82 years.5

Family

 Martha Brown Lamb b. 1838, d. 22 Dec 1912
Children 1.Alice Frances Mabel Wilson b. 27 Apr 1869, d. 18 Jul 1948
 2.Alfred Ernest Theodore Wilson b. 1870
 3.Pauline Rachel Jane Wilson b. 1872, d. 22 Jun 1939
 4.Lily Maud Wilson+ b. 15 Oct 1873, d. 10 Oct 1931
 5.Beatrice Martha Wilson b. 22 Jun 1875, d. 14 May 1959
 6.Florence Ada Mary Lamb Wilson b. 4 Oct 1877, d. 14 May 1941
 7.Myra Lamb Wilson b. 1882, d. 17 Apr 1882

Newspaper-Articles

  • 25 Sep 1915: MR. J. A. WILSON DIES. USEFUL CAREER ENDS.
    In the Presbyterian portion of the Boroondara Cemetery, this afternoon, the remains of the late Mr. John Alfred Wilson, one of Victoria's earliest and most enterprising pioneers, were buried.
    Dr. A. Marshall and the Rev. Hume Robertson officiated at the graveside, and also at the service previously held at Scots' Church, Collins street. The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Mr. A. A. Sleight. The death occurred on Thursday, at Dr. W. E. Moore's private hospital, after a short illness. Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, the late Mr. Wilson was 82 years of age. He arrived in Victoria in 1852 soon after gold was discovered.
    He immediately went to Ballarat, and was the first to promote limited companies in connection with mining. In 1860 he floated, and was chairman of directors of the Ballarat Freehold, which was worked successfully for many years. He was also a large shareholder in the Don and many other mining ventures in the Ballarat district. Later he went to Walhalla, and held a large interest in the Lily of the Valley and Aberfeldy mine.
    In 1890 he became actively connected with the South Star mine, Ballarat, of which he was chairman of directors for 10 years, and while in that position received the present King and Queen when they first inspected a quartz mine, on the occasion of their visit here in 1901, at the opening of the Federal Parliament. In 1910 he secured the "Reform Dredge" in the Myrtleford district, and last year, although then in his 82nd year, he began a gigantic enterprise at Hurstbridge, where he had erected a cool store capable of holding 40,000 cases of fruit, probably the largest private undertaking of its kind in Australasia. In connection with it he started a fruit drying factory on an extensive scale.
    Until lately the late Mr Wilson was the sole proprietor of the Bijou and Gaiety Theatres and adjoining properties, which he sold to Mr B. J. Fuller.
    He leaves a son, Colonel A. E. Wilson, of the Royal Field Artillery, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the South African war, and is now serving in Europe, and five daughters. Mrs I. H. Moss, president of the Armadale branch of the Australian Women's National League, who is well known in political circles; Mrs Henry Butler, Mrs W. J. Polson, of New Zealand; Mrs Francis Harman, of Samoa; and Miss B. Wilson.6
  • 27 Sep 1915: OBITUARY MR JOHN A WILSON. MELBOURNE, Saturday.
    The rermains of the late Mr John Alfred Wilson, a very old colonist, and at one time prominent in Ballarat mining circles, were interred to-day in the Boroondara Cemetery. The death took place on Thursday at a private hospital, after a short illness. The deceased gentleman was born in England 82 years ago. Soon after he arrived in Victoria gold was discovered at Ballarat, and he went there to promote a limited company in connection with mining. He floated and was chairman of the Ballarat Freehold. He was also for many years associated with the Don and other mining ventures in the Ballarat district. In 1890 he became actively connected with the South Star mine at Ballarat, and held the position of Chairman of Directors for 10 years. While in that postion he received the present King and Queen on the occasion of their visit there in 1901. Of late years Mr Wilson had resided in the metrepolitan area. He was the sole proprietor of the Bijou and Gaiety Theatres, and a number of adjoining properties prior to their recent sale. His only son Colonel A. E. Wilson, is now serving in Europe.7

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 "John A born Newcastle / Martha B born Glasgow."
  2. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D16305/1912."
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 25 Sep 1915, p11
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1564369
  5. [S46] Index of burials in the cemetery of Boroondara, Kew,
    Boroondara cemetery Kew: transcripts of memorial inscriptions and index of names. Viewed at Genealogical Society of Victoria.
  6. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 25 Sep 1915, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242399302
  7. [S14] Newspaper - The Ballarat Courier (Vic.), Mon 27 Sep 1915, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75150431
Last Edited24 Oct 2019

Martha Brown Lamb

F, #23293, b. 1838, d. 22 Dec 1912
Married NameWilson.1 
Birth*1838 Glasgow, Scotland. 
Marriage*1867 Spouse: John Alfred Wilson. VIC, Australia, #M2001/1867.2
 
Death*22 Dec 1912 St Kilda, VIC, Australia, #D16305/1912 (Age 74) [par Peter LAMB & McINDOE].1 
Death-Notice*23 Dec 1912 WILSON. —On the 22nd December, at "Oberhof," Alma-road, St. Kilda, Martha B., the beloved wife of John A. Wilson.3 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1914150 Alma Road, St Kilda, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Beatrice Martha Wilson.4

Grave

  • PRES B 4121 and PRES B 4142, Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, VIC, Australia, Sacred in the memory of Martha, beloved wife of John A. WILSON, died on the Sabbath 22 Dec 1912, a perfect wife and mother. Myra Lamb, infant daughter died 17 April 1882. John Alfred WILSON, beloved husband of Martha, died 23 Seo 1915, aged 82 years.5

Family

 John Alfred Wilson b. 1833, d. 23 Sep 1915
Children 1.Alice Frances Mabel Wilson b. 27 Apr 1869, d. 18 Jul 1948
 2.Alfred Ernest Theodore Wilson b. 1870
 3.Pauline Rachel Jane Wilson b. 1872, d. 22 Jun 1939
 4.Lily Maud Wilson+ b. 15 Oct 1873, d. 10 Oct 1931
 5.Beatrice Martha Wilson b. 22 Jun 1875, d. 14 May 1959
 6.Florence Ada Mary Lamb Wilson b. 4 Oct 1877, d. 14 May 1941
 7.Myra Lamb Wilson b. 1882, d. 17 Apr 1882

Citations

  1. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D16305/1912."
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 "John A born Newcastle / Martha B born Glasgow."
  3. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 23 Dec 1912, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203319490
  4. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  5. [S46] Index of burials in the cemetery of Boroondara, Kew,
    Boroondara cemetery Kew: transcripts of memorial inscriptions and index of names. Viewed at Genealogical Society of Victoria.
Last Edited24 Oct 2019

Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller

M, #23303, b. 19 Nov 1899, d. 14 May 1990
Birth*19 Nov 1899 Bendigo, VIC, Australia, #B24404/1899 [par Arthur BULLER & Rose HAINES].1,2 
Marriage*14 Sep 1918 Spouse: Cora Elizabeth Cowan. St Francis' Church, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M5398/1918.3
 
Land-UBeac*2 Oct 1942 PAK-58C1.58D.58E. Transfer from Robert John Gardam to Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller. 16a 1r 37p.4,5 
Land-Berwick19 Nov 1946 BER-Subn-18.19. Transfer from Evaline Lyon to Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller. 41a 1r 30p.6 
Land-Berwick*19 Nov 1946 BER-Subn-21. Transfer from Evaline Lyon to Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller. 22a 0r 12p.7 
Land-Berwick19 Nov 1946 BER-Subn-20 (part). Transfer from Evaline Lyon to Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller. 12a 0r 5p.8 
Land-Note*6 Dec 1946 PAK-58C1.58D.58E. State Electricity Commission of Victoria Caveat No 116926 lodged affecting part of the land herein - lapsed 20 Feb 1947 - Easement to State Electricity Commission created 20 Feb 1947.9 
Land-Note*24 Oct 1949 PAK-58C1.58D.58E: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 926123. Discharged 13 Apr 1949. Mortgagor was Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller.10 
Land-Berwick9 Nov 1949 BER-Subn-20 (part). Transfer from Auguste Exavier Gaborit to Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller. 2a 3r 10p.11 
Land-UBeac*13 Apr 1951 PAK-58C1.58D.58E. Transfer from Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller to Arthur McLeod Wilson Isobel Annie Wilson. 16a 1r 37p.12,13 
Widower2 Oct 1964Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller became a widower upon the death of his wife Cora Elizabeth Cowan.14,15 
Death*14 May 1990 Sandgate, QLD, Australia, #D3891/1990 [par Arthur BULLER & Rosa Ann HAMES].16,17 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1949Emerald Road, Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: manufacturer. With Cora Elizabeth Buller.18
1977Mount Riddell Road, Healesville, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: no occ.19
19801/25 Eucalypt Street, Bellara Bribie Island, QLD, AustraliaOccupation: nil.20

Newspaper-Articles

  • 7 Apr 1923: NEW INSOLVENTS.
    Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller, of 38 Richmond terrace, Richmond, manufacturer, and Francis Edward McCall, of William street, Abbotsford, manufacturer, trading an the Bulson Furniture Company, of Nicholson street, East Brunswick. Causes of Insolvency—Losses sustained through a falling off in business, and illness of R A W Bullen. Liabilities £2,048/0/8; assets, £602/17/1; deficiency £1,445/3/7. Mr J. G. Davies, assignee. The schedules of the individual estated of R. A. W. Buller and of F. E. McCall have also been filed. Buller set out his liabilities at £238/15/ , and assets at £20, leaving a deficiency of £218/15/ . McCall's schedule showed —Liabilities, £107/8/ ; assets £55; deficiency, £52/8/ . Causes of insolvency were said to have been the same in both cases as that of the insolvency of the firm.21
  • 30 Dec 1926: Two Men Injured
    PAMBULA. — Arthur Stebbing, of Gardenvale (Vic.), and Raymond Buller, of Mentone (Vic.), met with a serious accident at Merimbula on Wednesday morning. A motor-cycle, driven by Buller, got out of control. They are in Pambula Hospital. Stebbing's condition is serious.22
  • 6 Jul 1927: New registrations. The A. J.B. Furniture Co. Pty. Ltd., Knox place, Melbourne. — Capital: £20,000, in £1 shares. Directors: Raymond Arthur Buller, Cora Elizabeth Bullor and Fred Lewis. Cora Elizabeth Buller23
  • 7 Jul 1927: New companies
    A. J. B. Furniture Co Pty Ltd (The) Registered office, Knox place, Melbourne. Objects :—acquire as a going concern the business of furniture manufacturers carried on by Raymond Arthur Buller under the style of the A.J.B. Furniture Co. Capital, £20,000, in £1 shares.
    Names subscribed to memorandum:—*Raymond Arthur Buller, one share, *Cora Elizabeth Buller, one share, and *Fred Lewis, one share.
    *Denotes director Cora Elizabeth Buller24
  • 8 Aug 1945: Business Man. SOUND PIG BREEDING AT BEACONSFIELD
    The open air and comparatively free and independent (wartime excepted) life of the land has a fascinating appeal to many people brought up in the city. Generally, too, they have a wrong conception of what is involved in "living off the land." "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."
    THERE is a vast difference between farming for a hobby, and farming for a living. In the former case it does not matter whether the venture is profitable or not. The only profit the hobbyist looks for is a sense of satisfaction at something done. The cost is not of great consequence. Costs and returns, however, are vital to the farmer dependent on the farm for a living. The further he can widen the gap between these two factors, the more efficient his farming methods become, and the more money he makes. It is this question of farming efficiently that really counts. While lack of capital is a real handicap, and will delay reaching of the ultimate goal by the most efficient farmer, an abundance will not make an inefficient farmer efficient, at least by ordinary commercial standards.
    Pig Meats Needed
    EVEN is a man is blessed with capital, if he is really interested in farming as a business, he wants to make it pay. To make it pay he must not only discover what are the most approved methods for his particular industry, but also put them into practice. Several business men have taken to farming in recent years, many of them without any previous experience. One of these is Mr R. A. Buller, of the Standard Furniture Co. Richmond, who about two years ago purchased a property at Beaconsfield.
    Mr Buller's approach to farming was similar to that of several others in the same position. He had always had a hankering for a farm, but the necessity for food production, together with the fact that he was in a position to finance such a proposition, was the real reason for the step being taken at that time.
    A farm a few miles north of the Princes Highway at Beaconsfield, about 30 miles from Melbourne, was selected. It had been neglected for some time, and its carrying capacity was somewhere about nine cows only.
    Mr Buller decided to go in for pigs as pig meats were needed. He realised from the start that he lacked experience in this class of enterprise, but wisely sought advice from what, to him, was the obvious source—the Agricultural Department.
    He makes no secret of the beneficial guidance he obtained from the Department, and refers particularly to that relating to pig husbandry by the pig expert, Mr L. A. Downey.
    His Large White "Green Acres" stud was begun in August, 1943, with four brood sows in pig and a boar. Since then one boar and one sow has been added to the stud. Otherwise, every pig has been produced on the place.
    Outstanding Features
    At present there are 18 brood sows. Actually, the aim is to run 20 to 25, but recent sales have been heavy and numbers are lower than normal. There are 162 pigs on the farm, and there have been up to 250.
    Some idea of production capacity can be gauged from the fact that since the stud was started Mr Buller has sold £1600 worth of bacon and stud animals. Further details of the foundation and breeding of this stud will appear in a subsequent article.
    Two outstanding features on this farm are the method of keeping records and the layout of farm buildings. This breeder can tell at a glance the history and performance of all his pigs. This information has been care fully tabulated, and is the special care of Mr Buller's daughter.
    Not only is this of inestimable value when making stud sales, but it also enables a close check on sows and their performances. Definite records of this tyjpe are, of course, essential in a well-defined breeding programme, but the particular method used at "Green Acres" reflects the business man's appreciation of the value of figures. The farm buildings are well laid out, and have been designed for ease of working. There are 18 pig pens, with concrete floors and yards. A small galvanised iron tank is attached to each pig pen to catch surplus water from the roof. An automatic drinking bowl ensures an immediately supply of fresh, clean water for drinking.
    Cows are run in conjunction with the pigs. A grade herd of 18 Jerseys has been mated to a Red Poll bull, but Mr Buller proposes to change shortly to a Jersey sire, and hopes to build up a high production line.
    Adjoining a two double-bail cowshed, another shed is being erected. As the herd will largely be hand fed, it is intended to bring the cows into this second shed an hour before milking and feed them in stalls. They will be quiet and contented at milking time. All cows will be fed individually according to production.
    The barn houses a chaffcutter, grain crusher, and mixer, and a blower with three chutes. This farmer regards the blower as one of his most useful pieces of machinery. By using the three chutes he can blow chaff, grain and the crushed and mixed ration to their respective storage bins. The clean concrete floor ensures a minimum of waste as, with care, the material can be swept up and used.
    Water is laid on to the farm from a local reservoir, and electric power is connected also. Over a period of three months, the cost of power alone has averaged 8/ a week for a 10 h.p. motor for cutting chaff, etc., a 1 h.p. motor on the milking machines, and another of ¾ h.p. on the separator, a dairy heater for water, and several flood lights on the piggery.

    Image Caption: Green lucerne and lucerne hay are an essential part of the ration for Mr R. A. Buller's Large White pig at his "Green Acres" stud at Beaconsfield. Here are some 3½ months old pigs grazing a small lucerne stand.25
  • 19 Sep 1945: HIGH PRODUCTION FROM LARGE WHITES REGULAR WEIGHING AND RECORDING PRACTISED
    For rapid increase in herd numbers, and high production or pig meat, it would be difficult to better the performance of the "Green Acres" Large White stud at Beaconsfield, about 20 miles south-east from Melbourne. Beginning in August, 1943, with four sows in pig and a boar, the stud today carries over 20 brood sows.
    THE first sale was not recorded until March 17, 1944. Total sales until July of the same year were only £111. To the middle of May this year, however — 14 months since the first sale and 11 months since production really began — £1600 worth of bacon and stud animals have been sold off the property.
    Since January 1 this year five truckloads of baconers have been sold at Brooklyn saleyards, or equivalent to six tons of pig meat. As stated in a previous article, the proprietor of this stud, Mr. R. A Buller, having decided to establish a stud piggery, went to the Livestock Division of the Agricultural Department for advice. Later he was put in touch with a breeder of quality Large Whites. His foundation stock, therefore, were of the right type, and this has been responsible in a large degree for the success achieved.
    Accurate Records
    Only five sows and two boars have been bought for this stud. All sows came from the Clarendon stud of Mr L. H. Castle, Clarinda. The first boar, Wattlebank Roy 2nd, was bred by Mr J. Rintoul, Glengarry, and the second, Tongalla Duke 11th, by Mr. L. J. Abrahams, Red Hill. Four of the sows were in pig to Granton Utility Taxpayer 3rd, a boar imported by Mr Castle. Two of these sows— C. Fairy and C. Violet—were outstanding. Fairy had her first litter of seven on August 12, 1943, and reared them all. Total litter weight at eight weeks—measure of a sow's prolificacy, milking capacity, mothering ability, etc. — was 363lb. Her second litter of 12 (10 reared) was born on February 2, 1944, and at eight weeks weighed 389lb. Twelve months to the day from the birth of her first litter. Fairy farrowed again, rearing 10 of 15 born. These weighed 440lb. at eight weeks. The fourth litter of .. were sired by Wattlebank Roy 2nd. Five of Fairy's daughters were retained for the stud, while a boar from the first litter was chosen here by the South Australian Hospitals Department stud, and sold for 25 guineas. Fairy's sales from three litters amounted to £277. She also had three outstanding daughters, Beauty, Delight, and Glorius. Their first litters returned, respectively, 101, 82, and 72 gns. This record shows what one good sow can be worth to a stud.
    Slow Growth
    Violet's first litter of 10 was born on September 8, 1943. It was sired by Taxpayer. At weaning the litter, all reared, weighed 384 lb. Wattlebank Roy 2nd sired the second litter of 13. All were reared, and totalled 473lb. at eight weeks. Of the third litter of 13, farrowed on October 6 last year, 11 were reared and reached 408lb. at weaning. The fourth litter of 13, was born last April. The third and fourth litters were sired by Green Acres Master, the boar which was bred by Mr Buller and subsequently went to South Australia. Violet's three litters, up to date, 13 was born on February 4 last, and the nine reared totalled 323lb. at weaning. The last three litters have returned £300. This breeder is a great believer in the keeping of accurate records. The books, he says, tell you what is wrong and why. He looks on scales as an essential part of the pig-raiser's equipment.
    The pig yards and pens at Green Acres are conveniently arranged. All litters are weighed at eight weeks, and then once a month after that. As the pigs approach bacon weight the weighing is done weekly. In this way an accurate check is kept on the economics of food conversion.
    In other words, the relation between weekly live weight gain and the amount of food required to obtain that gain can be quickly established. For example, since the pigs have been weighed at this stud it has been found that they have averaged 10lb. a head a week increase in live weight, or about 6 ½ lb. dressed weight. Quality baconers of this type have been averaging 10d. a lb. at Brooklyn which, on the above basis, means an increase of 5/5 a pig. Against this can be costed 42lb. of mixed ration at 2/7½, leaving a margin above food cost of 2/9½ a pig a week. Weighing the pigs is a simple operation. They come out of a holding yard one at a time into a ramp which leads up to platform scales. A small gate on each side of the scales keeps the pig in while it is weighed. When the weight is recorded the gate is opened, the pig returns to its pen, and another comes in.
    The following balanced ration is used: — Crushed wheat, 200 lb; meat meal. 20lb; lucerne chaff, 15lb; ground limestone, 5lb; linseed meal 2lb; salt, 1b; fine charcoal, 1lb., and sulphate of iron, 1oz. Although a little skim milk is available, it is regarded as an extra.
    A week's requirements—about 3½ tons—is mixed at the one time. After weaning, pigs are fed 1lb. a head for each month of age up to six months old. A careful watch is kept, and if individual animals require more they get it. The system is flexible, and the ration is varied for sows coming in to farrow.
    A small patch of lucerne is also available as green feed. It is intended to increase the area of this valuable pig fodder. Mr Buller has found that since feeding lucerne, green and as chaff, a rheumatic condition of the shoulders has disappeared from the pigs. This condition had occurred from time to time, although other green stuff was being fed.
    Image Caption:
    Clarendon Fairy, one of the outstanding foundation sows in Mr R. A. Buller's "Green Acres" Large White stud at Beaconsfield. Fairy was bred by Mr L. H. Castle, Clarinda.26

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "mother's name could be HAMES."
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Fredericks Family Tree (Joann Sheridan) - gives birth date.
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6338-523 - Raymond Arthur Buller of 21 Plummer Road Mentone Manufacturer.
  5. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 15a - paid rates 1942/43 N40 - sold to Raymond Arthur BULLER.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 5279-641 - Raymond Arthur Buller of Emerald Road Beaconsfield.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 5868-509 - Raymond Arthur Buller of Emerald Road Beaconsfield.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 5855-956 - Raymond Arthur Buller of Emerald Road Beaconsfield Farmer.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6338-523 - Caveat No 116926 lodged affecting part of the land herein - lapsed 20 Feb 1947 - Easement to State Electricity Commission created 20 Feb 1947.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6338-523 - Mortgage No 926123. Discharged 13 Apr 1949.
  11. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 5990-844 - Raymond Arthur Buller of Brisbane Street Berwick Manufacturer.
  12. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6338-523 - Arthur McLeod Wilson Farmer and Isobel Annie Wilson Married Woman both of Emerald Road Beaconsfield - joint proprietors - C/T 7543-160.
  13. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 Bought for £7500 per 15 Feb 1951 (from Andrew Smith?) Smith is not on title.
  14. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D21707/1964 - born Yarra Junction."
  15. [S47] Index of burials in the cemetery of Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
    Joshua Jordan Lawn, Row AZ, Grave 26 - Roman Catholic.
  16. [S8] Queensland Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes.
  17. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Fredericks Family Tree (Joann Sheridan) - gives death place.
  18. [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
  19. [S177] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1977.
  20. [S180] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1980 "probably him, unless he has a grandson called Raymond Arthur."
  21. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 7 Apr 1923, p24
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1888441
  22. [S14] Newspaper - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), Thu 30 Dec 1926, p9
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245919344
  23. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 6 Jul 1927, p22
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243957954
  24. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 7 Jul 1927, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3865317
  25. [S14] Newspaper - Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 8 Aug 1945, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226558401
    By FRANK CRAWFORD, M. Agr. Sc.
  26. [S14] Newspaper - Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 19 Sep 1945, p14
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226564606
    By FRANK CRAWFORD, M. Agr. Sc.
Last Edited1 Sep 2024

Cora Elizabeth Cowan

F, #23306, b. 1901, d. 2 Oct 1964
Married NameBuller. 
Birth*1901 Yarra Junction, VIC, Australia. 
Marriage*14 Sep 1918 Spouse: Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller. St Francis' Church, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M5398/1918.1
 
Death*2 Oct 1964 Fitzroy, VIC, Australia, #D21707/1964 (Age 63) [par Thomas Jeremiah COWAN & Lizzie May REEVES].2,3 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1949Emerald Road, Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller.4

Newspaper-Articles

  • 6 Jul 1927: New registrations. The A. J.B. Furniture Co. Pty. Ltd., Knox place, Melbourne. — Capital: £20,000, in £1 shares. Directors: Raymond Arthur Buller, Cora Elizabeth Bullor and Fred Lewis. Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller5
  • 7 Jul 1927: New companies
    A. J. B. Furniture Co Pty Ltd (The) Registered office, Knox place, Melbourne. Objects :—acquire as a going concern the business of furniture manufacturers carried on by Raymond Arthur Buller under the style of the A.J.B. Furniture Co. Capital, £20,000, in £1 shares.
    Names subscribed to memorandum:—*Raymond Arthur Buller, one share, *Cora Elizabeth Buller, one share, and *Fred Lewis, one share.
    *Denotes director Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller6

Citations

  1. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  2. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D21707/1964 - born Yarra Junction."
  3. [S47] Index of burials in the cemetery of Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
    Joshua Jordan Lawn, Row AZ, Grave 26 - Roman Catholic.
  4. [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
  5. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 6 Jul 1927, p22
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243957954
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 7 Jul 1927, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3865317
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NOTE

Some family sections show only the children who were associated with Upper Beaconsfield.

Some individuals may be featured because members of their family were associated with the Upper Beaconsfield area, even though they themselves never lived here.