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FREDERICK
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MOULD
1846
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1932
FREDERICK JOHN MOULDMiss Blanche McGufficke Collection
DESCENDANTS OF FREDERICK JOHN MOULD1846 - 1932
├── FREDERICK JOHN2 MOULD,XE "MOULD:FREDERICK JOHN" b. 1846, d. 1932 │ +AGNES2 McGUFFICKE,XE "McGUFFICKE:AGNES" b. 1852, d. 1929 │ ├── MARY AGNES CRANCH3 MOULD,XE "MOULD:MARY AGNES CRANCH" b. 1877, d. 1932 │ │ +NEWTON3 OTTLEY,XE "OTTLEY:NEWTON" b. 1872, d. 1955 │ │ ├── WILLIAM FREDERICK (BILL)4 OTTLEY,XE "OTTLEY:WILLIAM FREDERICK (BILL)" b. 1913 │ │ │ +ILA STANISLAUS ISABELLA4 COPE,XE "COPE:ILA STANISLAUS ISABELLA" d. 1979 │ │ │ +MARGARET JOAN4 RALPHSXE "RALPHS:MARGARET JOAN" │ │ ├── DARRELL TASSE4 OTTLEY,XE "OTTLEY:DARRELL TASSE" b. 1915, d. 1942 │ │ ├── JOHN BIRDWOOD (JACK)4 OTTLEY,XE "OTTLEY:JOHN BIRDWOOD (JACK)" b. 1916, d. 1942 │ │ │ +VALERIE4 HURSTXE "HURST:VALERIE" │ │ └── ATHOL NEWTON4 OTTLEY,XE "OTTLEY:ATHOL NEWTON" b. 1919 │ │ +ELIZABETH4 SMITHXE "SMITH:ELIZABETH" │ ├── ANNIE EMMA3 MOULD,XE "MOULD:ANNIE EMMA" b. 1879, d. 1886 │ ├── ESTHER JESSIE3 MOULD,XE "MOULD:ESTHER JESSIE" b. 1880 │ │ +SAMSON HENRY (SAM)3 CURRY,XE "CURRY:SAMSON HENRY (SAM)" b. 1872, d. 1929 │ │ ├── HARRIE GRUBER MOULD4 CURRY,XE "CURRY:HARRIE GRUBER MOULD" b. 1907, d. 1974 │ │ │ +DORIS JOSEPHINE4 TOSHACK,XE "TOSHACK:DORIS JOSEPHINE" b. 1908, d. 1987 │ │ ├── JOHN WALLACE MOULD4 CURRY,XE "CURRY:JOHN WALLACE MOULD" b. 1908, d. 1994 │ │ │ +RITA MARY MARGARET4 SAMS,XE "SAMS:RITA MARY MARGARET" b. 1915 │ │ ├── NANCY AGNES MOULD4 CURRY,XE "CURRY:NANCY AGNES MOULD" b. 1910 │ │ │ +DAVID SURREY GIBSON4 LITTLEMORE,XE "LITTLEMORE:DAVID SURREY GIBSON" b. 1910, d. 1989 │ │ ├── ADA MOULD4 CURRY,XE "CURRY:ADA MOULD" b. 1916 │ │ │ +HENRY DRUMMOND4 AINSWORTHXE "AINSWORTH:HENRY DRUMMOND" │ │ └── NERYL MOULD4 CURRY,XE "CURRY:NERYL MOULD" b. 1924 │ │ +CRESSWELL HERBERT4 CHALMERS,XE "CHALMERS:CRESSWELL HERBERT" b. 1922 │ └── FREDERICK EDWARD (TED)3 MOULD,XE "MOULD:FREDERICK EDWARD (TED)" b. 1883, d. 1971 │ +FLORA3 MACKAY,XE "MACKAY:FLORA" b. 1891, d. 1977 │ ├── FREDERICK HERBERT (HERB)4 MOULD,XE "MOULD:FREDERICK HERBERT (HERB)" b. 1919 │ │ +LAURA CECILIA4 WELLSMOREXE "WELLSMORE:LAURA CECILIA" │ ├── NOEL SAMUEL4 MOULD,XE "MOULD:NOEL SAMUEL" b. 1923, d. 1981 │ │ +ADELLE4 BEAVERXE "BEAVER:ADELLE" │ └── BRUCE EDWARD4 MOULD,XE "MOULD:BRUCE EDWARD" b. 1928 │ +SHIRLEY ROBIN4 MEDWAY,XE "MEDWAY:SHIRLEY ROBIN" b. 1927
FREDERICK JOHN MOULD - Extract of Baptism- John Pattrick Collection OBITUARY FREDERICK JOHN MOULD
The death occurred on Wednesday, 6th inst., at the residence of his son, Mr Frederick Edward Mould, Boconnoc, Adaminaby, of Mr Frederick John Mould, aged 86 years 5 months.
Deceased was born at Biggam, and was a son of the late Mr and Mrs G.R. Mould. His father, who had partly completed his medical course at Dublin University when he decided to come to Australia in the forties of last century was known as “Dr” Mould, and his memory is still honoured for the medical services which he rendered without charge to the pioneer residents of Western Monaro.
Deceased was also highly esteemed throughout the Adaminaby district in which his life was spent, except for twelve of the last thirteen years, which were spent at Inverell and has since lived with hi son at Boconnoc.
AGNES MCGUFFICKE - Miss Blanche McGufficke Collection
His wife who was formerly Miss Agnes McGufficke, predeceased him, as did two daughters, and he is survived by one son, Frederick Edward, of Boconnoc, one daughter Mrs Sam Curry, of Ryde, and a brother William Richard of Weeroona, Cooma.
THE MOULD CHILDREN MARY CRANCH, FREDERICK EDWARD AND ESTHER JESSIE - Miss Blanche McGufficke Collection
The funeral took place yesterday in driving snow to the C. of E. section of Adaminaby General Cemetery Rev R.B. Dransfield officiating.
In spite of the very unpleasant conditions quite a number of mourners were at the graveside, and a number of others found it impossible to get through to Adaminaby. C.M.E. July 1932
COOMA EXPRESSSWORN TO NO MARTER OF NO AROT AM I FRIDAY, JULY 29TH, 1892 –
RECEIVING OFFICE – A receiving office, under the charge of Mr F Mould, is to be established on and after the 1st proximo at Boconnoc and arrangements have been entered into with Contractor McMahon to travel via that locality once a week.
C.M.E. 9/12/1929
OBITUARY MRS AGNES MOULDAs already briefly recorded, the death occurred on Thursday last, 5th inst., at her late home, “Boconnoc,” Middlingbank, of Agnes, wife of Mr Frederick John Mould, aged 77 years.
Deceased was born at Jindabyne on 13th June 1852, and was the third daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James McGufficke, of Kelton Plain. She has resided on Monaro during the whole of her active life.
She is survived by her husband, one son, Frederick Edward, of Boconnoc, two daughters, Mrs Ottley, of Picton and Mrs Curry, of Ryde, 12 grandchildren and on great grandchild.
The funeral took place on Friday, 6th inst., the body being laid to rest in the Presbyterian section of Gegedzerick General Cemetery. Rev H.S. Brown officiated at the graveside and Messrs Eric Delaney Lester Giddings, John and Louis Fraser were pallbearers.
Mr J.F. Allen had charge of the funeral arrangements.
ADAMINABY(FROM A CORRESPONDENT) The benevolent ball held here on Friday night was a success in every way, the attendance being good, the weather favourable and the supper a credit to the ladies who provided it. Mrs Thorp, with her usual kindness, gave her house for the supper, and spared no pains to make her numerous guests feel “at home” being very ably assisted by Mrs Fred. Mould, Miss Lette and other ladies. The music, which consisted of piano and violin, was good and was supplied by Mrs Hanna, Mrs Walter deWitts, Misses Mand Lette and May McKeahnie and Mr Harry Lette (piano), and Mr Donnelly and Mr P. Galvin (violin). Dancing commenced at 8pm, and was kept going with vim until 6 o’clock the following morning, everyone appearing to enjoy themselves thoroughly. I shall not attempt to pick the belle, but several ladies looked very nice, and many neat and fashionable dresses were in evidence. Dr Cassidy and Mr Fred. Hassall, Hon treasurer and Hon secretary, were the moving spirits of the affair, and much credit is due to these gentlemen for the manner in which they worked to make the whole affair a success.
On Saturday afternoon a meeting of ladies was held at Mrs Thorp’s for the purpose of forming a Benevolent Society here. Dr Cassidy, who ever since he came to the district has been a friend to the sick and needy, convened and presided at the meeting, and briefly explained to the ladies the amount of good they could do for the sick and poor of the district by working earnestly together, and urged them to do their best in this direction. The ladies present were Mesdames Thorp, Gillies, Fred. Mould and Walter de Witts, and the Misses Gillies, May McKeahnie and Maud Lette. Mrs Fred. Mould was elected president, Miss Lette secretary, and Mrs Thorp treasurer. The following ladies are to be asked to act as members of the Committee: - Mesdames Donald Lette, M. Shanley, Bert. Hassall, Hanna, Henry Locker, McManus, Bossitter, Waddell, West, Jamieson, W. Mould, John Russell, Robert Jardine, Stewart, Gilbert Locker, Freebody, Denis Delaney, and the Misses Delaney.
MARY CRANCH OTTLEY nee MOULD
My mother Cranch Mould became a governess in about 1897 when she was 20. She was employed by several families over the next decade or so. Cochran’s who had “Yaouk” station on the Murrumbidgee River and finally by the Lampe family who had property in the Tumut area.
My father Newton Ottley also the son of an Australian born Sarah Greenaway herself born Patterson river September 1838. Her parents were contracted to the Australian Agricultural Company. Grandmother Sarah was a governess to a family at Araluen when she met and married William Ottley a gold digger. She taught William to read and write. Back to father who had worked in one of the Kiandra Gold mines in the early 1890’s and joined two other locals Bill Patterson and Jack Coulerson in an attempt to win a fortune at Coolgardie WA. They all joined up and went to the Boer War; they became anti war when they returned to WA. They worked for a time in Lake View and star and then got some money out of their own show at Kanowra. About 1907 father came back east and helped fund his sister Aimee in a mantle (dress) factory in Melbourne. He was looking for a property and in 1908 bought about 3500 acres between Ungarie and Condobolin. He met mother at Lampe’s in Tumut while he was working some sheds and yards there. They married 27.12.1909 at the Anglican Church in Adaminaby. The property “Alowah” was improved, dams built, but in 1915 a fire destroyed about 1000 breeding ewes. Following that a 2-year drought caused loss of the property.
In retrospect one could say he was a good worker who lacked management skills.
All 4 sons were born at West Wyalong and in the period of about 1920 father got a job as a powder monkey at Cordeaux Dam.
Later the family shifted to Picton mainly so the boys could travel 100 miles a day by train to Sydney for secondary education.
Mother died in Feb 1932 at Camden. Father continued to live and work about there till he developed glaucoma in 1955 and died May 1955.
NX34250 Lieutenant Darrell Ottley of 19th Battalion was killed in Action on 12 Feb 1942. Buried at Karan JI Cemetery as reported in 19 Battalion history. Darrell did not marry.
NX34249 Lieutenant John Ottley 2/27th Battalion was injured on 23 October 1942 and died of injuries the next day. John left a widow and infant daughter Robyn who now lives in Parlageville NY United States of America.
- Written from information provided by Bill Ottley.
MRS N OTTLEYThe death occurred at Camden Hospital on 6th inst., of Mrs Mary Agnes Cranch Ottley, wife of Mr Newton Ottley, of Picton, who will be better remembered on Monaro as Cranch, daughter of Mr F. J. and the late Mrs Mould, of “Boconnoc,” Adaminaby, Deceased is survived by her husband and four sons. She was 54 years of age. Mrs Ottley’s death was unexpected, and at the time her husband was prospecting about Kiandra. Through the good work of the police he was communicated with and arrived back at Picton on the 8th inst., in time for the funeral. The remains were interred in the Church of England Cemetery, Picton, after a service which had been held at St Mark’s, Picton, by the Rev Owen, who paid tribute to her Church and home life. The funeral was largely attended by residents, who brought many beautiful floral tributes. The chief mourners were, Mr N. Ottley (husband), Messers William, Daryl, John and Athol (sons), Mrs E.J. Curry, Sydney (sister), Mr and Mrs F.E. Mould, Boconnoc (brother and sister-in-law), and Mrs A Pattrick, Sydney (cousin). Cooma Monaro Express 11-2-1932
THE OTTLEY FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA.PRIVATE
A personal account written by: WILLIAM (BILL) FREDERICK OTTLEY OAM
I met my Grandfather (Old Bill) and stayed with him and my Grandmother (Sarah Susan) in 1919 when I was six and a half years old. They lived with my Auntie Aimee at 242 Ferrars Street, South Melbourne. This account of my family's history in Australia is the result of research and recording of oral history. I am writing this account to illustrate for the younger generations of the family their heritage and Australian background. January 1996. Up-dated January 1997.
INTRODUCTION The first Ottley found in Australia was Ashley, in 1834. He was employed by the Australian Agricultural Company and had at least one convict allotted to him. Possibly he became disenchanted with the A.A.C. because he soon took up land on the Western Slopes in northern New South Wales. Here a creek running north was named after him, Ottley Creek (Warialda). During the period of the Crimean War, Ashley contributed considerable funds to support local people who had gone to join with the British Army. He apparently returned to the United Kingdom some time during the 1870s.
CHAPTER ONE William (Old Bill) Ottley arrived in Australia by a more adventurous route. William was the third son of a Kentish farmer. He had gone to sea, possibly there was not a living for him on his father's farm. At that time the land was left to the oldest son, the second son was educated to become a professional in business or medicine but the third and remaining sons had to find their own living. William worked on a vessel that sailed to Crimea carrying food and munitions. In early 1852, William returned to England, walking from the Channel port of Margate to Tenderten (near Ashford). After 14 days leave (6 days of which were spent walking to and from the coast) he returned to his ship where the crew were readying for a long voyage. The ship had been chartered to take a party of gold fossickers to Port Phillip Bay, Australia. The ship sailed in January 1852 for the Canary Islands, a port of call for fresh water and food. Here the crew, who were inspired by the fossicker's tales of gold, bought iron wheels for wheelbarrows. Their intention was to join in the search for gold once they reached Australia. From the Canary Islands the ship sailed on to Recife (also known as Pernambuco), on the coast of Brazil - 8 degrees South of the Equator, 22 degrees east. This was an unusual port of call for English ships. Now they were in the Southern Hemisphere for time first time. The crew purchased miner's picks, shovels and gold panning dishes. As none of the crew were literate, it is doubtful whether they were able to let their families in England know of their plans. The next stop was Capetown, which they reached in June. The inclement weather was a shock to men used to summer in the middle of the year. Old Bill told me that they decided that they needed a couple of tents (the stories of being able to sleep outdoors in Victoria being greatly exaggerated). Some old sails were pressed into service and sewn together as tents. The ship then caught the Roaring Forties and soon arrived in Port Phillip Bay near the present Geelong. The passengers and their gear were landed and then the crew got their gear ashore. So great was the lure of gold that the Captain and the Mates joined them and they all set off for the gold fields at Ballarat. At that time Port Phillip Bay was choked with empty sailing vessels, abandoned by their crews. The passengers had engaged bullock wagons to take themselves and their gear. However men can far out-walk a bullock, averaging about 20 miles a day compared to a bullock's 15 miles in good conditions. You won't be surprised to learn that the crew were in Ballarat days before the passengers. Now Old Bill was in Australia and such exciting activity lay ahead. Ballarat is on the tourist route now because in 1855 there was an uprising of miners protesting against the government restrictions and corrupt police - the Eureka Stockade. Old Bill took part in this. Old Bill eventually left Ballarat, certainly richer than when he had arrived. He traveled with his "couple of useful" horses and a sprung cart on a ship. The ship was owned by one of the Mates from the original ship that had brought him to Australia. The ship took him to the NSW coastal port of Moruya (Batemans Bay?). From there he crossed to coastal highlands to Araluen in search of richer gold deposits. In Araluen, Old Bill met and married my Grandmother, Sarah Susan. Sarah was the daughter of a carpenter who had come to Australia under contract to the Australian Agricultural Company. She was born in September 1838. She was educated and later took the role of governess, living in with wealthy families and educating their children. William and Sarah were married in Araluen in 1864. (See appendix for copy of their marriage lines.) When the family left Araluen in the late 1860s, they had two children, a girl (Mary b.1865) and boy (Tasso b.1867). Sarah had by then been able to teach William to read and write. They moved on from Araluen to another gold rush in Young and from there to Reedy Creek, in the Tumut area. It is interesting to note that this area is no longer in existence, having been swallowed up by the dams now used for the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. There Newton, my father, was born in 1872. (See appendix for copy of birth certificate.) At Reedy Creek, Old Bill had producing claims. He cut a water race that had a fall of 1/2" in 12 feet to work the claim. The two older sons learned how to work the water race. Sarah and William's three youngest children ( Harold, Sara, and Aimee) were born during their stay at Reedy Creek. The family moved from this area across the Murray River and Old Bill took up a small farm. Their eldest daughter (Mary) had married a local farmer, Bill Callaway, at Reedy Creek. Their daughter's name was Josephine. The youngest daughter, Aimee, became a dressmaker, later a cutter and designer, who had her own business at 242-4 Ferrars Road, South Melbourne. She enjoyed great popularity after World War One. It was at this time when I, her favourite brother Newton's eldest son Young Bill, was invited to visit her and my Grandparents. I was sent by train, put on an Express at Wagga Wagga. I had to change at Albury. A long journey for a little boy of six and a half, even though I was sent in the company of a neighbour who was travelling south. During this holiday that Old Bill took me from South Melbourne to Port Melbourne to see the Tall Ships. He advised me not to go to sea. Advice I was later to ignore. In fact much of my working life was spent around the shipping industry. I remember only the sailing ships but there must have been steam-powered passenger ships as well, as each of the major shipping companies (Adelaide, Melbourne, McIlwraths and Huddart Parkers) plied the Australian coast. Both William and Sarah are buried in the Church of England portion of the Melbourne Cemetery. Tass, Sarah and William's oldest son, had married a girl from around Grenfell. They had three sons and one daughter (who died aged about 17 years). Their eldest son, Tom, lived at Yanco for most of his life. The second son, Jack, became a teacher and lived in Five Dock (two Ottleys in Five Dock made for some confusion with telephone calls). Jack died about twelve years ago. The youngest son, Harold, also became a farmer in the Yanco district. He was Secretary of the Yanco Soldier's Club. Unfortunately, Harold committed suicide about twenty years ago, after a farming failure. Sarah and William's second daughter (Sara) married a man named Warr. They had several children. One of their sons, Fred, became a solicitor who specialised in land transfers. I was in contact with Fred's daughter in the early 1980s. Auntie Aimee had a great deal of trouble with Fred's sisters. She was always much more amenable to her nephews, especially the tall blondes. In 1941 my brother Darrell was at Point Cook for special instructions, she was really taken with him.
CHAPTER TWO Newton, Sarah and William's second son married Mary Agnes Cranch Mould. Mary was the elder daughter of Frederick Mould, born "Boconnoc" near Cooma and buried in Church of England Cemetery Adaminaby, and Agnes McGufficke, born at Nimmitabel N.S.W. and buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery there. Mary had worked as a governess in the Monaro district of the NSW southern mountains and also on a property on the western slopes near Tumut. "Nat" and "Cranch", as my parents were affectionately known, met while Fred Lampe employed them both, possibly at a property near Tumut. My mother was Governess to the Lampe family. Father worked as Manager. My Father had had an eventful life up to this time, having inherited `gold fever' from his father. He had come back East after a period prospecting in Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie and Kanowna. Nat and his mates (Bill Patterson and Jack the Navvy) had some success in small claims out West but had not been able to extract the alluvial gold from the white pug clay in Kanowna. The found living on the goldfields in Western Australia too expensive. They joined as passengers a coastal ship at Esperance and sailed back to Melbourne in 1907 (1906?). Nat, Bill Patterson and Jack had also been in South Africa fighting in the 1899-1902 Boer War. My father was a dedicated pacifist as a result of his war service. Nat returned to N.S.W, in 1906 and was working on a gold deposit near Wyalong. He got enough to pay a major deposit on a grazing property about 9 miles from Ungarie on the Condobolin road. Nat became the Station Manager for Fred Lampe; a position both Jack and I felt Lampe exploited as Nat was an excellent fence maker. Fencing was one of the most costly matters on grazing properties; Lampe made a considerable fortune from his land. In 1909, Nat and Cranch were married at Adaminaby in New South Wales. They took up a property of about 3,400 acres between Ungarie and Condobolin in 1911. The property was known as Allawah. Things went well until about 1916. They had four sons. I (William Frederick) was born at West Wyalong on May 28th, 1913; Darrell Tasso on July 23rd, 1915; John Birdwood on November 23rd, 1916; and Athol Newtown on October 3rd, 1919. We were all christened in the local Church of England. Somewhere near the end of 1916, my parents lost about 900 ewes in lamb in a big bushfire. On top of that, the area was suffering under a long drought. These forces left them unable to cope with their debt repayments and they were forced off their land. They moved to Ungarie for some months. Then my Mother's Father (Ted Mould) agreed that our family could live in a house he owned in Adaminaby. He did not however, give my parents the house (although it was in my Mother's name), the aspersion being that Nat was not a good manager and may mortgage or even sell the house. Adaminaby is now covered by water from the Eucumbene Dam in the Snowy River HydroElectric Scheme. Abel Lovelock, a local bloke who had become a policeman and was stationed at Cordeaux, arranged for a job on the dam construction site for Nat in about 1921. A move to the East Coast also meant a chance for higher education for their sons, so Cranch and Nat moved their family and settled in Wilton. This meant a long bike ride (40 minutes) for Nat to work each day. When the Cordeaux Dam neared completion, Nat got a job on roadwork on Nepean near Maldon. I won a scholarship to " Shore ", in 1925 and traveled to school each day by train. The steam train left Picton at about 7 a.m. and I was home by about 5.10 p.m. by the Geo Fuller Express or 6.05 p.m. by the slower train. Darrell had a bursary to Parramatta High and traveled with me on the train. Jack, however, was able to do the first two years of high school at Picton. Jack had passed the entrance examination for Parramatta High School but mother's illness made him decide to stay in Picton. He decided to leave school and got a job with a local dairy farmer. Mother died in 1931 and is buried in the Picton Church of England Cemetery. She had run a general business in Picton and was well respected in the area. She had high educational aspirations for her sons and was well pleased to see their successes in this area. At one time she harboured a desire that I should become a Priest of the Anglo-Catholic Church. However, Australia was in the grip of the Great Depression in the 1930s and like many young men our education was cut short by the need to go on to the road and find work. After Mother's death, Darrell ceased attending Parramatta High School and found work on a sheep and cattle station at Coonamble in Western NSW. A cousin of my Mother's, Fred Wright, arranged for Athol to go and live with his family in Tenterfield (Northern NSW). Athol completed his education there. The house we lived in was rented and this became an extra burden and so the furniture was stored. I had some poorly paid work near Picton. Father and Jack got some work at Camden Park Estate, about 20 miles closer to Sydney.
CHAPTER THREE In 1932, things were slightly better and we got a motor vehicle, a T- Model Ford made into a utility. I was able to teach Jack to drive and so he too got a license. There had been a gold find in Tennant Creek (Northern Territory), Father, Jack and I decided that we would travel there and try our luck. It was a trip of about 2,200 miles so we added a light trailer to the utility to help carry some of the tools and gear we would need. Fuel was only available in 4-gallon cans (two to a wooden case), so it would be necessary to use the trailer to carry both full and empty fuel cans. We also devised a way to cut up the empty cans to make a metal piece 26 1/2 inches by 47 inches that could be used to waterproof a roof. We worked out the best route to Tennant Creek was through western NSW, western Queensland and then across into the Northern Territory at Camooweal. There were no sealed roads past Bathurst, NSW, and it took us three days to reach Nyngan through Dubbo and Narromine. From Nyngan we traveled to Bourke and on to Barringun where we crossed into Queensland. Jack and I shared the driving. The country was fairly flat from Nyngan. There was a hand starter on the vehicle and a magneto ignition. The battery was used mainly for the lights. The pneumatic tyres of the 1920s to 40s were high pressure - up to 80 p.s.i. (Pounds per square inch). A necessary car tool was therefore a hand pump. All country roads were unsealed and punctures and blowouts were frequent. We did our cooking in camp ovens. These were made from cast iron and had a lid with a hook in the middle for easy removal. There were three ovens in a usual set - one 5 inch and the other two 18 inch. One of the large ovens was kept exclusively to make bread and the other for roasting meat or making stews. The smaller oven was used for cooking vegetables or porridge. We took turns at cooking. The bread we made used dry yeast that had to be prepared by wetting it with water and allowing about an hour for it to activate, before mixing it with the flour. The flour was bought in 56lb white cotton bags. (Empty flour bags were used for covering the baked bread and other foods and sometimes as pillowslips.) It took a couple of hours for the yeast to rise the flour and then about 90 minutes for it to cook in the camp oven. Then about 2 hours for it to be cool enough to use. It was great bread! Jack had a .22 rifle and a 12 gauge shot gun and was a good shot with either. We also had some rabbit traps that helped supply us with meat. There were rabbits all over NSW, Victoria and the Northern Territory - an introduced species that flourished and eventually caused such damaged that eradication programs were begun in the 1950s. (Donkeys and Camels are two other introduced species that have thrived in Australia. We now export Camels to Arabia, Iraq and Iran.). Jack and I took turns at setting traps and clearing them at about 9 or 10 at night. We skinned the rabbits and sold the skins, first to a dealer in Boulia and then later more in Tennant Creek. The first Queensland town we reached was Cunnamulla. On the drive from there to Charlieville we met some wet weather. It was the beginning of the tropical rain that made driving interestingly different to travelling through the dust. From Charlieville, through Blackall and Barcaldine and on to Longreach, we had to travel on the black soil plains. The road was impassable in the wet and so we were delayed waiting for better weather. There was then some hilly country to Winton. We now had 600 miles of Channel country to cross. This wide area from Winton to Boulia presented real problems. There had been rain in the area from Cloncurry to Duchess and the run-off down the Diamantina River across the plain meant about 20 river crossings. The rate of water flow was not high but there were many deep holes that filled during the floods. Jack and I took turns in driving and testing for water depth and road stability. It was necessary to be careful when choosing a campsite for the night, as the floodwaters were constantly moving. Firewood also became scarce. On a couple of days we did a hundred miles. It took about 12 days to get to the final river near Boulia. I went into the river and found about 30 inches of water. It was late so we picked a spot about 250 yards from the river and camped on a knoll. The next morning we were on an island. An elderly man came riding by on a large horse. He told us that it would take about eight or nine days for the river to go down. He had a job for us to do - some bush carpentry. We agreed to do this and had some interesting talks with him. We were told in Boulia that it was unlikely that there was a baker in Tennant Creek, therefore it would be a good idea to have plenty of yeast and flour so that we could make our own bread. As vegetables other than potatoes were likely to be scarce we purchased a 28lb bag of rice, some packets of dried peas and some dried apple. At one of the stations on the way we also acquired some pumpkins. The elderly gent in Boulia advised us that the way west from Dajarra via the various stations would be better than Camooweal. He telephoned the stations and arranged for us to go that way. He told them too about the work we had done for him on the gates and other carpentry and he arranged fuel for us. Petrol was a form of payment for work performed for station owners in the outback. Because we came with a recommendation from this gentleman in Boulia and as we were prepared to fix gates etc we were given fuel by the station owners. At some stations we left a promise to do work for them on our return journey from Tennant Creek. A very different situation to the abundant supplies at petrol stations on today's highways. We learned on these properties that many of the grocery items were brought by train to Alice Springs where they were picked up and then delivered by mail contractors. They had ties dealing with companies dealing with station requirements in Adelaide. There was a small store in Alice Springs and only about 6 houses there. The railway had been built only four or five years before. When we actually got to Tennant Creek we found the same business (supplying outback stations) was done through Katherine, which had a light railway to Darwin. The steamship owner and island-trader Burns Philp, had a steamer once a month from Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane/Townsville/Cairns which brought groceries, fruit and vegetables to Darwin. Tennant Creek boasted a baker, butcher and a grocer, mainly supplied by this method from Darwin. We found that dried apples, dried apricots and dried peaches blended fairly well with our diet. My Father had been born to gold mining and he was eager to get to the Northern Territory rush. We each took a claim. Mine was little good, Jack's produced some gold but Father's was quite good. The other people had poor to medium claims but all accepted the luck of the draw. Jack and I learned lots from the older fossickers, many of whom had known Father in Western Australia. They all respected and sought Jack's help in building shelters and windlass frames. A windlass is used for winding up the buckets of spoil from the mineshaft. Jack became proficient in sharpening tools such as picks and drills used for boring holes in rock for a charge of explosive. He also learned from Nat how to set the explosive and how to clear the area after it had done the job. The best charcoal for use in fires to heat the tools was found in a tree growing further North. We would fell such a tree and bring it back to the charcoal pit and then used the charcoal fire to heat the tools to be sharpened. A very special operation.
CHAPTER FOUR There was an Englishman in Tennant Creek who had an excellent claim, so he had plenty of money. He had driven an English Bean car across Europe, through Istanbul, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, Burma and into the top end of Malaya. This car was brought to Darwin on a Burns Philp steamer. The Bean was a 1930 model; the only model produced as the Depression had effected the British motor industry. It was a great car to drive. It is now in the National War Memorial in Canberra. Another character turned up at Tennant Creek in an aeroplane. A Tiger Moth type, 4-cylinder motor, developed in the U.K. after W.W.I. Jack and I were both offered a ride in the open cockpit plane. You had to wear a leather head cap with some ear protection. The engine had direct exhaust emission from each cylinder. This scared horses and cattle. The views from the aircraft at 1000 feet were quite amazing. But Jack and I agreed that the running of such a vehicle was quite expensive - at least double that of the Bean car. At Christmas 1934, Jack and I were invited to go to Adelaide as guests in the Bean. We were to help with driving, changing tyres etc. The tyres on this car had some 40lb pressure and were 4 1/2 or 5 inches wide. A great improvement on our old Ford. The owner had kept the car in excellent running order by constantly servicing the motor and regularly changing the oil. Jack and I both took turns as driver and our experience with procuring fuel in the outback proved useful. Our route ran from the Hansom and Denison Ranges to Marree, south of Lake Eyre, here it was very stony and rough. The run to Port Augusta was slightly better and the road improved again to Port Pirie and down to Adelaide. Adelaide is a beautiful city, well named as the `city of churches'. Jack and I bought new clothing for us and for Father. He told us to buy him new gray flannel shirts and so we did the same for ourselves. We also sorely needed new hats both cloth and felt. Our other purchases were food both dried and tinned including milk. The seller suggested that we sent the food packed in a wooden case to be picked up in Alice Springs by the mailman and delivered to our camp in Tennant Creek. We also sent most of the clothing the same way. Our mate with the car did the same. The Englishman bought himself some more tyres and tubes for the Bean. Jack and I bought him another wheel, second-hand, also a new tyre and tube. The trip back was much easier, partly because of the new tyres and tubes and partly because we now knew the roads. We had also bought a new tyre pump that made repairing the punctures much easier. Jack bought a new .22 rifle single shot. He was an excellent shot, whilst I was just fair. We also bought 6 new rabbit traps as our previous ones had got a bit weak in the springs. Jack shot several rabbits on the way back through inland South Australia. We ate the best and kept the skins for sale later. The towns from Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Williams Creek, Oodnadatta, Charlotte's Waters and on to Alice Springs were part of the Overland Telegraph line that had been built from Adelaide to Darwin. These towns had repeater stations that relayed messages to Darwin where they were transferred by cable to Singapore, Hong Kong and India to the U.K. The people who serviced these repeater stations were supplied with houses and water storage systems. Jack and I became friends with many of them along the way. After about eighteen months work, Jack, Father and I agreed to take an offer of about 750 for our claims. We sold separately the hut we had built for 150. We disposed of the Ford for 40 but kept the trailer and bought a second-hand Dodge for 150. We were able to return to Picton slowly, enjoying the Northern Territory, Queensland and NSW countryside which had recently received good rain. When we came back from Tennant Creek, Jack bought an English motorbike, a Sunbeam. It cost him 250. It was a really good bike and we got a lot of fun from it. Though he admitted that it was not the most comfortable way to travel. Jack and I didn't get the `gold bug' like Nat but came back from Tennant Creek with a few hundred pounds each. We spent this on clothes and cars. Jack's attitude towards gold was that it was next to useless. He felt that the adornment of some females with gold was without any use. We thought that the soldiers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, who wore a gold earring (the sale of which would pay for their decent burial) had the right idea.
CHAPTER FIVE The manager of Camden Park Estate had property in the Jamberoo/Kiama area and he encouraged Father to go there to fix fencing and sheds. Jack also went to Kiama and was employed by Clearly Bros., first as a truck driver and later as a machinery operator on bulldozers, tractors and cranes. Jack continued to work for them until he enlisted in 1941. Darrell went to find work in Coonamble and I traveled to North Queensland where there was much seasonal work and one was able to live outdoors in Autumn, Winter and early Spring (hobo's heaven!) It was 1938 when I traveled to Queensland. I had been as far north as Innisfail but mostly I was at Bowen. There was plenty of work as fruit and vegetable pickers and packers. By August, I had come back to Mackay where I met a seaman who arranged for me to come to Sydney as a friend of the crew. However, the ship was called into Brisbane to unload there. I had another 600 miles to get back to Kiama where Jack and Nat were living. I paid my fare of 5 shillings on a steam tram to the Gold Coast. When I got there I picked up a ride to Murwillumbah in Northern NSW The next morning I was walking south and was picked up at about 8 a.m. by a man in a Rolls Royce. He was driving to Newcastle. He was the owner of a company, which shipped meat to England. He offered me a job in charge of the Sydney end. This set me up in a reasonable position. When I got back to Kiama, I found that Jack had joined the surf club. This meant that we had contact with the youth of the area. Jack continued his membership from 1939 to 1941. Kiama was great as we all swam well and especially enjoyed body surfing. About that time Athol also rejoined the family. We had a house in Kiama, not much furniture but plenty of beds. The family was all together and Nat was very happy. Jack's membership of the surf club meant that there were gatherings at various surf clubs from Milton in the south to Stanwell Park to the north. There was a most spectacular life-saving competition at Corrimal around the New Year period. It was held during rather heavy seas that overturned many lifeboats. Jack took part in the marching when the various clubs demonstrated their ability. Jack was a strong swimmer but had not advanced to swimming in the belt in surf rescues. In 1938 I was able to get a job as a Tally Clerk on the wharves in Sydney. There was a great deal of shipping enterprise at this time. Most cargo, interstate as well as overseas, traveled by ship, as did the majority of passengers. The owners of the Shipping Lines were wealthy and powerful. Their employees were without permanent status (being chosen by the " bull " system for each job - employ only the youngest and fittest) and had no industrial representation. Then World War Two began. We all enlisted for the services. I was rejected on two counts - health (a heart murmur and having only one kidney) and being employed in a " reserved occupation" (it was essential to keep the shipping ports operational). Many times I was " called up ", when others living in Dulwich Hill were, and many times I tried to enlist but I was always rejected. This was very hard for me, especially after Darrell (Lieutenant 2nd/19th Battalion) was killed in Singapore 15/2/42 and Jack (Lieutenant 2nd/27th Battalion) was killed at El Alamein 23/10/42, and as unknowing people would draw conclusions about my non-involvement in the war effort. Father went back to Camden Park to live and did some repair work for them. The scarcity (and high price) of petrol made the Dodge too difficult to keep and we sold it. If Jack or Darrell were in Sydney on leave they came and stayed with me in Dulwich Hill. When Jack became engaged, I made arrangements to hire a car to take him and Val to and from the church. Father didn't come up from Camden for the wedding, he claimed he had no suitable clothes. Darrell was the best man and Jack and Darrell were in Lieutenant's uniforms and looked terrific. I think Athol was in Darwin and missed the wedding. In 1941, I married Ila Stanislaus Isabella Cope, a woman I had met in Kiama who had two children from her first marriage, a boy, Russell John, and a girl, Leita. We were married at, Marrickville. She was a Roman Catholic and at that time mixed marriages were very difficult to sustain. We had one son, Darrell William, born 28/1/44. We lived at Dulwich Hill. Darrell attended Christian Brothers at Lewisham; having been christened a Roman Catholic. He was married to Diane but this marriage was dissolved. Darrell then married a girl of Greek parents, Vicky. Darrell and Vicky have two sons, Damian (b. 24/5/73) and Andrew (b.14.1.76). The boys attended Newington College for high school and Sydney University. Damian has an Honours Degree in Geography and Andrew is studying Veterinary Science. Darrell and Vicky live in Miranda. I became very active in the formation and running of the Waterfront Clerk's Union. My wife found my involvement with industrial activity difficult and we terminated the marriage in 195 . I paid 4 per week as part of the settlement to maintain Darrell. This was paid until he started work in 1960. I paid Ila per week until 1978 until I became a pensioner.
CHAPTER SIX My brother Jack had been married before he left for his overseas tour of duty. Jack had met Val (Valerie Hurst), the daughter of English migrants whom first lived in Kogarah then Bondi Junction. Jack and Val were married in early 1941 and Jack left Australia in June of that year. In March 1942, Val gave birth to a daughter, Robyn. Jack was killed in October, never having had leave to return and see his child. I was closer to Jack than two my other two brothers and I felt his loss deeply. When Val met and married an American ex-serviceman, Bob Douglas, and prepared to immigrate to the United States, I tried to persuade her to leave Robyn in Australia with me. I was unsuccessful. Robyn has grown up an American citizen and has raised a family in New York State. She has traveled with her mother back to Australia to see her Aussie uncle with whom she has kept in contact all these years. My brother Darrell had a girlfriend, Clarice Eagles who had gone to school with him at Picton and later Parramatta. At some time in the late 1930s she married another bloke from Picton. In 1941, when Darrell was on leave in Sydney, he arranged to meet me after work. (See Appendix for copy of photograph taken in the street of us both.) He arrived with Clarice. Darrell told me that they were living together. Nat was very old fashioned and demanded exemplary behavior from his sons but Darrell could do no wrong in his eyes. However, I didn't inform Nat of Darrell's living arrangements, so as far as he knew Darrell was just in camp at Tamworth. I saw Darrell off on a ferry from Number 12 Wharf, Pyrmont, he was to board a Dutch ship which was moored down harbour, due to sail for Singapore. Darrell gave me his cheque book and told me that there was about two hundred and fifty pounds in the account. He said that he and Clarice had split up but that if she wanted any money I was to give it to her. Between March 1942 and March 1946, Darrell was officially listed as Missing in Action. The Japanese held those of his mates who had buried his remains. The fellow who told me had escaped on a ship leaving Singapore after Darrell was killed but before the capitulation of the British forces. This fellow was then killed in a truck smash. In 1946 I had to tell my father that Darrell had been killed, I explained that the earlier information I had was unofficial and he understood why I had delayed telling him. Athol had a varied career in the army. First he was sent to Darwin in the Pioneers. Then Jack got him into the 2/4th Infantry and he toured with them in Western Egypt. From Cairo the 2/4th was dispatched by sea to Greece where they suffered heavy losses. They pulled out and re-grouped in Palestine. He arrived back in Sydney from the Middle East and had been on route to Singapore when it fell. The ship then turned and berthed in Adelaide where he was given 14 days leave. It took two days to journey from Adelaide to Sydney through Broken Hill, so we really only had 10 days together. From Adelaide his Battalion was sent to Darwin to rebuild morale after the bombing of Darwin in March 1942. Athol and some other country blokes undertook to grow vegetables on the Daly River southwest of Darwin. These fresh supplies must have been very welcome as all other food had to come by train from Adelaide through to Alice Springs and then by road. He came back to Sydney in late 1944, prior to going to the Atherton Tablelands for tropical training. While he was there some of the Air Trainees at Camden flew Nat north to see him for about a fortnight. Father was working as caretaker of Camden Airport that was then under the control of the Air Training Section. Father got on well with the Air Force boys. I went to visit him once and found to my amazement many bottles of grog in his hut, all bottles named. Father had always forbidden alcohol at home but he was prepared to mind the Air boys' supplies for them. Father knew by now of Jack's death but was still unaware of Darrell's. Athol went on to Wewak in New Guinea, on the swampy plain. Att was a bush carpenter there. He got some pay as a Sergeant, a rank he didn't want. When the Japanese surrendered, 33,000 of them came out of the jungle. After he was demobilized from the Army he had some hookworm trouble. He got work as a timber-getter.
CHAPTER SEVEN Athol married a girl from Campelltown in 1951. They lived in Camden and had two sons, John and Bruce. His wife left him when Bruce was a baby, leaving John with Athol. John had a rough time as a child, though well cared for by foster parents in Camden. Athol lived in a room above the Hotel. We had John to stay with us in Birchgrove over several Christmas holidays and he made friends with local boys there. When he was thirteen, Margie and I gave him a " Terrible Teenager's " party at Luna Park and flippers and a spear gun as a gift. He used to fish off the wharf at Long Nose Point and catch tiny Flathead that he fed to the cat. He got mixed up with a rough crowd as a teenager and we stopped the visits. He married a girl called Karen and they had four children. However, he has failed to amount to much and doesn’t share a warm relationship with the family, especially after borrowing money and failing to repay it. He rarely contacts his father. Nat was unable to continue caring for himself and went into Nursing Home. He became ill in 1955 and died on my birthday (28/5/55). He was cremated at Rookwood and Athol and I scattered his ashes near Picton. He had no estate to leave but he taught us, his sons, a wealth of bushcraft. In 1944, I decided to cease being a punter, having won about 550 at Canterbury racecourse. I bought a tenanted house in Lillipilli Street, Epping. The purchase of the house plus conveyancing cost 540 overall. In 1955, I married again. On January 14th, Margaret Joan Ralphs (b. Sydney 30/6/22) and I were married at Sydney Registry Office. We bought a property at 453 Liverpool Road, Darlinghurst. This being very convenient, as both of us were working in the City. I sold the property in Epping for 1600, which paid for the Liverpool Road property, and some furniture. The Liverpool Road property was put in Margaret's name for her protection, so that my first wife could make no claim on it. We sold this property at auction in 1961 for about 3200. Margaret and I had two children, Anne Jeannie (b. 31/1/58 Crown Street Women's Hospital, Surrey Hills) and Rosemary Frances (b. 14/10/59 St Luke's Hospital, Elizabeth Bay). In 1962 we moved from Darlinghurst to 79 Louisa Road, Birchgrove, which cost us 4,600. From here the girls attended Birchgrove Public School. Although originally a working class area, Birchgrove and Balmain became very popular in the 1960s with the wealthy professional class. We restored our home to its Nineteenth Century glory, as did many others. I belonged to the Balmain Association that was involved in saving old properties from demolition and restoring areas of national heritage. During this time both Paddington and Balmain became very popular suburbs and property values increased. The work of groups such as the Balmain Association and the Builder's Labourers (led by Jack Munday) meant that beautiful properties in the inner city suburbs and in the C.B.D. were maintained and restored. The "green bans" of the 1960s and 70s imposed on the Rocks area has meant that this major tourist site is available today and was not knocked down to provide more land for office blocks. In 1969, we moved to 56 Noble Street, Five Dock. We paid $15,200 for this property having sold Louisa Road for $19,600. From here, Anne and Rosemary attended Haberfield Demonstration School, Burwood Girl's High School (then the biggest girl's school in the Southern Hemisphere - with 1400 girls) and later the University of Sydney. Anne gaining Degrees in Arts (1978) and Education (1979) and Rosemary, Degrees in Economics (1980) and Education (1981). Both girls followed their Grandmother Ottley's example and taught for several years. Rosemary taught in State Government and private high schools before leaving to work for the Federal Public Service. The Australian Taxation Office currently employs her in Training and Management. Rosemary was transferred to Canberra and then Melbourne by the A.T.O. and is now living in Langwarrin on the Mornington Peninsula. Anne taught in State Government high schools, both full time and part time and is currently employed by the Catholic Church as a Special Religious Education Consultant. In 1983, Anne married Richard Leonard Nowakowski (b. Orange 21/8/54) whose parents are Polish migrants. Anne and Richard have two children, John Leonard (b. Paddington Women's Hospital 16/11/85) and Peter William (b. Greenoaks Private Hospital, Greenacre 30/6/89). They live in Yagoona. Richard, a fully qualified Accountant, works as an Administrative Bank Manager for Westpac Banking Corporation.
DEATHS – MARY AGNES OTTLEY On Monday last the second eldest daughter of Mr F Mould, of Middlingbank, expired at the residence of her parents, and on Tuesday an infant child of Mr and Mrs Sutherland, of Cooma, breathed its last, and was buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery on the following day. An old man named Bryant died in the Cooma Hospital on Tuesday, last, and on the same day the eldest daughter of Mr Bryan Lynch, of Dry Plain, expired after an illness of short duration. Deceased was only 15 years of age. She had been suffering from inflammation of the lungs, but her death was not wholly unexpected. Her remains were interred in the Roman Catholic cemetery on Wednesday, a large number of relatives and friends attending the funeral. C.M.E. 3/1/1886
ESTHER JESSIE CURRY nee MOULD
ESTER JESSIE AND SAMPSON HENRY CURRY - John Pattrick Collection
FREDERICK EDWARD (TED) MOULD
FREDERICK EDWARD (TED) MOULD - Richard Mould Collection
Frederick John Mould’s life started as a young boy at Boconnoc. Some time later he traveled around the Monaro area carting wheat and produce on horse drawn wagons. He delivered produce to Sydney returning home with supplies for the Monaro and was well known for his knowledge of horses in particular the Clydesdale breed.
FAMILY AT SEAMANS HUT, KOSCIUSCKO G I MCGUFFICKE, HERB AND NOEL MOULD, TED MOULD, MOLLY MCGUFFICKE, AGNES MOULD - Richard Mould Collection
Frederick married Agnes McGufficke in 1876 thus retiring to Boconnoc as a grazier.
AGNES MCGUFFICKE WITH ? AT MOUNT KOSCIUSCKO - Richard Mould Collection
They had 3 daughters and 1 son namely Mary Agnes Cranch, Annie Emma, Esther Jessie and Frederick Edward.
MARY, FREDERICK AND ESTHER
1ST Daughter: Mary Agnes Cranch was born in 1887. She was a governess in the area and married Newton Ottley in 1909 later moving to the Picton area. They had 4 sons – William,
Darrell, John and Athol. William and Athol still reside in Sydney. Darrell and John were killed in WW2.
FLORA AND TED MOULD WITH GRANDCHILDREN ANTHONY, RICHARD AND MADELINE - Richard Mould Collection
2nd Daughter: Annie Emma who was born in 1879 was accidentally killed at the age of 6 whilst travelling to church at Rocky Plain.
TED MOULD WITH GRANDCHILDREN RICHARD, ANTHONY AND MADELINE. - Richard Mould Collection
3rd Daughter: Esther Jessie was born in 1880 and married Sam Curry who was a builder in the Cooma area. They later moved to Sydney and raised 5 children – Harry, John, Nancy, Ada and Neryl, all of who now reside in Sydney.
FLORA MOULD nee MACKAY - Bruce Mould Collection
1st Son: Frederick Edward, their only son, was born at Kelton Plain in 1883 and married Flora Mackay. Ted, as he was affectionately known, and Flora had 3 sons – Frederick Herbert (WW2), Noel Samuel and Bruce Edward.
Frederick Herbert (Herb) married Laura Wellsmore and purchased the property of Dutton Plain near Dalgety. They had 2 sons – Frederick and Richard, and 1 daughter – Madeline.
HERB MOULD AT BOCONNOC 1935 - Richard Mould Collection
Frederick (Fred) worked in the Sydney area after leaving school. He married Dr Janet Bell and they later purchased a property near Michelago. They have 2 children namely Caroline who resides in Melbourne as a teacher and Alistair is in Brisbane continuing his studies.
Richard married Mary Ann Litchfield and they live in the Monaro area where they are involved in the tourist industry and carry out a harvesting business. Richard and Mary Ann have 2 daughters – Stephanie, a radiographer, is married to Craig Price, a cattle buyer and they have 2 children, Thomas and Lucy. They now live in Dubbo. Jacqui, their second daughter, has a degree in fashion design and is married to Timothy Schofield who is a stock and station manager. They have a son, Henry John, and in the Cooma area..
Madeline, the only daughter of Herb and Laura, has a doctorate of agriculture (Eng) and married Richard Ortner. They have one son, Peter, a computer technician, and live in the Canberra area.
NOEL SAMUEL MOULD - Richard Mould Collection
Noel Samuel married Adelle Beaver. They resided at Boconnoc for some time then purchased the property Nitholme on the outskirts of Cooma.. From there they moved to the Rock near Wagga and then to a property at Adelong.
MARGOT AND GRAHAME MOULD - Richard Mould Collection
Noel and Adelle had 2 children – Margot and Graham who is now deceased. Noel died at Bombala in 1981 and Adelle resides in Sydney. Margot lives in Sydney.
ODELLE MOULD WITH GRAHAM - Richard Mould Collection
MRS CLAUDE GILDING (SCHOOL TECHER), FLORA MOULD, WITH CHILDREN NOEL AND HERB MOULD - 1920's - Richard Mould Collection
Bruce Edward married Shirley Robin Medway and lived with Bruce’s parents, Ted and Flora, at the original property, Boconnoc, until it was resumed by the Snowy to be flooded for what is now Lake Eucumbene.
BRUCE AND NOEL MOULD AT BOCONNOC - Richard Mould Collection
IAN & PAMELA HUNTER, BRUCE & SHIRLEY MOULD, PETER & JENNY MOULD - Richard Mould Collection
When Ted and Flora retired to Sydney, Bruce and Shirley relocated to a pastoral property at Greenthorpe near Cowra and have recently retired to live in Cowra. They have one daughter, Pamela and one son, Peter.
SHIRLEY MOULD WITH GRANDCHILDREN JASON, ERIN AND ALINA HUNTER - Richard Mould Collection
Pamela married Ian Hunter and lives on a grazing/wheat farming property at Grenfell. They have 3 children namely Jason, Brendon and Alina.
Peter, who worked the property with his father at Greenthorpe and now resides in Cowra working for a machinery company, is married to Jennifer Brown. They have 2 children, Erin and Christopher.
** Bruce and his father Edward (Ted) were the last of the Mould generation to live on the original Mould property of Boconnoc.
GW MACKAY WITH GRANDCHILDREN - Richard Mould Collection
OBITUARIES NOEL SAMUEL MOULD Mr Noel Samuel Mould of Currawarna, Bombala, formerly of Adelong, died at Bombala District Hospital on March 29, aged 58 years. A service is to be held at St Paul's Church, Cooma, on Wednesday, April 1, at 2.30 pm. Interment will follow at Cooma Lawn Cemetery. The late Mr Mould is survived by a daughter Margot, and a son Graham. Cooma Monaro Express 31.03.1981
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