The Fire Beacons of England & the Kinleside Family Crest

Edith Alexa Kinleside married John Coleridge "Jack" Blackmore in 1915. Edith came from "Uppingham" at Koorawatha near Cowra, NSW and Jack came from nearby "Landsdowne" at Wattamondara. In 1929, with their only son Lewis Kinleside Blackmore, born in 1917, moved to “Mt View”, Clandulla, near Rylstone, also in NSW. The Kinleside Family Crest represented the … Continue reading The Fire Beacons of England & the Kinleside Family Crest

An Old Letter from a Scotsman at Kinleside’s “Uppingham”, Koorawatha, near Cowra

Uppingham Siding Dear Alec, I received your letter the other week and this is the first chance I have had of answering it. I am getting along A1 and like this life though it is rough. There is plenty money to be made in the bush but you don't have the comforts like you have … Continue reading An Old Letter from a Scotsman at Kinleside’s “Uppingham”, Koorawatha, near Cowra

Tooma Station, Upper Murray

Harry Frederick Watson married Katherine “Katie” Robertson from Swan Reach, SA on the 12th July 1892. He managed the property “Tintaldra”, on the Murray River, following the death of his father Sidney Grandison Watson and when it was sold to the Donald Mackinnon of Melbourne in 1910 he then bought “Tooma Station” in NSW from … Continue reading Tooma Station, Upper Murray