McNeilly Family
Told by June Sealey and Keith Shimmen 2018.
Track 1:
00.00 Intro
00.18 John McNeilly emigrated to Victoria
01.16 Provided supplies to goldfields
01.30 Purchased land at Dry Diggings
02.00 Met and married Eliza Pitkin, 4 children
03.52 Community activities
04.10 Selected land in Drouin 1870, arrived overland 1871
05.54 Difficult nature of the land
06.59 Built house, gradually extended it
07.55 Agricultural activities
08.28 Jackie the Lyrebird
11.30 Landholding extended
12.31 Community activities
13.32 John and Eliza retired to Drouin – sons worked the land
14.04 New homestead 'Lyndhurst' built for Sam and family
14.16 Will moved to Melbourne because of ill health, but continued
business interests in Drouin. Was also a diviner.
20.24 Sam and Cecil sold the property
20.50 Geoff Mc Neilly donation to Anglican Church Building Fund
21.20 Bob McNeilly continued to operate the Sale property
21.44 Connections with other Drouin families
26.38 Drouin Primary School Diamond Jubilee celebrations
27.42 Other connections by marriage
28 54 Tribute to George Mc Neilly by Drouin Tennis Club
31.20 Further details of John Mc Neilly's offspring
Track 2:
Talk given on John McNeilly at Drouin Cemetery Walk February 2016 by Rosemary Blackley
Keith Shimmen and June Sealey
John McNeilly
Eliza McNeilly
Jack McNeilly
McNeilly George on right outside Drouin State Savings Bank
Lyndhurst historic homestead
Will McNeilly and Drouin band 5th on right
Will McNeilly third right
The Lyndhurst McNeillys 1928. Samuel and family.
Jack the lyrebird
John McNeilly's compass
old slab hut site 1994
Geoffrey and Bob McNeilly
Geoffrey and Bob McNeilly