Buckley among the real pioneers

For “Occupation” BET 1831 AND 1875 of Patrick Coady Buckley

In 1831 he and his half-brother (Buckley was born Patrick Coady and Buckley was his stepfather's surname) had the Wullwye 'run', the site of Dalgety, and in 1834 he became the manager. He soon added to this by being one of those who came across from the Monaro to Omeo where he held the Tongio-mungie and Ensay runs. || His holdings included Tongeo Mungie (1839) and Ensay (1839-45) from where he started his Gippsland movement, then, in chronological order, Coady Vale, later called Prospect East and Prospect West, on Lake Denison (1843-1873), Tarra Creek (1844-51), Woologoramerang (Wulgulmerang) (1851-59), Maryville (Maryvale, 5 miles north of Morwell (1861-72), Neoyang, just north of Bruthen (1862-67), Benambra (1862-75) and Gelantipy (1864-75).

Two passages from the same Gazette local-history feature (source #1705), joined with ' || ' — the career narrative and the later holdings list. Run names/spelling as printed (Tongio-mungie vs Tongeo Mungie). No place rows created for the individual runs; named here in the summary only.

For Patrick Coady Buckley (1816–1872)

Patrick Coady Buckley, born in Dublin in 1816.

Corrects the imported approximate birth year (previously ABT 1817, no place) with the local-history article's stated birth year and place.

For Patrick Coady Buckley (1816–1872)

He lived a relatively isolated life on his stations, with no wife and no family in Victoria. He was a hard man and did not seem to socialise much. || It is ironic that Buckley never had a family of his own despite his wealth. When he died he left no will and the government tried to divide his estate among distant relatives. This eventually achieved, but not before nearly 40,000 pounds, more than half the estate, had been taken up by legal costs.

Explains why no spouse or children are recorded on this person and why he cannot be connected to anyone else in the tree: a contemporary local-history feature states directly that he never married and had no family in Victoria, and died intestate with the estate going to distant, unnamed relatives. Supports leaving #2092 as a legitimately unconnected record rather than searching for a spouse/children that do not exist.