This site is dedicated to Patrick Skehan and his wife Catherine (nee Barry) of O’Briensbridge Co. Clare, Ireland, who emigrated to Australia in July 1850—They moved from NSW to Melbourne [Circa] 1854 and settled in Kilmore 35 Miles (56 Km) north of Melbourne;

To Patrick’s sister Catherine (Mrs John Minogue/Mannix) of O’Briensbridge Co. Clare Ireland, who also emigrated to Australia in 1850, settling in Queensland;

To our Grose (of Cornwall), McLeod (of Scotland), and Hawken/Hawkins (of Cornwall) family connections;

To Patrick and Johanna Noonan of Co. Limerick, Ireland, who also emigrated to Australia in the mid-1800s and settled in the Western District of Victoria;

And to William & Catherine (nee Shaw) Young of Scotland, who emigrated to Australia with their ten children in 1923. They also settled in Southern & Western Victoria.

And to commemorate those relatives and friends who gave so much of themselves during WWI and WWII.