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Buckley among the real pioneers

Local-history feature on Gippsland pioneers, drawing on cemetery, probate and station records.

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Buckley among the real pioneers Secondary

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.