National Museum of Australia Canberra

Farming families





Tony and Marja Jarvis

Tony's great grandfather selected the central part of the property in the 1860s... > Read more



Neil and Bernice Mitchell

The Mitchell family have been farming in this upper Murray
area for over three generations... > Read more



Alan Ashworth

Alan is only the second owner of this property, which he
bought with his wife in the 1970s... > Read more



Max and Pam McKimmie

Max's parents bought the 468 acre property in 1940. The family now own about 600 hectares (1482 acres)... > Read more



David and Emma Nankervis

David and Emma Nankervis run the family dairy farm, Wattle Grove, with David's parents, Barry and Pam... > Read more



Ron and Doreen Briggs

President of the North-east Victorian Cattleman's association, Ron managed to get the original run on the Bogong High Plains
in 1956... > Read more



Loretta Carroll

Loretta Carroll comes from a long line of the Carroll family who
settled in the Mudgegonga area in the 1800s... > Read more



Roy, Leanne and Helen Hamilton

Bogandillan has been in the Hamilton family for over 70 years. When Roy and Leanne first came to Bogandillan the property was 4000 acres... > Read more



Henry and Rita Hilton

Henry and Rita Hilton are one of the few farming couples in the
Stanley area that are still positive about the future... > Read more



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