Mary Jane BOUNDY

1841 - 1878  (37 years)

• Name	Mary Jane BOUNDY  [1, 2]
  Birth	1 Mar 1841	Duke of Argyle ship; Port Phillip Heads ; Victoria, Australia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	uncertain
  Death	9 Nov 1878	Auckland; New Zealand   [2]
  Person ID	I591	FHC023 - Chapman Tree
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	John BOUNDY,   b. 30 Sep 1803, Worlington Devonshire England d. 20 Apr 1889, Macedon Ranges ; Victoria Australia (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary POOK,   b. 20 Jan 1812, Molland; Devonshire England d. 3 May 1884, Wattle Bank; Malmsbury; Victoria; Australia (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1831	West Worlington; Devonshire; England   [2]
  Family ID	F185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	? BLYTH,   b. (unknown), uncertain d. (unknown), uncertain
  Marriage	(unknown)	uncertain
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2022

  
  

• Notes

  MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA Departed Plymouth , England in the 'Duke of Argyle' with wife/husband and some children - William - George - Elizabeth Daughter Mary Jane was born the the ship/Duke of Argyle in Port Phillip Heads on 1 March 1841. Arrived 1 March 1841. [2] EARLY MELBOURNE Extract from Family History Connections Spring 2022 edition of the Genealogist - article on 'In search of Samuel Roberts ' by Judith Lesley ‘Permanent settlement [of Melbourne] was delayed until 1835 when... John BATMAN negotiated a treaty with aboriginal elders...Melbourne became a town in 1842 and a city in 1847; but its first surge of growth came in the early 1850s following the discovery of gold near Bendigo and Ballarat...’ 12 In 1854 ‘the streets were well metalled, curbed and side paths in course of being paved...Not the least singular sight in Melbourne and one which sooner attracts the attention of new arrivals, is the long procession of water carts unceasingly en route in Elizabeth Street to temporary water works near the Hobson’s Bay Railway terminus’, until the Government water works at the eastern end of Flinders Street supplies water from ‘a capacious reservoir... on the Eastern Hill.’ 13 A further note is that with an ‘almost vertical sun and hot winds ...Melbourne requires to be drenched with water to keep down the dust raised by the unceasing traffic in the streets.14 Buildings included ‘the Town Hall, in Swanston-street; an imposing structure not yet completed; the new National School, at the east end of Lonsdale- street... the Exhibition Building in William-street... the Hospital in Lonsdale-street; the Offices of Government and the Courts of Law... Almost every Christian religious denomination possesses several places of worship... An University... is in the course of erection... in North Melbourne.... Visitors cannot fail to be drawn to the large and massive stores of dark blue stone... a conspicuous item...[which] suggests... the weight and importance of the great commercial interests of Victoria.15 The Government report for 1855 describes ‘Ten buildings [which] have been erected at convenient distances on the Castlemaine Road at the expense of the Government... for the accommodation of poorer travellers... it will prove advantageous, especially for immigrants newly arrived and wishing to proceed into the interior...’ 16

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Barbary Money, Boundy Family tree 'Descendants of Mary Pook & John boundy) ex Barbara Money , None. [S34] Boundy family - ex Martin family tree, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/14542816/person/20469456015/facts?_phsrc=l33-1809577&_phstart.